Playing a video in VideoView in Android

Question

I can't figure out why am i not able to play the video in my VideoView. All i'm getting a message is Cannot Play Video : Sorry, this video cannot be played.

I created an SD card for my emulator as well. Do i need to place me SD card in a particular folder in my SDK? Please comment.

Here's the layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 
   android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"     
   android:paddingLeft="2px"
   android:paddingRight="2px"
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:paddingTop="2px"
   android:paddingBottom="2px"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:orientation="vertical">

      <VideoView 
         android:layout_height="fill_parent"
         android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
         android:id="@+id/VideoView" />

</LinearLayout>

Here is the code:

package com.examples.videoviewdemo;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class VideoViewDemo extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @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);
        //videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

        videoView.setVideoPath("/sdcard/blonde_secretary.3gp");

        videoView.start();  
    }
}

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Answer 1

The code seems to be flawless! Simple and plain.
So it should work on the phone. The emulator is having hard time playing videos, it happened to me too.

Try increasing the required API level to the latest, it might help!

Right click on opened project, chose Properties > Android > check the latest version on the right side...

Igor

Answer 2

You can access your SD card via the DDMS

Answer 3

My guess is that your video is incompatible with Android. Try it with a different video. This one definitely works with Android. If that video works, and yours does not, then your video is not compatible with Android.

As others have indicated, please test this on a device. Video playback on the emulator requires too much power.