Android MediaPlayer在某些设备上显示黑屏

Question

I have an application that plays a video from the sdcard with MediaPlayer. I have used Android Developers example ( http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/media/MediaPlayerDemo_Video.html ), and it works great in some devices: HTC Desire (Android 2.2), HTC Legend (Android 2.2).

However, I have tried it in a Samsung Galaxy 5 (Android 2.1) and it doesn't display the video, just a black screen. No errors in LogCat.

Any ideas about why does this happen?

Thanks in advanced,

Marta

Answer 1

Have you developed the app with focus on 2.2? Probably there were some changes from 2.1 in this part. You could check the older API demos (they are all in your sdk fodler) and look for changes from rev. 7 to 8.

However I prefer to use the VideoView http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/media/VideoViewDemo.html

Worked allot better on everything I made yet.