play m3u8 in videoview on Android

Question

I have a strange problem with playing stream in videoview with this code:

videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("///.m3u8"));

It playing perfectly on my nexus4 phone, but but on other devices(Fly IQ4410, HTC Legend) there is failure of playing video.

Can anyone explain to me why I have such a problem, or is there any other way to play m3u8 files?

Thanks.

Try This: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14783914/playing-m3u8-file-through-https-on-android-2-3 — droid, Nov 05 '13 at 07:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '13 at 12:09

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This is also affected by Android version; for version less than 2.3 I am using Vitamio player (open source) to play .m3u8

answered Nov 05 '13 at 12:09

Rohit5k2

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It's very strange but with vitamio it works only on nexus4 too. Maybe problem is in source .m3u8 file. Very very strange. – Dlash Nov 06 '13 at 07:18
I don't understand it. I am using .m3u8 stream and its playing nicely without any issue. – Rohit5k2 Nov 06 '13 at 08:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 06:46

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In some devices doesn't support video formats like m3u8,.wav. My suggestion is please add android:hardwareAccelerated="true" in manifest file. after adding this line still video is not playing. please change video format into Mp4 or 3gp and then try again. Best of luck

answered Nov 05 '13 at 06:46

AndroidEnthusiastic

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what has android:hardwareAccelerated="true" got to do with live streaming? i am nt aware of it thats why asking.. – Rat-a-tat-a-tat Ratatouille Mar 24 '14 at 10:09

play m3u8 in videoview on Android

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