How to Play M3U8 on Android

Play m3u8 video in android

The video was existed in http://www.livestream.com. In this there is Mobile Api for live streaming.

The Api is:

http://www.livestream.com/userguide/index.php?title=Mobile_API#How_to_get_mobile_compatible_clips_from_a_channel.27s_library

In above link there is full information for mobile compatible. To get the rtsp link from the channel to use this link

http://xproshowcasex.channel-api.livestream-api.com/2.0/getstream

Replace the your channel name instead of proshowcase. And then get all mobile compatible url's like IPhone, Android, Blackberry etc.,

Using that url you can stream the video in Android by using video view or media player.

For more information please read the Mobile Api link.

If any one get the same problem I hope this answer will helps you.

Best of luck.

how to play m3u8 with exoplayer, the screen remains black

You need to use HLS media source to play m3u8 file.

use this

private MediaSource buildMediaSource(Uri uri) {
    DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory = new DefaultDataSourceFactory(this, "exoplayer-codelab");
    return new HlsMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).createMediaSource(uri);
}

instead of this

private MediaSource buildMediaSource(Uri uri) {
    DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory = new DefaultDataSourceFactory(this, "exoplayer-codelab");
    return new ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory).createMediaSource(uri);
}

Any ideas on how can i stream m3u8 video in android

By m3u8 if you mean HLS videos, Google's ExoPlayer supports that. Also if you don't want to use ExoPlayer, android mediaplayer api has limited support for HLS stream from android 4.0.

I would suggest if you can spend some money on purchasing some thirdparty players, they'll give the best playabck experience and features. Refer the following players

NexStreaming
Akamai
Brightcove
JW Player - Its built on top of exoplayer

Exoplayer playing m3u8 files Android

On Android 4.1+, you can use this library https://github.com/brianwernick/ExoMedia/ . The example mentioned on the Read-me page should be sufficient to get you started. I have reproduced that code snippet with a few additions/modifications.

            private void setupVideoView() {
                EMVideoView emVideoView = (EMVideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_play_activity_video_view);
                emVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);

                //Enter your m3u8 URL below
                emVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("http://SOMESERVER/playlist.m3u8"));
            }

            @Override
            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                //Starts the video playback as soon as it is ready
                emVideoView.start();
            }

            @Override
            public void onPause() {
                super.onPause();
                //Pause Video Playback
                emVideoView.pause();
            }

How to Play M3U8 Format Android & iOS on Flutter

YoYo player is a great choice.

Add dependency:

yoyo_player: #latest

Use anywhere you want:

 YoYoPlayer(
       aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
       url:  "",
       videoStyle: VideoStyle(),
       videoLoadingStyle: VideoLoadingStyle(),
  ),

Android - m3u8 video streaming

Try this library for .m3u8 , this will solve your problem :

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <com.devbrackets.android.exomedia.ui.widget.VideoView
        android:id="@+id/video_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:useDefaultControls="true"/>

</RelativeLayout>

In Activity write below code

private VideoView videoView;

private void setupVideoView() {
    // Make sure to use the correct VideoView import
    videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.video_view);
    videoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);

    //For now we just picked an arbitrary item to play
    videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("https://archive.org/download/Popeye_forPresident/Popeye_forPresident_512kb.m3u8"));
}

@Override
public void onPrepared() {
    //Starts the video playback as soon as it is ready
    videoView.start();
}