Back on the http connection closing issue, I've done some experiments with MX player, and I think what it may be doing is saving the file position of the last keyframe, then using the resume download feature of http 1.1 to start there again. I notice that I can completely exit the app, then start th...
Yep, I tried it with the built in /sdcard folder, and it doesn't have a problem coming back after a pause and sleep. It looks like the culprit on my first sdcard experiment was using an external card and stickmount on my new Nexus 7. I guess stickmount must have a problem keeping the card mounted ac...
And I now get the impression it also closes the file descriptor for a copy of the video on an sdcard as well. I played an avi file from a sdcard and did a similar pause and walk away for 10 minutes, when I turned the tablet back on, it picked up where it left off, but could only play a fraction of a...
Here's the full logcat from the start of VLC through the pause, nexus 7 sleep, then resume. I'm not entirely sure, but I get the impression VLC just closes the http connection as soon as the Nexus goes to sleep:
I have a bunch of avi files as simple links (no HTML5 or anything) on a web page begin served by apache on my fedora 18 box. I click on one of those files on chrome using my new 2013 model Nexus 7 and say play with vlc. I watch half the video, then pause it and go do some other work for about 10 min...