I am trying to play streaming mp4 video from a server using my own VideoView , unfortunately I keep getting " Can't play video error.
The strange thing is that the same video plays well on Froyo, but will not play on HoneyComb. I tried the same video from MX Video Player (on HC) and it plays perfectly.
Another serious problem is that I cannot re-encode the video, so I have to use the video as it is.
- What causes the error?
- How to play the video?
- Should I find a way to include a codec library in my application?
The following are data from logcat:
E/MediaExtractor( 242): **********MediaExtractor::Create
D/DivXPlugin( 241): DivXPlugin::onInitialize : 75
D/DivXPlugin( 241): DivXPlugin::onSetOnInfoListener : 75
D/DivXPlugin( 241): DivXPlugin::onOpenDecryptSession: Enter : 75
E/DivXPlugin( 241): DivXPlugin::onOpenDecryptSession() Not a Divx File.
E/DrmManager(Native)( 241): DrmManager::openDecryptSession: no capable plug-in found
D/DivXPlugin( 241): DivXPlugin::onTerminate : 75
E/MediaExtractor( 242): ************Autodetected media content as 'video/mpeg4' with confidence 0.40
D/AwesomePlayer( 242): finishSetDataSource_l getDrmInfo
D/AwesomePlayer( 242): setDataSource_l
E/MPEG4Extractor( 242): ftyp chunk found
D/MPEG4Extractor( 242): kKeyAVCC found
E/MPEG4Extractor( 242): ERROR_MALFORMED because ret=-108
E/MPEG4Extractor( 242): return ERROR_UNSUPPORTED
E/MPEG4Extractor( 242): return ERROR_UNSUPPORTED
D/AwesomePlayer( 242): UNKNOWN_ERROR: no Video and no Audio
D/AwesomePlayer( 242): abortPrepare
D/AwesomePlayer( 242): notifyListener_l
E/MediaPlayer( 3906): error (1, -2147483648)
E/MediaPlayer( 3906): Error (1,-2147483648)
D/VideoView( 3906): Error: 1,-2147483648
And the characteristics of the video that cannot be played:
General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 60.7 MiB
Duration : 7mn 3s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 201 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.37.0
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 7mn 3s
Duration_FirstFrame : 40ms
Bit rate : 1 072 Kbps
Width : 1 024 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.073
Stream size : 54.2 MiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 65 r0+1016 dbc5ef0
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=125 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1072 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.80 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.41 / pb_ratio=1.25 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 7mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 122 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 6.18 MiB (10%)
Language : English