Play RTSP streaming in an Android application

Question

I am trying to develop an Android based application, which can play video from a live stream. This live stream is produced using Wowza Media Server.

The URL is:

rtsp://tv.hindiworldtv.com:1935/live/getpun 

I have tried following code in ecliplse:

package com.kalloh.wpa;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Window; import android.widget.MediaController; import android.widget.VideoView;   public class a extends Activity {      VideoView videoView;     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);         setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);          //Create a VideoView widget in the layout file         //use setContentView method to set content of the activity to the layout file which contains videoView         this.setContentView(R.layout.videoplayer);          videoView = (VideoView)this.findViewById(R.id.videoView);          //add controls to a MediaPlayer like play, pause.         MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);         videoView.setMediaController(mc);          //Set the path of Video or URI         videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("rtsp://tv.hindiworldtv.com:1935/live/getpnj"));         //          //Set the focus         videoView.requestFocus();     } } 

At first, it was not working.

Now it started working, but it stops after 20 to 30 seconds. How can I fix this problem?

Answer 1

Using VideoView is a good solution, but we can also use the native player to play RTSP. This is an example:

if (movieurl.startsWith("rtsp://")) {     Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(movieurl));     startActivity(intent); } 

Bear in mind your media must be created with Android Supported Media Formats (codecs).