How to Play video from an Arbitrary Time in Android?

Question

I want to play video in arbitrary time for videoview in Android

            _player.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(uri));
    MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
    _player.setMediaController(mc);
    _player.start();

Now I want set time: 10:20 to seek file and play it (10 min and 20 sec)

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '13 at 11:16

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see VideoView.seekTo(int msec) method

Also note one thing from the doc

The playback position can be adjusted with a call to seekTo(int). Although the asynchronuous seekTo(int) call returns right way, the actual seek operation may take a while to finish, especially for audio/video being streamed. When the actual seek operation completes, the internal player engine calls a user supplied OnSeekComplete.onSeekComplete() if an OnSeekCompleteListener has been registered beforehand via setOnSeekCompleteListener(OnSeekCompleteListener).

answered Apr 16 '13 at 11:16

stinepike

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I have three EditText for enter time...I want use this inoformations for seeking time – Apr 16 '13 at 11:24
enter seek time from there then use videoview's seekto method – stinepike Apr 16 '13 at 11:47
Please See this Image. http://www.uploadtak.com/images/o2339_timeSeek.png I want seek for this time when use enter it – Apr 17 '13 at 06:57
after user enters it then convert the input time to milisecond then use seekTo method. where is the problem?? have you tried that yet?? – stinepike Apr 17 '13 at 07:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '15 at 22:28

You have to wait until the video is prepared to seek.

int seekTimeMs = (10 * 60 + 20) * 1000; // 10:20
mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
    @Override
    public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
        mediaPlayer.seekTo(seekTimeMs);
    }
});

How to Play video from an Arbitrary Time in Android?

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