Android 2.2 MediaPlayer is working fine with one SHOUTcast URL but not with the other one
android, audio-streaming, media-player, shoutcast, uri
Solution
Shoutcast mp3 streaming from Android 2.2 onwards is supported natively .
Below 2.2 the Android OS cannot play shoutcast streams natively without using a proxy on the stream end or a stream proxy class on the device to capture the stream and pass it to the audioplayer just like NPR does.
audio/aacp streaming is not supported directly . For this you can use ffmpeg, opencore or faad2 library to decode it into PCM and play using audiotrack .Reference
Problem
Please see the code i am using for streaming shoutcast stream, it works with one URL but NOT with the other one. This one works: ``` Uri myUri = Uri.parse("http://fr3.ah.fm:9000/"); ``` But not with this one: ``` Uri myUri = Uri.parse("http://someOtherURL"); ``` SimpleMusicStream.java ``` import android.app.Activity; import android.media.AudioManager; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; public class SimpleMusicStream extends Activity implements MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener, MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener, MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener, MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener { private String TAG = getClass().getSimpleName(); private MediaPlayer mp = null; private Button play; private Button pause; private Button stop; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); play = (Button) findViewById(R.id.play); pause = (Button) findViewById(R.id.pause); stop = (Button) findViewById(R.id.stop); play.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View view) { play(); } }); pause.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View view) { pause(); } }); stop.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View view) { stop(); } }); } private void play() { Uri myUri = Uri.parse("http://fr3.ah.fm:9000/"); try { if (mp == null) { this.mp = new MediaPlayer(); } else { mp.stop(); mp.reset(); } mp.setDataSource(this, myUri); // Go to Initialized state mp.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); mp.setOnPreparedListener(this); mp.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this); mp.setOnErrorListener(this); mp.prepareAsync(); Log.d(TAG, "LoadClip Done"); } catch (Throwable t) { Log.d(TAG, t.toString()); } } @Override public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) { Log.d(TAG, "Stream is prepared"); mp.start(); } private void pause() { mp.pause(); } private void stop() { mp.stop(); } @Override public void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); stop(); } public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) { stop(); } public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) { StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.append("Media Player Error: "); switch (what) { case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_NOT_VALID_FOR_PROGRESSIVE_PLAYBACK: sb.append("Not Valid for Progressive Playback"); break; case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED: sb.append("Server Died"); break; case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN: sb.append("Unknown"); break; default: sb.append(" Non standard ("); sb.append(what); sb.append(")"); } sb.append(" (" + what + ") "); sb.append(extra); Log.e(TAG, sb.toString()); return true; } public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) { Log.d(TAG, "PlayerService onBufferingUpdate : " + percent + "%"); } } ``` main.xml: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"> <Button android:text="Play" android:id="@+id/play" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button> <Button android:text="Pause" android:id="@+id/pause" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button> <Button android:text="Stop" android:id="@+id/stop" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></Button> </LinearLayout> ``` The Log-cat shows errors: ``` NuHTTPDataSource(33): Server did not give us the content length! Media Player Error: Unknown (1) -2147483648 Media Player Error: Unknown (1) -1002 ``` Can someone help me to fix it? EDIT: Just to share with you people, that our current code works with Android 2.1 & minor versions, but not works with Android 2.2 or higher. Thanks