Seamless video Loop with VideoView
AndroidAndroid VideoviewAndroid Problem Overview
I have the following code to take a video as a raw resource, start the video and loop it but I need the video to loop seamlessly as of now when it comes to an end of the clip and starts the clip again the transition between causes a flicker for a split second, which I really can't have for my app.
public class Example extends Activity {
VideoView vv;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
vv = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoView01);
//Video Loop
vv.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
vv.start(); //need to make transition seamless.
}
});
Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.example/"
+ R.raw.video);
vv.setVideoURI(uri);
vv.requestFocus();
vv.start();
}
}
The clip is only 22 seconds long but was created to be seamless so it is possible to work without the delay.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Try this it will work 100%
VideoView videoView;
<---write this in outside of method or else declare it as final variable.
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
@Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.setLooping(true);
}
});
Solution 2 - Android
In Kotlin simply use
videoView.setOnPreparedListener { it.isLooping = true }
Solution 3 - Android
Not sure if this helps years later, but I used
vv.start();
vv.setOnCompletionListener ( new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
@Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
vv.start();
}
});
and it has a seamless loop
Solution 4 - Android
The pause is for the underlying MediaPlayer
to refresh its buffers. How long that will take will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside your control (e.g., speed of CPU, speed of on-board flash storage).
One you can control is to get your video out of the resource and into the filesystem. Resources are stored in the APK, which is a ZIP file, so extracting the video this way probably takes extra time.
You may need to switch away from VideoView
and use a SurfaceView
with two MediaPlayers
, alternating between them -- one is playing while the next is preparing, so when the playing one ends you can switch to the new player. I have not tried this, and so I do not know what the ramifications might be. However, I know that this technique is frequently used for audio playback to transition from one clip to another.
Solution 5 - Android
Little late, but any reason that you can't use the following?
MediaPlayer.setLooping(true);
Solution 6 - Android
If you are using Kotlin
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(object : MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener {
override fun onPrepared(mp: MediaPlayer?) {
//Start Playback
videoView.start()
//Loop Video
mp!!.isLooping = true;
Log.i(TAG, "Video Started");
}
});
Using Arrow Expression short form
videoView.setOnPreparedListener { mp ->
//Start Playback
videoView.start()
//Loop Video
mp!!.isLooping = true;
Log.i(TAG, "Video Started");
};
Solution 7 - Android
Answer to this is to remove the audio from the video and convert that to a .ogg
file which can be looped seamlessly and then use the video without audio to loop round and this works.
Solution 8 - Android
Here is answer friends, you must use vv.resume
in setOnCompletionListener
class