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Department of MCA
MULTIMEDIA
Course: Mobile Application Development
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Class / Semester: II MCA / III Semester
Understanding Multimedia files
MP4 / any other video file is just like a zip file that can package (container format)
video elements, audio elements, and metadata that provide information about the
title or cover art of the video
Keeping audio and video elements together is usually referred to as multiplexing
Audio/video, in its raw form, is typically very large that makes it unsuitable for
storage or transport; needs to be compressed with algorithms, referred as codecs
(compressor–decompressor)
Android platform supports several media codecs and container formats1 to provide
capabilities to play and record a wide variety of audio, video, and images
MPGE-4 container
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Understanding Multimedia files
Once media is available in a container, it is ready to play
To play it, first audio and video elements get separated (de-multiplexed)
Individual elements are then decompressed back to the raw format using
respective codec
finally processed by the smart device in order to play
Decompressing the video elements results in displaying a series of images on the
screen, and
Decompressing the audio elements results in a sound stream on the speakers of
the device
Both these elements are synchronized with the help of metadata
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Introduction
Android provides multimedia capabilities to developer via APIs
With API, Build apps with features that require interacting, recording,
playing, and storing audio, video, and image elements
Media file may be stored on the device itself as an app resource, or
streamed over a network
A developer may simply use the built-in app of Android to playback the
media, but to get more flexibility and control on playback, in-app
mechanism comes handy.
In-app mechanism is implemented using MediaPlayer API, which is pivotal
to audio and media playback
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In App Mechanism
Built-in app of Android is available to playback the media, but to get more flexibility
and control on playback, in-app mechanism comes handy
in-app mechanism is implemented using MediaPlayer API
use an implicit Intent to start the intended music player app
The setDataAndType() method is used to set the data source and the type of audio
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(“http://www.mobmusicstore.com/music.mp3”); Playing audio file
i.setDataAndType(uri,“audio/*”);
startActivity(i);
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.parse (“http://www.mobmusicstore.com/video.mp4”);
Playing video file i.setDataAndType(uri,“video/*”);
startActivity(i);
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In-app Mechanism
MediaPlayer API is the
underlying engine to retrieve,
decode, and playback the
media elements
MediaPlayer object behaves
as a state machine and has its
own life cycle and states
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In-app Mechanism
idle state is the first state , player object gets into, as soon as it is created
initialized state is to set the data source – a file path or an HTTP URL of the
media stream. setDataSource() method is used to achieve this
media stream needs to be fetched and decoded so that it can be prepared
for playback by using prepareAsync() during prepared state
Once it is prepared, can be started using start(), followed by play() to
playback the media stream
The media stream can now be paused or stopped by calling pause() or stop()
call release(), once the MediaPlayer object is not required anymore, which
takes it to the end state
An invalid method call from any state may result in errors and exceptions
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In-app Mechanism
key life-cycle methods and states of the MediaPlayer object are
listed
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MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this,Uri.parse (“http://www.mobmusicstore.com/music.mp3”));
if(mediaPlayer==null)
{
Toast.makeText(this, “Unable to create Media player”, 4000).show();}
else
Toast.makeText(this, “Playing song”, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
mediaPlayer.start();
app requires an INTERNET permission,
<uses-permission android:name=“android.permission.INTERNET”/>
<uses-permission android:name=“android.permission.WAKE_LOCK”/>
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MediaRecorder API
MediaRecorder API
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REFERENCES
Anubhav Pradhan, Anil V Deshpande, “Composing Mobile
Apps using Android”, Wiley Edition, 2014
http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/android/android-
4.0/out/target/ common/docs/doc-comment-
check/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/drawabl
e-animation
