I am having a tough time displaying the current track playing from a streaming source. Using MediaMetaDataRetriever class returns a NULL, meaning it failed. I wrote a simple method but now I'm inclining to think this only works on media files like MP3, WMA, AVI, etc.
public void metaData(){
mmr.setDataSource(urlStation);
String metaD = mmr.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_ALBUMARTIST);
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Artist = " + metaD, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
Any good and easy recommandations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
This method works better:
public void setDataSource (String uri, Map<String, String> headers)
(with the url of your stream and an empty map e.g
setDataSource("https://somewebsite.com/somefile.mp3", new HashMap<String,String>()
);)
According to the same issue listed in the other answer, you just need to use the setDataSource method with these arguments:
setDataSource(String uri, Map<String, String> headers)
So for example,
public void getStreamMetaData(String url){
MediaMetadataRetriever mmr = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
mmr.setDataSource(url, new HashMap<String, String>());
//now do whatever you want
}
I tested it with a streaming mp4 and it worked for me. Also just a note, you'll want to use the setDataSource method in an AsyncTask or on another thread, since it may take a while to run according to the docs.
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