Online mp4 video is not playing

Question

what's the problem there, I have uploaded this video to server, but now its not playing, but its playing if i put this video on sdcard which is commented

public class VideoPlayerActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */


        private MediaController mc;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        VideoView vd = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);

        mc = new MediaController(this);
        vd.setMediaController(mc);
Toast.makeText(this, "Video Player Started", 20).show();
          //vd.setVideoPath("sdcard/video/abc.mp4");
        vd.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("http://www.primesquad.com/future.mp4"));

        vd.start();
        }

        }

Just making sure, do you have ? – Mario Jun 19 '12 at 21:27 — Mario, Jun 19 '12 at 21:27
What's the codec used to save the video? – miniBill Jun 19 '12 at 21:29 — miniBill, Jun 19 '12 at 21:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '12 at 21:48

streaming video differ from playing it from sdCard as you see in Android Supported Media Formats there is restrictions for streaming that don't apply when playing video. I faced this problem with videos stream normally in HTC Desire but refuse to stream with Motorola droid

Online mp4 video is not playing

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