PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback MediaPlayer IOException: Prepare failed.: status=0xC8

Question

I want to play video from a URL via HTTP. I read Media Tutorial and other stackoverflow questions. Here is my code:

String url = "http://..../myVideo.mp4"
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(url);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();

mediaPlayer.prepare() is throwing IOException: Prepare failed. For the test purpose I record a video using my mobile phone and then I put the mp4 file to server.

Have you sreated your mediaplayer using mediaplayer.create()? — Andro Selva, Aug 17 '11 at 11:57
Look at this post : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1650983/server-side-aac-audio-with-android Hoping find this useful — Anass, Aug 17 '11 at 11:59

Onuray Sahin · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-17T13:26:42.700

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I missed this line from stack trace:

08-17 14:36:58.005: ERROR/PlayerDriver(1943): Command PLAYER_INIT completed with an error 
                                    or info PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback

The problem is: my video is not capable of progressive download.

The only solution I figured out is using MP4Box which can be downloaded from here.

To make video ready for android I just run MP4Box.exe -hint myVideo.mp4.

edited Aug 17 '11 at 13:26

answered Aug 17 '11 at 12:01

Onuray Sahin

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is this the answer or a part of the question? – Sriram Aug 17 '11 at 12:04
Yes this is the answer. I edited my answer with detailed explanation. – Onuray Sahin Aug 17 '11 at 13:23

PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback MediaPlayer IOException: Prepare failed.: status=0xC8

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