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    copied!<p>I am using the following code to display a video file in the android emulator,it works fine when the video file is stored in a SDcard.But when i give any URL of a video the code not working.</p> <pre><code>import android.app.Activity; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.SurfaceHolder; import android.view.View; import android.widget.*; public class playerActivity extends Activity { Button b; VideoView preview; SurfaceHolder holder; MediaPlayer mp; private String path = "/data/data/payoda.android/funny.mp4"; //private String path = "http://www.daily3gp.com/vids/3.3gp"; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); preview=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.surface); holder=preview.getHolder(); b=(Button)findViewById(R.id.cmd_play); b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { try { mp=new MediaPlayer(); mp.setDataSource(path); mp.setScreenOnWhilePlaying(true); mp.setDisplay(holder); mp.prepare(); mp.start(); } catch(Exception e) { } } }); } } </code></pre> <p>The Exception thorwn is:</p> <pre><code>prepare failed: status=0xC8 </code></pre> <p>The LogCat details are:</p> <pre><code>09-16 12:16:36.729: ERROR/PlayerDriver(542): Command PLAYER_INIT completed with an error or info PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback 09-16 12:16:36.739: ERROR/MediaPlayer(2867): error (200, -27) </code></pre> <p>In the above code if change the path variable the Emulator screen is black with single button.May be i have to do some more things to display the video from the Remote URL,i dont know what to do.Any one having any idea about this please help Me.</p>
 

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