PlatformException(VideoError, Video player had error com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error, null, null)

Question

**HI I am trying to play a live news video in my flutter app it is .m3u8 format but get above error. Using all of the updated dependencies. I want to play live news in my flutter app. I have the url you can also try it. URL: http://161.97.162.167:1936/live/tnnnews/playlist.m3u8 When I use another url with .m3u8 it plays on flutter app but when I paste the live url code it throws me the above error. **

Code

import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';


class VideoApp extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _VideoAppState createState() => _VideoAppState();
}

class _VideoAppState extends State<VideoApp> {
  VideoPlayerController _controller;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _controller = VideoPlayerController.network(
        'http://161.97.162.167:1936/live/tnnnews/playlist.m3u8')
      ..initialize().then((_) {
        // Ensure the first frame is shown after the video is initialized, even before the play button has been pressed.
        setState(() {});
      });
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Video Demo',
      home: Scaffold(
        body: Center(
          child: _controller.value.isInitialized
              ? AspectRatio(
            aspectRatio: _controller.value.aspectRatio,
            child: VideoPlayer(_controller),
          )
              : Container(),
        ),
        floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
          onPressed: () {
            setState(() {
              _controller.value.isPlaying
                  ? _controller.pause()
                  : _controller.play();
            });
          },
          child: Icon(
            _controller.value.isPlaying ? Icons.pause : Icons.play_arrow,
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    super.dispose();
    _controller.dispose();
  }
}

On which device you're testing? – OMi Shah Aug 01 '21 at 07:45 — OMi Shah, Aug 01 '21 at 07:45
Testing on Nokia 6.1 plus – Sanny khan Aug 02 '21 at 09:13 — Sanny khan, Aug 02 '21 at 09:13

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '22 at 20:59

5

Put this in your AndroidManifest.xml

<application ...
android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"

answered Feb 08 '22 at 20:59

Jeferson Mota

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My AndroidManifest.xml already have this line and it's not working – swifthing May 23 '22 at 10:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '22 at 21:06

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This issue happened with me and after searching I found the issue is in link itself As the library will only work if the extension of your link is .mp4 and if not you have to parse it to contain the .mp4 extension

answered Apr 21 '22 at 21:06

mohamed yahia

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https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/bee.mp4 this is a mp4 – Ali Bagheri Aug 13 '22 at 19:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '22 at 13:42

0

Perform a Flutter clean and run the application .

answered Aug 15 '22 at 13:42

Ibrahim 7

9
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you can also add some code sample for better ansewer – Akbar Masterpadi Aug 20 '22 at 06:51

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:23

0

Hey i got the same error today in 2022/19/8 .Just adding fijkplayer: ^0.10.0 in your project pubsec.yaml file it would work then.

answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:23

AbirZayn

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DONT do this this ruined my Gradle build .. don't know what To do from here isn't google going to fix this issue? – Felipe Franco Aug 22 '23 at 05:56

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 03 '22 at 07:05

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My AndroidManifest.xml already have this line and it's not working. So, the issue is in link. After link you have to add extension like .mp4 It is working for me.

answered Dec 03 '22 at 07:05

Muhammad Javed

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 29 '22 at 13:40

0

I got this error using an MP4 video stored in the project assets. To solve the problem I decreased the dimensions of the video from 2160x4096 to 1080x2048.

answered Dec 29 '22 at 13:40

Johan

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 12 '23 at 05:39

0

For me this solves the problem:

controller = VideoPlayerController.asset(widget.video)
  ..initialize().then((value) {
    setState(() {
      controller.play();
    });
  });

answered Jan 12 '23 at 05:39

Hamza Nasser

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Mohammad Khan Awan · Answer 8 · 2023-07-23T20:42:25.037

I know this is pretty late, but to anyone who is still struggling in 2023 because of this disastrous bug, which you'd probably run into upon changing the videos in your flutter app running on physical devices. Calling the following code (onControllerChange method) can help you get rid of it when you are changing your video (loading next or previous video). You have to dispose and create (initialize) the controller every time you change the video

Future <void> onControllerChange () async {
                    if (_videoPlayerController == null) { //if current controller is null
                      initializeController(); //method to initialize your video controller
                    } else {
                      final oldController = _videoPlayerController;
                      await oldController.dispose();
                      initializeController();
                    }
}

    
late VideoPlayerController _videoPlayerController;
initializeController () {
            _videoPlayerController = VideoPlayerController.network(
                    'your video url')
                  ..initialize().then((_) {
                    setState(() {}); //here you could use Provider or any other state management approach. I use bloc
                  });
}

This code has no meaning. and this is also not working for me! — Chirag Mevada, May 19 '23 at 06:37
The code implies that you have to dispose the old video controller and create a new one when you change the video — Mohammad Khan Awan, May 19 '23 at 11:55

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 14 '23 at 08:01

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if you have already added android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" in your manifest application tag. just uninstall the build completely and install new one. that fixed in my case.

answered Aug 14 '23 at 08:01

Asad

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score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 08 '22 at 09:22

-1

I've done this and it worked for me

uninstall the app
run flutter clean
run flutter pub get
run your application again

answered Sep 08 '22 at 09:22

Phunsuk Wangdu

7
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score -2 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 25 '23 at 12:34

-2

Video url should be started with https not http.

video_player package doesn't support the video which starts with http.

answered Jan 25 '23 at 12:34

Muktadir Sony

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PlatformException(VideoError, Video player had error com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error, null, null)

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