Media in Native Android Environments

In Native Android environments, the following native methods allow for managing audio and video media.

There is a system limit of three simultaneous video surfaces.

Supported Android Method Calls

Action	Audio/Video	`MediaPlayer` Methods
Get duration of a program	Audio	`getDuration()`
Launching and starting play in MediaPlayer instance	Audio, Video	`create (Context context, Uri uri, SurfaceHolder holder)` `create (Context context, Uri uri)` `setAudioStreamType(int streamtype)` `reset()` `prepare()` `prepareAsync()` `setDataSource(Context context, Uri uri)` Refer to Media URIs and Formats for URI formats. `setVideoScalingMode(int mode)` `setSurface(Surface surface)` or `setDisplay(SurfaceHolder sh)` `setScreenOnWhilePlaying(boolean screenOn)` `start()` `getTrackInfo()` `setNextMediaPlayer(MediaPlayer next)`
Pause playback	Audio	`pause()`
Resume playback	Audio	`start()`
Fast-forward or rewind	Audio	`getCurrentPosition` — used to obtain the current position `seekTo(int msec)` — used to move to the new position
Automatically play the next program	Audio	`setLooping(boolean looping)`(boolean looping)
Set or remove an audio track	Audio, Video	`getTrackInfo()` `selectTrack(int index)` `deselectTrack(int index)`
Set or disable subtitles	Video	`getTrackInfo()` `selectTrack(int index)` — used to set subtitles `deselectTrack(int index)` — used to disable subtitles
Stop playback	Audio, Video	`stop()`
Close a MediaPlayer instance	Audio, Video	`release()`
Set the player to looping	Audio	`setLooping(boolean looping)`
Determine if the player is set to looping	Audio	`isLooping()`
Determine if the player is playing	Audio, Video	`isPlaying()`

Action	Audio/Video	`MediaPlayer` Methods
Set the video view size to ensure the size does not scale down	Video	`setSurface(Surface surface)`

MediaPlayer listeners:

The following URIs are used with the setDataSource MediaPlayer method.

The Category ID (cid:<\CID>\) is optional. Category ID is used for PAXUS logging.
Use Panasonic media streaming protocols, such as pac_rtp:// or pac_rtsp://, with the Native Android media player. The DRM is handled by the headend streamer Widevine and Fairplay DRM services component.

Type	Format	Example
RTP IP Broadcast media by IP	`pac_rtp://<ip>:<port>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtp://239.192.3.77:52220`
RTP IP Audio only	`pac_rtp://audio:<ip>:<port>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtp://audio:239.192.3.77:52220`
RTP IP Video only	`pac_rtp://video:<ip>:<port>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtp://video:239.192.3.77:52220`
RTP Channel Broadcast media by channel	`pac_rtp://audio:<channel>[cid:<CID>]` or `pac_rtp://video:<channel>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtp://audio:1`
RTSP MID AVOD by MID	`pac_rtsp://mid:<MID>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtsp://mid:100002:cid:3`
RTSP MID Audio only	`pac_rtsp://audio:mid:<MID>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtsp://audio:mid:1001:cid:3`
RTSP MID Video only	`pac_rtsp://video:mid:<MID>[cid:<CID>]`	`pac_rtsp://video:mid:1001:cid:7`
RTSP File AVOD by file	`pac_rtsp://file:<file_name>`	`pac_rtsp://file:movie03.mpg`
HDMI input	`pac_aux://hdmi:<type>`	`pac_aux://hdmi:audio` `pac_aux://hdmi:video` `pax_aux://hdmi:audio_video`
HLS	`pac_hls://`

The following Android MediaPlayer methods are explicitly not supported:

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