Question

How to Play mp4 Video in Android Emulator Using Remote URL ? I used following code but this code give me error “Sorry, this video cannot be played”.

07-05 16:58:19.525: INFO/AwesomePlayer(34): mConnectingDataSource->connect() returned -1007
07-05 16:58:19.525: ERROR/MediaPlayer(1242): error (1, -1007)
07-05 16:58:19.525: ERROR/MediaPlayer(1242): Error (1,-1007)
07-05 16:58:19.525: DEBUG/VideoView(1242): Error: 1,-1007

My Code is:-

public class VideoPlayerController extends Activity {
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                setContentView(R.layout.main);          
                VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
                MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
                mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
                String Video="http://s509.photobucket.com/albums/s338/eveanthony/?action=view&current=Video013.mp4";
                videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
                videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(Video));
                videoView.start();
            }
}

Answer 1

You need to execute the app on original device rather than emulator since it does not supports playing video files. In rare cases it may but it really depends upon your system configurations.