title: Can't play mp4 video in my Android app
body: <p>I very want to play mp4 video in my android app. I even wrote a bit of code for it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String sourceUrl = "http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/"
         + "1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4";
  
  final VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
  getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
  
  final MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
  mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView);
  videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
  videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(sourceUrl));
  
  videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
  
      public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
          videoView.requestFocus();
          videoView.start();
          mediaController.show();
      }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But nothing works :( When I launch my app in emulator (Android 2.3.3) I've got weird stacktrace with some common error codes:</p>
  
  <p>After few hours off googling and experiments I decided to try to launch my app on real device and watch logcat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>D/test.tv.activity.PlayerActivity( 3428): Player source: http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4
  D/VideoView( 3428): onMeasure()
  I/VideoView( 3428):     Setting size: 320x430
  I/Launcher(  260): onWindowFocusChanged(false)
  D/Launcher(  260): setWallpaperDimension() called
  D/Launcher(  260): USE_NON_SCROLLABLE_IMAGE_WALLPAPER is true
  I/ActivityManager(  163): Start proc org.reactivephone for broadcast org.reactivephone/ru.yandex.common.clid.ClidBroadcastReceiver: pid=3448 uid=10073 gids={1015, 3003}
  I/ActivityManager(  163): No longer want com.sec.android.provider.badge (pid 2310): hidden #16
  I/MediaPlayer( 3428): uri is:http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4
  I/MediaPlayer( 3428): path is null
  D/MediaPlayer( 3428): Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side
  D/Launcher(  260): It's image wallpaper. suggestDesiredDimensions(-1,-1)
  I/ActivityManager(  163): Displayed test.tv/.activity.PlayerActivity: +943ms
  D/VideoView( 3428): onMeasure()
  I/VideoView( 3428):     Setting size: 320x430
  W/dalvikvm( 3406): threadid=5: spin on suspend #1 threadid=22 (pcf=0)
  W/dalvikvm( 3406): threadid=5: spin on suspend resolved in 1154 msec
  W/SearchableInfo(  163): Invalid searchable metadata for org.reactivephone/.ui.RegionForm: Search label must be a resource reference.
  I/ActivityManager(  163): Start proc com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox for broadcast com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/.SourceUpdateReceiver: pid=3457 uid=10027 gids={3003}
  I/WindowOrientationListener(  163): orientation 295.6932 gives new rotation = 2
  I/OrientationDebug(  163): [pwm] in MyOrientationListener.onOrientationChanged() rotation=3  mFancyRotationAnimation=0   now call mWindowManager.setRotation()
  I/OrientationDebug(  163): [wms] in setRotation() rotation=3 alwaysSendConfiguration=false animFlags=0
  I/OrientationDebug(  163): [wms] in setRotation() now call setRotationUnchecked()
  I/WindowManager(  163): Setting rotation to 3, animFlags=0
  I/ActivityManager(  163): Config changed: { scale=1.0 imsi=250/1 loc=ru_RU touch=3 keys=1/1/2 nav=1/1 orien=2 layout=18 uiMode=17 seq=7}
  D/PhoneApp(  241): updateProximitySensorMode: lock already released.
  I/ActivityThread( 3457): Pub com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.shortcuts: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.WebHistoryProvider
  I/ActivityThread( 3457): Pub com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.google: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.google.GoogleSuggestionProvider
  I/ActivityManager(  163): No longer want com.sec.android.widgetapp.clockweather.clockwidget (pid 1214): hidden #16
  D/Finsky  ( 3406): [1] 2.run: Loaded library for account: [Y091GklnFtI4Ab1gmLOw-nJkJXQ]
  D/Finsky  ( 3406): [1] 2.run: Finished loading 1 libraries.
  W/dalvikvm( 3406): VFY: unable to resolve instance field 78
  D/DfeApi  ( 3406): [1] DfeApiContext.getSmallestScreenWidthDp: smallestScreenWidthDp does not exist, using pre-ics hack.
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Setparameter: unknown param 2130706451
  W/TimedEventQueue(   95): Event 3 was not found in the queue, already cancelled?
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Omx Flush issued when vdec is not initialized yet.
  W/QCvdec  (   95): ======================================================================
  W/QCvdec  (   95):                    Open Max Statistics                                
  W/QCvdec  (   95): ======================================================================
  W/QCvdec  (   95): empty this buffer rate = NaN
  W/QCvdec  (   95): empty this buffer total time = 0
  W/QCvdec  (   95): empty this buffer count = 0
  W/QCvdec  (   95): ======================================================================
  D/test.tv.activity.PlayerActivity( 3428): Player source: http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4
  D/VideoView( 3428): onMeasure()
  I/VideoView( 3428):     Setting size: 480x270
  I/MediaPlayer( 3428): uri is:http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4
  I/MediaPlayer( 3428): path is null
  D/MediaPlayer( 3428): Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side
  D/VideoView( 3428): onMeasure()
  I/VideoView( 3428):     Setting size: 480x270
  D/WifiService(  163): [mPersistState] : On
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Setparameter: unknown param 2130706451
  I/VideoView( 3428): start()
  D/WifiService(  163): [mPersistState] : On
  D/WifiService(  163): [mPersistState] : On
  D/WifiWatchdogService(  163): (android.server.ServerThread) wntk (1c:af:f7:2e:7f:c8) does not require the watchdog
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Unsupported profile, level, or widht, height
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Unsupported clip
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Unsupported profile, level, or widht, height
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Unsupported clip
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Omx Flush issued when vdec is not initialized yet.
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Omx Flush issued when vdec is not initialized yet.
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Empty this buffer in Invalid State
  E/OMXCodec(   95): [OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc] ERROR(0x8000100a, 0)
  E/OMXCodec(   95): [OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc] ERROR(0x8000100a, 0)
  E/OMXCodec(   95): read : mState[9] is wrong...
  E/MediaPlayer( 3428): error (1, -2147483648)
  E/OMXCodec(   95): [OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc] ERROR(0x8000100a, 0)
  E/QCvdec  (   95): Omx Flush issued when vdec is not initialized yet.
  D/VideoView( 3428): onMeasure()
  I/VideoView( 3428):     Setting size: 335x270
  I/VideoView( 3428): start()
  E/MediaPlayer( 3428): start called in state 0
  E/MediaPlayer( 3428): error (-38, 0)
  E/MediaPlayer( 3428): Error (1,-2147483648)
  D/VideoView( 3428): Error: 1,-2147483648
  E/MediaPlayer( 3428): Error (-38,0)
  D/VideoView( 3428): Error: -38,0
  D/PowerManagerService(  163): reactivateScreenLocksLocked mProxIgnoredBecauseScreenTurnedOff=false
  I/PowerManagerService(  163): Ulight 1-&gt;3|0
  W/InputManagerService(  163): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@40873ab8
  I/PowerManagerService(  163): Light Animator Finished curIntValue=141
  D/Finsky  ( 3406): [1] 5.onFinished: Installation state replication succeeded.
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  D/BatteryService(  163): update start
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I try to find something about "OMX.qcom.video.decoder.avc] ERROR(0x8000100a, 0)", but didn't find nothing interesting. About "Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side" problem stackoverflow has many answers, but no one helped.</p>
  
  <p>When I launch this app on ICS (in emulator) I've got similar errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>06-01 10:22:14.674: I/NuCachedSource2(37): ERROR_END_OF_STREAM
  06-01 10:22:15.375: I/OMXCodec(37): [OMX.google.h264.decoder] AVC profile = 100 (High), level = 30
  06-01 10:22:15.384: I/OMXCodec(37): [OMX.google.h264.decoder] video dimensions are 320 x 240
  06-01 10:22:15.384: I/OMXCodec(37): [OMX.google.h264.decoder] Crop rect is 320 x 240 @ (0, 0)
  06-01 10:22:16.253: W/NetworkManagementSocketTagger(89): setKernelCountSet(10013, 0) failed with errno -2
  06-01 10:22:16.374: I/Launcher(553): setLoadOnResume
  06-01 10:22:16.584: D/MediaPlayer(602): getMetadata
  06-01 10:22:16.614: I/NuCachedSource2(37): new range: offset= 0
  06-01 10:22:16.694: I/ChromiumHTTPDataSource(37): connect to http://tvstream.cn.ru/storage/1kanal/20120530/1kanal-20120530-01-14-00-20120530-03-16-00.mp4 @0
  06-01 10:22:16.834: E/SoftAVC(37): Decoder failed: -2
  06-01 10:22:16.844: E/OMXCodec(37): [OMX.google.h264.decoder] ERROR(0x80001001, -1007)
  06-01 10:22:16.884: D/AudioSink(37): bufferCount (4) is too small and increased to 12
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As I know, Android supports playback of video decoded with h264 (http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html). So, can anyone tell me what I do wrong.</p>