How to play a Video in flutter using network link

Question

I have a video link and I want to play video in flutter how can I play?

I try using videoplayer plugin but its not work with this url -

"http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4"

but I can play with this url why?

"https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/bee.mp4"

Try with https://pub.dev/packages/pod_player pod_player package — Ravindra S. Patil, Jun 14 '23 at 06:49
similar question answered here : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67415863/flutter-ios-only-some-video-urls-are-playing-in-video-player-and-some-fail-to-i?rq=2 — Hardik Vaghani, Jun 14 '23 at 07:14
Please share your code for better understanding. Also, please mention on which os you are facing the issue and also in which build mode you are running the app — Prashant, Jun 14 '23 at 07:33

Harsimran Singh · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-14T07:27:31.507

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So the problem is in Url in this URL you are using https

"https://flutter.github.io/assets-for-api-docs/assets/videos/bee.mp4"

but in this URL you are using http which causing error

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4

Error:

Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.HttpDataSource$CleartextNotPermittedException: Cleartext HTTP traffic not permitted.

Solution:

Just replace the http to https

edited Jun 14 '23 at 07:27

answered Jun 14 '23 at 07:20

Harsimran Singh

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '23 at 07:54

In fact, videos URLs may have different formats or codecs, which can impact their compatibility with different flutter video players or plugins.
The second video is more likely to be encoded using a format or codec that is compatible with the video player plugin you're using, hence why it works.
So next steps will be investigating and see if the plugin you're using supports the format or codec of the particular video that you want to play
You can find a list of most popular flutter video plugins here by the way

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