In my android application i would like to download from a http link progressively and then play it.That is first save some bytes and play it in the meanwhile buffer the next file.
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I have a couple questions regarding audio streaming/progressive download over HTTP. Could you please help me?
1. MediaPlayer supports progressive download according to the developer guide from this link http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html ("If you're passing a URL to an online media file, the file must be capable of progressive download."). As far as I understand progressive download means media playback during download process with saving the media file to file system(SD card or internal FS) after the downloading is finished (if it's a file, not a stream in the passed URL). So, I tried to set the following URL: setDataSource (http://84.204.154.49/mmapi/music.mp3). Playback is fine, but the file isn't saved to SD card or internal phone file system. Can MediaPlayer save media content to the file system after downloading is completed? Is there a way to turn on such capability?
2. Does MediaPlayer support HTTP streaming? I tried to use http://217.10.32.134:8129/ultrafan128.mp3, http://62.32.66.180:8800, also AMR-, AAC- audio stream over HTTP on the local server, but playback does not work. For example, RTSP streaming works fine with AMR and AAC.
Does Android have APIs for HTTP progressive download for media files?
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1. Use html5 Video tag on browser (Android 2.0+ device) and call video.play( ) from javascript. - With Https url. Browser launches media player and the player displays alert dialog saying "Can't play video". I captured the client TCP traffic and found no SSL handshake between client and server. It looks like the player pops up the alert on any https link. - With Http url. Browser launches media player and the player can stream the video successfully.
2. Use direct link of html <a> tag on browser and click the link - With Https url. Browser downloads the video file without launching the player. The browser seems not try to load any https link in media player. - With Http url. Browser launches media player and the player can stream the video successfully.
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I'm confused about how VideoView can be used to play video: from a local file, as progressive download and streaming. This example work for me (on 1.5 and 2.0 at least) by downloading the file and playing it locally. But is it necessary to download the video before playing: is it possible to play video as progressive download, or by streaming, simply by using setVideoPath or setVideoURI, as in VideoViewDemo in the API samples?
The VideoViewDemo code suggests using setVideoURI for streaming, but I'm not clear what kind of URL I should be using. Does someone have an example URL for a video that can be streamed to the Android emulator using the VideoViewDemo code? Can progressive download be used with VideoViewDemo? I get a 'sorry, this video cannot be played' message using setVideoPath with URLs that work fine with the blog example linked to above.(Is this a problem in the emulator? I've tried 1.5 and 2.0.)
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When I direct the Droid's browser to a WMV file, it will fully download the video file and then play it in what appears to be the Droid video player if I click on it. Ideally, I'd like to replicate the behavior of the iPhone on the Droid, where the video player pops up and the video starts before the complete download. Video format isn't an issue, as I can encode the video to pretty much any standard. I was trying the .mp4 file because the Droid documentation says that it supports MPEG-4 video, although I can't get it to work from the browser.
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