Android VideoView stop streaming after specific time

Question

I am playing live stream from this URL in android

So far, I have managed to play the video in videoView, the problem was the video stopped exactly after 23 seconds, so I have used videoview method setOnCompletionListener(...) in order to start the video again, however, this provide bad experience for the viewer, because it stop every 23 seconds and start again, also miss several frames.

So my question is " how to make videoView buffer next part of video while playing current buffered video.

here is my code

    public class TvActivity extends Activity {

    // Declare variables
    ProgressDialog pDialog;
    VideoView videoview;


    // Insert your Video URL
    String VideoURL = "";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        // Get the layout from video_main.xml
        setContentView(R.layout.videoview_main);
        // Find your VideoView in your video_main.xml layout
        videoview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
        // Execute StreamVideo AsyncTask
        VideoURL = "http://ns3622101.ip-149-202-201.eu:8000/live/fr443500/75019pa/286.ts";

        // Create a progressbar
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(TvActivity.this);
        // Set progressbar title
        pDialog.setTitle("Video Streaming ");
        // Set progressbar message
        pDialog.setMessage("buffering ...");
        pDialog.setIndeterminate(true);
        pDialog.setCancelable(true);
        // Show progressbar
        pDialog.show();

        try {
            // Start the MediaController
            final MediaController mediacontroller = new MediaController(
                    TvActivity.this);
            mediacontroller.setAnchorView(videoview);

            // Get the URL from String VideoURL
            final Uri video = Uri.parse(VideoURL);
            videoview.setMediaController(mediacontroller);
            videoview.setVideoURI(video);
            videoview.requestFocus();
            videoview.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {

                // Close the progress bar and play the video
                public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    pDialog.dismiss();
                    videoview.start();
                }
            });

            videoview.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
                @Override
                public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    videoview.stopPlayback();
                    videoview.setVideoURI(video);
                    videoview.requestFocus();
                    videoview.start();
                }
            });

        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


    }



}

Answer 1

As you are playing video from Live Stream URL I suggest you to Stream video by using third party Player to stream video and for buffer the next part of video, I suggest you to use Android GirrafePlayer it's good Player get it from here

And as you are Streaming .ts file I don't think android videoview will stream this video file so try to stream this video file with .ts file streaming supported Player.