Question

I have a problem trying to stream audio using the AsyncPlayer class in android.
(I’m working on this for a three days now – please help)

I have a stream of audio (“http://212.29.254.129:8920”)
I’m trying to get it to play using the code below:

AsyncPlayer ap = new AsyncPlayer("myplayer");
ap.play(this, Uri.parse("http://212.29.254.129:8920"), false, AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);

It doesn’t work… I don’t have any idea why… The link works – I tested in in several different programs… Any ideas what it can be?
I have Internet permissions in the manifest, so that’s not it…

Could it be in a format android specifically doesn’t recognize?
If so how can I go around it?

I also tried to do this with MediaPlayer – there I get an IOException on function prepare.

Please please help! I’m out of ideas.

Answer 1

Android doesn’t support the AACP stream coming from that particular URL, so you are out of luck there. Your options are basically:

1. Finding a different shout/media/icecast of the same stream, that uses a different encoding. You could even approach them, or find a 3rd party that is willing to do live re-encoding of the stream using tools like EZStream.

2. Trying to get the AACP to play on your android. One project for doing so can be found here.