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Asked: 2026-05-24T20:53:31+00:00

I want to play video from a URL via HTTP. I read Media Tutorial

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I want to play video from a URL via HTTP. I read Media Tutorial and other stackoverflow questions. Here is my code:

String url = "http://..../myVideo.mp4"
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC);
mediaPlayer.setDataSource(url);
mediaPlayer.prepare();
mediaPlayer.start();

mediaPlayer.prepare() is throwing IOException: Prepare failed. For the test purpose I record a video using my mobile phone and then I put the mp4 file to server.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I missed this line from stack trace:

    08-17 14:36:58.005: ERROR/PlayerDriver(1943): Command PLAYER_INIT completed with an error 
                                    or info PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback

    The problem is: my video is not capable of progressive download.

    The only solution I figured out is using MP4Box which can be downloaded from here.

    To make video ready for android I just run MP4Box.exe -hint myVideo.mp4.

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