Streaming from M3U on Android

android streaming m3u
jocull picture jocull · Sep 6, 2010 · Viewed 49.4k times · Source

I am working with Android OS to try to stream from an M3U. I don't see why this is a big deal on Android, but for some reason it is. The M3U structure is simple, it's essentially a list of URLs to external MP3 files. However, when you click the M3U in the browser, it tries to launch and then tells me that it's an unsupported file type.

MP3 is documented as being a supported streaming protocol: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

This works flawlessly on the iPhone. I'd really like to believe that "Droid does" (as they advertise) and I don't want to hate on it too hard, but why isn't a simple M3U even supported?

Is there an external app that supports these that has to be installed first?

Thanks to anyone who can shed a little light on this subject. All I have to test with is the emulators currently, but my friends with devices can confirm that this is not working.

Answer

Slavik picture Slavik · Jun 5, 2011

That is known issue. Currently (that's 3.0.1), Android doesn't support m3u with HTTP links.

Please go to Android issue list and vote for issue, so it can be fixed.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=7028

And yes, free "Just Playlists" app from Market hepls to tackle the issue.

Related questions

Streaming video from Android camera to server

I've seen plenty of info about how to stream video from the server to an android device, but not much about the other way, ala Qik. Could someone point me in the right direction here, or give me some advice …

Read More
Live-stream video from one android phone to another over WiFi

I have searched the internet for days now on how to implement a video streaming feature from an android phone to another android phone over a WiFi connection but I can't seem to find anything useful. I looked on android …

Read More
Android video streaming example

I want to implement video streaming in my project. So, is there any tutorial that works? Videos are stored at server side. So, to fetch video using URL and play it on Android. I tried some examples, but I got …

Read More