Video can not be played by videoView Android

Question

I am developing video player app. I want this app to be appear as option on selecting video from sdcard, album or any folder of the phone . When i select my video player to play video, it takes to app but video is not playing. I have given permission to read and write external storage in manifest.Below is my code :

 Intent in =getIntent();
 file_path = in.getData().getPath();
 System.out.println("file path from sdcard:"+file_path);
  videoView =(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video);

   MediaController mediaController= new MediaController(this);
    mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);        
     Uri uri=Uri.parse(file_path);        
     videoView.setVideoURI(uri);        
     videoView.requestFocus();
         videoView.start();

ERROR :

 10-19 10:39:40.917: I/System.out(20430): file path from sdcard:/external/video/media/24363
 10-19 10:39:40.987: E/MediaPlayer(20430): Uri is  <URL suppressed>
 10-19 10:39:40.997: E/MediaPlayer(20430): error (1, -2147483648)
 10-19 10:39:41.017: E/MediaPlayer(20430): Error (1,-2147483648)
 10-19 10:39:41.017: D/VideoView(20430): Error: 1,-2147483648

EDIT: testing phone : Android 4.1 with 32Gb inbuilt memory and does not have Sdcard.

Quick question, to rule out a common error: Are you experiencing this while your device is connected to your dev machine (e.g. - your laptop)? — Brandon, Oct 19 '13 at 05:31
@ρяσѕρєяK in.getData() giving this :-> 10-19 11:55:01.387: I/System.out(307): getdata:content://media/external/video/media/24363 — Brinda K, Oct 19 '13 at 06:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Answer for this is here

 public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
    String[] proj = { MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA };
    Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
    int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA);
    cursor.moveToFirst();
    return cursor.getString(column_index);
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Oct 21 '13 at 10:43

Brinda K

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 02 '14 at 09:07

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I had this same problem, went down many different paths to fix it, and what finally ended up working was the following code block:

/* inside onCreate */
VideoView videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.loginVideoBackground);
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("android.resource://" + this.getPackageName() + "/raw/lights"));
videoView.start();

I had previously tried:

Extending SurfaceView
using the answer given by @brinda above (which was resulting in a NullPointerException)
and various other permutations of StackOverflow answers

....sometimes simpler is better

edited Jul 02 '14 at 09:07

sschrass

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answered Jul 01 '14 at 18:58

Bobby

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this helps me a lot! thanks :) i removed my `MediaController`. and it no longer crashes. – Kairi San Jan 13 '16 at 07:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:35

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/external/video/media/24363 is not correct, please check. local path must be visit..e.g. /sdcard/video/media/..

answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:35

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i am getting that file path from intent.getPath(). can you tell me how to get the correct path? – Brinda K Oct 19 '13 at 06:20
i am getting this from in.getData.getPath(). can you tell me how to get the correct file path? – Brinda K Oct 19 '13 at 06:27
You can push video file(foo.mp4) to /sdcard/foo.mp4, and try – Crossle Song Oct 19 '13 at 10:37
@CrossleSong I am using Sony Xperia with android 4.1.2 which is having 32Gb inbuilt memory and does not have sdcard.So how to get the file name from intent? – Brinda K Oct 21 '13 at 08:00

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:35

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videoView.setVideoPath("http://www.ebookfrenzy.com/android_book/movie.mp4");        MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
videoView.start();

answered Oct 19 '13 at 05:35

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i am asking how to play video from sdcard, not from http. – Brinda K Oct 19 '13 at 06:21
The videoView.setVideoURI(vidFile); is depracated method needs to be replaced by the videoView.setVideoPath(path);setVideoPath("/mnt/sdcard/infinnitti.mp4"); using file – QuokMoon Oct 19 '13 at 06:39
@altaf I am using Sony Xperia with android 4.1.2 which is having 32Gb inbuilt memory and does not have sdcard.So how to get the file name from intent? – Brinda K Oct 21 '13 at 08:36

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 19 '13 at 06:46

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To be honest, I've experienced similar problems in the past and for each account, what I've ultimately found to be the best solution was to extend SurfaceView, directly. There is a surprisingly small amount of code to write and can easily (relatively speaking) be tailored efficiently to your requirements.

answered Oct 19 '13 at 06:46

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I am using Sony Xperia with android 4.1.2 which is having 32Gb inbuilt memory and does not have sdcard.So how to get the file name from intent? – Brinda K Oct 21 '13 at 08:02

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