MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(String path) no longer accepts URLs [36952379]

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Description

lo...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Jul 31, 2012 07:40PM

As of Android 4.1.1, MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(String path) no longer accepts a URI.

Sample code:

String spec = "

http://song.mp3"; // replace with a valid test MP3
MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
if(retriever != null) {
try {
retriever.setDataSource(spec);
}
catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}

Result:

IllegalArgumentException from the setDataSource() call.

07-31 13:04:56.908: W/System.err(16770): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
07-31 13:04:56.908: W/System.err(16770): at android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(MediaMetadataRetriever.java:68)
07-31 13:04:56.908: W/System.err(16770): at com.andromo.test.audio.MediaMetadata.getMetadata(MediaMetadata.java:198)

Expected behavior:

The setDataSource call should connect to the remote site and extract the metadata from the MP3 file as it did in other versions (confirmed working in 2.1 all the way to 4.0.4).

Tested on a Nexus S running 4.1.1.

Comments

jl...@gmail.com <jl...@gmail.com> #2Sep 11, 2012 04:53PM

I have the same problem

jl...@gmail.com <jl...@gmail.com> #3Sep 11, 2012 05:05PM

Discovered that exist a new method: setDataSource(link, headers);
I solved this problem with this:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 14)
mmr.setDataSource(link, new HashMap<String, String>());
else
mmr.setDataSource(link);

pr...@gmail.com <pr...@gmail.com> #4Oct 2, 2012 02:57PM

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pr...@gmail.com <pr...@gmail.com> #5Oct 2, 2012 02:58PM

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pr...@gmail.com <pr...@gmail.com> #6Oct 2, 2012 02:59PM

I tried the same thing, as mentioned in comment 2 but I wasn't able to get any metadata for the mp3 files. I am facing problem with the new Nexus tablet running jellbean. I think it definitely is a bug.

ko...@gmail.com <ko...@gmail.com> #7Feb 9, 2013 09:39PM

I want to get metadata from mp3 url too, if this is not working then what are the other options for that?

di...@gmail.com <di...@gmail.com> #8Apr 26, 2013 12:41AM

Comment #2

works for me.

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #9May 9, 2014 09:42PM

Comment #2

works for me too.

ra...@gmail.com <ra...@gmail.com> #10Nov 4, 2014 11:06AM

Excellent . Works for me !!!

en...@google.com <en...@google.com> Dec 8, 2014 02:07AM

Status: Won't Fix (Obsolete)

k0...@googlemail.com <k0...@googlemail.com> #11Mar 10, 2015 12:25PM

setDataSource(link, new HashMap<String, String>()) .
It works on S4 phone but doesn't work on my tablet. Both devices are running on same version 4.4.2. Couldn't fix the problem.

[Deleted User] <[Deleted User]> #12May 27, 2015 07:31AM

I tried the same thing, as mentioned in comment 2 but I wasn't able to get any metadata for the mp4 files.
My code is like this
mediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource( "

https://s3.amazonaws.com/demo/demo/19/video_20150423_183724.mp4",
new HashMap<String, String>());
but got an exception in logcat i.e.
java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0x80000000

ps...@gmail.com <ps...@gmail.com> #13Sep 15, 2015 03:22PM

Второй комментарий помог, спасибо.

ka...@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com> #14Apr 11, 2016 05:54AM

I tried to retrieve sequence of images from video using following code.

MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
retriever.setDataSource(videofilepath);
bitmap = retriever.getFrameAtTime(33333*i, MediaMetadataRetriever.OPTION_CLOSEST);

The above code retrieve sequence of images in lollipop but it's not working in
Marshmallow.In marshmallow it reaped same images, Please can any one help me to retrieve images in marshmallow I'm in critical situation please help me.

ra...@gmail.com <ra...@gmail.com> #15Jun 6, 2016 04:45AM

Lollipop and marshmallow user, please check you have provided the INTTERNET usage permission from the "Manifest". Previous versions do not require explicit permission but newer do ;) .
<uses-permission android:name ="android.permission.INTERNET" />

ka...@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com> #16Jun 7, 2016 01:54PM

On the Marshmallow, the MediaMetadataRetriever with OPTION_CLOSEST,OPTION_CLOSEST_SYNC,OPTION_NEXT_SYNC,OPTION_PREVIOUS_SYNC does not work.
The OPTION_CLOSEST works fine with all other versions of android,except Marshmallow.I tried to extract 30fps from video.Below code is I used.
it's working fine except marshmallow.

MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
bitmap = retriever.getFrameAtTime(33333*i,MediaMetadataRetriever.OPTION_CLOSEST);
where, i-->1,2,3,...(next frames)

Please,Can any one help me to solve this problem. What can I do for extracting 30fps in marshmallow.

ka...@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com> #17Jun 7, 2016 01:55PM

I tried ,

<uses-permission android:name ="android.permission.INTERNET" />

with this also but not working in marshmallow.

ch...@gmail.com <ch...@gmail.com> #18Jun 14, 2017 01:11PM

If you're targeting Marshmallow or greater, make sure that you have requested the `Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` permission properly. I tried many different solutions, including another library that's an alternative to `MediaMetadataRetriever`, but it turned out that one of my code paths didn't request the proper permission.

sa...@gmail.com <sa...@gmail.com> #19Sep 9, 2017 10:20AM

i am having a same issue with Marshmallow, MediaMetadataRetriever.OPTION_CLOSEST not work for me ...

ma...@aon.at <ma...@aon.at> #20Jan 2, 2018 03:20PM

There can be non media files in the directory you are trying to access. I just tried to access my music directory and got the exeption. I checked it and found a dll file I accidentally copied in from my windows pc. After removing it it worked fine again.

st...@gmail.com <st...@gmail.com> #21May 8, 2019 06:59AM

Just got the same problem, and found it surprisingly that this bug has been here OVER 6 YEARS...
I tried the methods (HashMap) from #3, and set Manifest with permission internet/write-external-storage as #15 #18 mentioned, but I still got a RuntimeException like #12 encountered.

tu...@gmail.com <tu...@gmail.com> #22Dec 22, 2019 07:57AM

shame shame shame

ga...@gmail.com <ga...@gmail.com> #23Jun 15, 2020 03:36PM

#3 just worked for me fortunately

a_...@inbox.lv <a_...@inbox.lv> #24Jun 22, 2020 02:41PM

#2 not works. Android 10, Xiaomi Mi 9

mu...@gmail.com <mu...@gmail.com> #25Aug 8, 2020 04:47AM

Facing same issue not working on MI 9, throwing same error

sa...@gmail.com <sa...@gmail.com> #26Nov 23, 2020 12:01PM

Same issue here not working in Samsung m30s device. Am tried below method : ThumbnailUtils.createVideoThumbnail(file, size, null)

Occurs below issue : java.io.IOException: Failed to create thumbnail

sa...@gmail.com <sa...@gmail.com> #27Nov 23, 2020 03:18PM

For me its fixed, the video file should be mp4 format than its working fine

ma...@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com> #28Dec 8, 2020 06:13AM

FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever();
retriever.setDataSource(videoUri);

1. Samsung A20 works fine. But the rest of the android device not work. What can I do?

sl...@gmail.com <sl...@gmail.com> #29Oct 28, 2021 06:39AM

For me, It was file problem. A file of gallery was broken. I had to check at my pc whether the file was broken or not. In gallery, its thumbnail was fine. So I hadn't noticed that.

sg...@gmail.com <sg...@gmail.com> #30Feb 17, 2025 10:45AM

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