it is looking for files in the assets directory over ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor.
You should have to use http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html#setDataSource%28java.lang.String%29 you would need prepareAsync too On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 8:35:57 AM UTC-4, NewToAndroid wrote: > > Hi, > > Few other developers have asked this question before, I checked those > posts. But looks like I have a different issue here. > I am using Android Developer Studio 1.0.1 sitting on JRE 1,7 (on a windows > laptop). > > I am developing an App around a live streaming audio, using MediaPlayer > class. > If I place the URL in browser, which looks like, > http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3, the URL woks/plays perfectly fine > from the browser. > > But my code > mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, Uri.parse(" > http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3";)); > mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); > mediaPlayer.start(); > > gives exception > > java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider: > http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3 > at > android.content.ContentResolver.openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:761) > at > android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:665) > at > android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(MediaPlayer.java:960) > at > android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(MediaPlayer.java:914) > at android.media.MediaPlayer.create(MediaPlayer.java:837) > at android.media.MediaPlayer.create(MediaPlayer.java:818) > at > com.example.android.playlivenusound.MainActivity$1.onClick(MainActivity.java:52) > at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4475) > at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18786) > at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730) > at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) > at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176) > at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5419) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525) > at > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1046) > at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:862) > at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > If I use a local MP3 file (added to the raw folder), it works fine. > What am I missing here ?? > > Please help. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
