title: How to display Video in the Android Emulator from Remote URL?
body: <p>I am using the following code to display a video file in the android emulator,it works fine when the video file is stored in a SDcard.But when i give any URL of a video the code not working.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import android.app.Activity;
  import android.media.MediaPlayer;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.*;
  
  public class playerActivity extends Activity 
  {
  Button b;
  VideoView preview;
  SurfaceHolder holder;
  MediaPlayer mp;
  
   private String path = "/data/data/payoda.android/funny.mp4";
  
  //private String path = "http://www.daily3gp.com/vids/3.3gp";
  
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
  {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      preview=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.surface);
      holder=preview.getHolder();
      b=(Button)findViewById(R.id.cmd_play);
      b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
      {
      public void onClick(View v)
      {
          try
          {
                  mp=new MediaPlayer(); 
                  mp.setDataSource(path);
                  mp.setScreenOnWhilePlaying(true);
                  mp.setDisplay(holder);
                  mp.prepare();
                  mp.start();
          }
          catch(Exception e)
          {
  
          }
      }
      });
  }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Exception thorwn is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>prepare failed:
  status=0xC8
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The LogCat details are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>09-16 12:16:36.729: ERROR/PlayerDriver(542): Command PLAYER_INIT completed with an error or info PVMFErrContentInvalidForProgressivePlayback
  09-16 12:16:36.739: ERROR/MediaPlayer(2867): error (200, -27)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In the above code if change the path variable the Emulator screen is black with single button.May be i have to do some more things to display the video from the Remote URL,i dont know what to do.Any one having any idea about this please help Me.</p>