Unable to to create media player

Question

While trying to play video using media player, I am getting this error:

Unable to to create media player
D/MediaPlayer(13157): create failed:
D/MediaPlayer(13157): java.io.IOException: setDataSourceFD failed.: status=0x80000000

Can any one suggest here what's the problem?

can u please provide me more detail about filedescriptor...what u mean to say this? — CoDe, Oct 31 '12 at 05:28
always remember to add code sample thats actually giving you error — DeltaCap019, Feb 01 '13 at 12:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 12:31

AssetFileDescriptor afd = this.getAssets().openFd(mediaElementArray.getInteger.valueOf(index)));

myMediaplayer.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(),afd.getStartOffset(),afd.getLength());

this one works.. actually in assets folder what ever you store is saved as one large compressed chunk , so you need to assign afd.getStartOffset(),afd.getLength()

also. as it will tell what from where the source u r requesting for starts and whats the length of it, which helps it to calculate the valid requested file in that large chunk.

Or the other reason can be .. the file you are referencing is not of correct format or might be corrupt

this way is also useful when using APK extension files to play video from since `ZipResourceFile`'s `getAssetFileDescriptor()` returns `AssetFileDescriptor`. — Stan, Sep 19 '13 at 14:30

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 01 '13 at 12:41

@onsurfaceCreate using following code to play video, now here I thinking problem is bit different,because same code is working for low resolution video but for high resolution video it prompt me error..."

 holder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
            mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),
 R.raw.livewallpaper);          mediaPlayer.setDisplay(new
 VideoSurfaceHolder(holder));   

    mediaPlayer.start();

Unable to to create media player

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