[android-developers] Re: Media streaming on Android

The media player streams videos just fine but they have to be encoded
properly for it to work. Try using VLC to encode the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7itfBXq6ns

Shawn

On Jul 19, 5:32 am, arsalank2 <arsala...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Android developers,
>
> I am trying to stream a video on an Android device, but default
> Mediaplayer is not able to play the stream. The video can be played
> offline from SD card. I have tried various codec (H.264, H.263,
> MPEG-4, AAC etc..) with different profiles, but unable to come up with
> correct format that is streamable.
>
> Can someone please point me to officially supported codec with profile
> information for network streaming on Android devices?
>
> Please don't send me the following link, because this list only works
> in offline mode:
>
> http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html
>
> Alternatively, please suggest an application with settings to encode
> the video.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arsalan

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