VideoView - Audio works, but no video

Nuladion · by **Nuladion** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:54 pm

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to play video using a VideoView. I'm able to get the sound to work, but I don't see any video. It used to work before, but for some reason I don't know it stopped showing anything.

- Tried with .mp4 and .3gp files (a .mp4 file used to work)
- The videos are < 1MB (as I heard there's an emulator bug that prevents files > 1MB to work)
- Files are in /data/files/ and /data/data/

Also, is there any way to always show the playback controls? At the moment they only show up when you click the video (or rather, where the video should be

)

Here's my code:

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package com.guidokessels.Video;
 
import android.app.Activity;
 
import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 
import android.net.Uri;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
 
import android.view.Window;
 
import android.widget.MediaController;
 
import android.widget.VideoView;
 
/**
 
 * By Guido Kessels for driezesnul, 2008
 
 * 
 
 *  Tested with .3gp and .mp4 files
 
 *  Place files in /data/files/
 
 */
 
public class GuidoVideo extends Activity {
 
        VideoView videoHolder;
 
    @Override
 
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
        // Hide title bar.
 
        getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
 
        // Set window format.
 
        getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
 
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
 
        videoHolder = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoHolder);
 
        // Create video play-back.
 
        videoHolder.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
 
        // Hard-coded this path for the moment being.
 
        videoHolder.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("file:///data/data/kungpow.3gp"));
 
        videoHolder.requestFocus();
 
        videoHolder.start();
 
    } 
 
}
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And the XML:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 
    android:background="#000">
 
    <VideoView 
 
        android:id="@+id/videoHolder"
 
                android:layout_gravity="center"
 
                android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
 
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 
        android:background="#000" /> 
 
</LinearLayout>
 
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Thanks in advance for your help!

Regards,
Guido

VideoView - Audio works, but no video

VideoView - Audio works, but no video

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