Why can't Media Player find the URI of my sdcard?

Question

I have an MP3 in my sdcard and I need to use its path for my setdatasource command. I have tried mp.setDataSource("/mnt/media_rw/sdcard/mymusic/thebomb.mp3"); along with many variations but it still won't work. And I don't think it has to do with the rest of the code.

How would I accomplish this?

try this : mp.setDataSource("/sdcard/mymusic/thebomb.mp3"); – Waqar Ahmed Mar 03 '14 at 04:46 — Waqar Ahmed, Mar 03 '14 at 04:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:14

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I guess you are using Emulator.So the path of the SDCard can be get through Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().Moreover your sdcard must contain that file.So you have to push your file in the SD card.

answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:14

vs.thaakur

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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try this like...Simple mediaplayer play mp3 from file path?. Hope so it will help you.

 mpintro = MediaPlayer.create(this, Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+ "/Music/intro.mp3"));
 mpintro.setLooping(true);
 mpintro.start();

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:15

Anjali Tripathi

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:28

Use this way:

 Uri uri = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/mymusic/thebomb.mp3");
 musicPlayer.setDataSource(uri);

Add permission to your manifest.xml file.

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:16

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Use the below code:

 musicPlayer.setDataSource("/sdcard/mymusic/thebomb.mp3");

answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:16

jyomin

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:24

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Try with this -

mp.setDataSource(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/mymusic/thebomb.mp3");

answered Mar 03 '14 at 05:24

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 26 '14 at 10:42

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Try the following code and is working:

mp.setDataSource("/sdcard/mymusic/thebomb.mp3");

answered Mar 26 '14 at 10:42

Pihu

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Why can't Media Player find the URI of my sdcard?

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