[android-developers] Re: mediaplayer surface initialized to a frame

Every device's MediaPlayer works a bit differently, so what works for you on one device may not work the way you expect on another.  I have seen significant differences between manufacturers and versions of Android.

On Monday, March 21, 2011 12:32:41 PM UTC-7, droid-stricken wrote:

I think i have a solution for this. Using a background image for the
surface view and removing the background before calling
mediaplayerinstance.start() works for me.

Thanks.

On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, droid-stricken <hari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am creating a surface holder for displaying my video and creating
> the mediaplayer instance as well. My question is - How to display the
> first frame on the surfaceView and then provide a button for the user
> to click that starts the actual playback of the video?
>
> Currently, my screen is totally black before the user presses the
> button that calls mediaplayerinstance.start(). I would rather have a
> frame there instead of nothing.
>
> Is this possible to achieve? seekTo to the first 1 sec of the video
> content does not help. I don't see the frame at the 1st sec until
> start() is invoked.
>
> TIA.

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