How to solve "sorry, this video cannot be played"

Qbetechmark · Mar 6, 2012

I got message "sorry, this video cannot be played" in my application.

My code is :

Sub Globals

Dim vv As VideoView

End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)

vv.Initialize("vv")
Activity.AddView(vv, 10dip, 10dip, 250dip, 250dip)
vv.LoadVideo(File.DirRootExternal, "ww2_1.mp4")
vv.Play

End Sub

What did I do wrong ?
Please help.

Erel · Mar 6, 2012

The problem is most likely in the video format.
You should try to convert the video to a different format.

Also check the unfiltered logs and see if there is any related message (the native MediaPlayer service prints error messages to the logs).

margret · Mar 6, 2012

It will not play on the AVD or emulator. If you are using a real device, check and see that your file will play in the default video player on your device. If it does, it should play in the videoview.

Qbetechmark · Mar 6, 2012

Erel said:
The problem is most likely in the video format.
You should try to convert the video to a different format.

Also check the unfiltered logs and see if there is any related message (the native MediaPlayer service prints error messages to the logs).

What kind of video formats supported ?

Qbetechmark · Mar 6, 2012

margret said:
It will not play on the AVD or emulator. If you are using a real device, check and see that your file will play in the default video player on your device. If it does, it should play in the videoview.

Ouch ... I'm using AVD. Im not yet buy real device, I think to make an application first before buy one. Is it anyway to test video using AVD ? I was try streaming video http link and it works, but slow.

margret · Mar 6, 2012

Sounds like you have done about as much as you can with the AVD. Most units support .mp4 around 1,000 kbits and 128kbits audio. Some of the other formats are: .mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mkv etc.

Qbetechmark · Mar 6, 2012

Erel said:
Also check the unfiltered logs and see if there is any related message (the native MediaPlayer service prints error messages to the logs).

I got this for unfiltered log :

** Activity (main) Resume **
setDataSource('/mnt/sdcard/mb_mpeg4.mp4')
error (1, -2147483648)
Displayed activity media.player/.main: 2036 ms (total 2036 ms)
Error (1,-2147483648)
Error: 1,-2147483648
GC_EXPLICIT freed 801 objects / 44672 bytes in 1215ms

What is that mean ?

Qbetechmark · Mar 6, 2012

margret said:
Sounds like you have done about as much as you can with the AVD. Most units support .mp4 around 1,000 kbits and 128kbits audio. Some of the other formats are: .mp4, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mkv etc.

Thank you for the info :sign0098:

Erel · Mar 7, 2012

According to this link: error (1, -2147483648) on Android - Stack Overflow this error message is related to an encoding issue.

Qbetechmark · Mar 8, 2012

margret was right, it is runs good on real device. :sign0142:

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