Unable to play videos from local storage using RemoteVideo

[sinetthapa]

I want to load a video from local storage but it only shows the thumbnail and doesn't play the video.

posters.add(new RemoteVideo(
                       Uri.parse(
                               String.valueOf(
                                       Uri.fromFile(
                                               new File(
"file:///storage/emulated/0/videos/-LmhZKi-mduEpR8rm5L8.mp4"
                                               )
                                       )
                               )
                       )
                       ));

This is my current code. Could you please help me what am I doing wrong.

[urieluvd]

Hi i found a workarround, but you will need to use the library as a local module in order to edit the RemoteVideo class.

The problem is that the instance of RemoteVideo is handled with a DefaultHttpDataSourceFactory instead of a DefaultDataSourceFactory.
Edit the RemoteVideo class as here:

//this
MediaSource mediaSource = new ExtractorMediaSource.Factory(
                            new DefaultDataSourceFactory(getActivity(), "PosterSlider"))
                            .createMediaSource(video.getUri());

// instead of this
 /*
 MediaSource mediaSource = new ExtractorMediaSource.Factory(
                            new DefaultHttpDataSourceFactory(Util.getUserAgent(getActivity(),"PosterSlider"))).
                            createMediaSource(video.getUri());
 */

and instantiate your RemoteVideo the same way you did, or even shorter, it does not require the same toString() casting multiple times.

Uri uri =  Uri.parse("file://" +Uri.parse(file.getAbsolutePath()));
posters.add(new RemoteVideo(uri));

This will not happen with RemoteImage because that condition is handled by the Glide library

If you want to mimic the same efect for the video just verify the protocol on the beginning of the Uri, either an 'http://' or an 'file://'.

We should suggest that later on.

[sinetthapa]

Hey, thank you so much. You are my savior. It worked!!!

[pierratono]

Thank you @sinetznjr11

[jaideepreddy]

@LordUriel Unable to find MediaSource initialisation in Remotevideo class.

[urieluvd]

@jaideepreddy
Is not in that class, that is just the definition.
The code you should change is in /views/fragments/PosterFragment.java
line 183

else if(poster instanceof RemoteVideo){
      RemoteVideo video = (RemoteVideo) poster;
      MediaSource mediaSource = new ExtractorMediaSource.Factory(
              new DefaultHttpDataSourceFactory(Util.getUserAgent(getActivity(),"PosterSlider"))).
              createMediaSource(video.getUri());
      player.prepare(mediaSource, true, false);
  }