media player for a website link

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I was trying to make a scanner feed application.  Scanner meaning like the kind 
you listen to like police or fire scanner.  I had it all there I believe at 
least but when I went to use the "player" I could only upload a file from the 
computer.  What I need to be able to do is pull a link from the web.  Does this 
make sense?

Thank you.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kb3...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2010 at 3:29

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Yes, I too want to make a simple app to play a streaming file from a website.

Original comment by JoeB...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2010 at 8:49

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Original comment by ma...@google.com on 28 Oct 2010 at 8:21

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Im still trying to get this to work maybe I am missing something

Original comment by kb3...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 7:38

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Me too, I use the set source block and type in the url to the stream, but it 
does not play.  What are we missing?

Original comment by JoeB...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2010 at 8:07

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What did you do to get this working?

Original comment by sbb...@gmail.com on 4 Mar 2011 at 11:58

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I've been trying to this with my app too. Here's what I've come up with:

I originally did my app on my HTC Sensation. My app gets a sites API, goes thru 
the JSon code, and makes a list of mp3 links it gets off the Json code. I have 
buttons that when pressed, streams the desired song to the user. I made a 
procedure that takes the list of mp3 links and and runs Activity Starter off 
that list. The Activity Starter block inputs looks like this:

Action: android.intent.android.VIEW
DataURI: http://files........./.mp3

Now here's where the problem lies...when I run this on my HTC Sensation, the 
link is opened in a browser and it automatically plays the mp3 link in the 
stock player and streams the song. When I run it on my brother's G2 (which 
doesn't have the Sense UI on it), the browser opens with the link, but it times 
out (I think bc nothing happens) and closes the app. 

I did come up with a solution though. I changed the Activity Starter inputs to 
this:

Action: android.intent.android.VIEW
Package: com.android.media
Class: com.android.media.StreamPlayer
Data URI: http://files........./.mp3

When I run that block on the G2, it opens the player with the streamed link. 
When i run it on my HTC Sensation, it give me an error stating that there is no 
corresponding activity. 

I also tried opening it directly with the browser using this ActivityStarter:

Action: com.android.VIEW
Package: com.android.browser
Class: com.android.browser.BrowserActivity 
DataURI: http://files...../.mp3

Does not work for either on either phone with this. 

I've been stuck on this problem for a couple of days now. Idk if it has to do 
with the fact that one phone is on Sense and the other one isn't. I've looked 
at the logs, and the only solid thing I can pin this on is the fact that in the 
my HTC Sense, when you open the player, the action looks like this:

I/ActivityManager
Start proc com.htc.(other stuff)

While on the G2, it looks like this

I/ActivityManager
Start proc com.android. (other stuff)

Is this the problem? And if so, is it something we CAN'T work around with this 
current version of AI?

If it's not the problem, can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks. 

Original comment by thejet1...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2011 at 7:51

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^^^^

Also, I know I can use the Player component to stream the song now, but I want 
my user to be able to control the playback of the song. 

I've seen people make apps using the player + button components to pause and 
play songs but I want my user to have the ability to rewind as well. 

Original comment by thejet1...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2011 at 7:56