Android libvlc Error handler for load errors of differrent media types

[gecko19]

Hello All,

I am new to the forum and I am hoping I am asking the right questions.

I have embedded libvlc in my Android app and it works perfect!
However, I wish to know if there are any android libvlc APIs I can use to determine if a media file can be played back without errors. I have this issue with some files where playback of the file causes a crash, I would like to warn the user that playing the content will cause a crash.

I used the MediaPlayer.setEventListener to listen for errors, yet no MediaPlayer.Event.EncounteredError are generated for these files.
Any ideas how I could handle this issue with differrent media gracefully.

Thanks,
G.

[mfkl]

I wish to know if there are any android libvlc APIs I can use to determine if a media file can be played back without errors.

No. How would that be possible without playing the file?

The correct way would be to report the crash, and fix it.

[gecko19]

Hello Mkfi,

Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry I did not clarify, I am able to load the video and start playback - however, while playing the video, libvlc crashes and I was hoping to get an error notification from MediaPlayer.EventListener registered to org.videolan.libvlc.MediaPlayer.setEventListener().

Any ideas why I am not getting any errors before the crash, I am sure the content is the culprit here - hoping there would be some mechanism I could use.

Thanks,
G.

[mfkl]

Any ideas why I am not getting any errors before the crash, I am sure the content is the culprit here - hoping there would be some mechanism I could use..

Maybe it crashes before the event is sent, maybe no event is sent. Do share the full crash logs and media file if possible (and libvlc version used).