stream live video to Android

Question

How can I stream live video to Android (2.1 and higher), I have two links: m3u8 and f4m (As I know, f4m is not supported).

From what I saw on stackoverflow, there is a way to stream m3u8 with vitamio (but the link is not working ).

Is there any other way to stream m3u8 video ? Maybe there is other format that I can use ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Because no one answered my question, I will do it myself.

If you want to perform HLT (HTTP Live Stream) on Android 2.1 and higher you may use the vitamio library.

Site at: (http://www.vitamio.org/).

Here is code example: The main layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"             android:layout_height="fill_parent"         xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"             android:paddingLeft="2px" android:paddingRight="2px"             android:paddingTop="2px" android:paddingBottom="2px"             android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical">              <io.vov.vitamio.widget.VideoView                  android:layout_height="fill_parent"                  android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/VideoView">                            </io.vov.vitamio.widget.VideoView> </LinearLayout> 

the Class:

import io.vov.vitamio.widget.MediaController; import io.vov.vitamio.widget.VideoView; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle;    public class LiveStrimingTestActivity extends Activity{      VideoView videoView;      private void test_2(){         String httpLiveUrl = "http://aj.lsops.net/live/aljazeer_en_high.sdp/playlist.m3u8";            videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);         videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(httpLiveUrl));         MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);         videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);         videoView.requestFocus();         videoView.start();     }       public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         test_2();                  }      } 

Answer 2

I have tested the same stream on devices with OS 2.2, 2.3.4 and 4.0.4. This stream plays very well with regular VideoView on the devices I have got. I dont use MediaController with live streams. The rest of the code is simple.

initializeVideoView(); mVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("http://aj.lsops.net/live/aljazeer_en_high.sdp/playlist.m3u8")); mVideoView.setMediaController(null); mVideoView.start();