Question

I’m trying to use the API DEMO **MediaPlayerDemo_Video.java*. I’m new to programming and trying to figure out how to set the path to a local video stored in the raw folder. Can someone provide how to reference this file? Thanks.

private void playVideo(Integer Media) {
    doCleanUp();
    try {

        switch (Media) {
            case LOCAL_VIDEO:
                /*
                 * TODO: Set the path variable to a local media file path.
                 */
                path = "";
                if (path == "") {
                    // Tell the user to provide a media file URL.
                    Toast
                            .makeText(
                                    MediaPlayerDemo_Video.this,
                                    "Please edit MediaPlayerDemo_Video Activity, "
                                            + "and set the path variable to your media file path."
                                            + " Your media file must be stored on sdcard.",
                                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                }

Answer 1

You can open raw resources by using resource id. If the file name is “test.avi” then something like this should work:

getResources().openRawResource(com.YourProject.R.raw.test);

But that is for reading the file, so if you want to open the file with media player then I think you should put it in SD card. Then you can get the path with:

String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/test.avi";

EDIT:
Ok, I figured how to open a file in raw folder with MediaPlayer:

Change this:

mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(path);

To this:

mMediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, com.YourProject.R.raw.test);