java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0xFFFFFFED in android?

java android datasource mediametadataretriever
roger picture roger · Dec 9, 2014 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

Here is my code:

MediaMetadataRetriever metadataRetriever;
metadataRetriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
metadataRetriever.setDataSource(mediaFile.getAbsolutePath());

I get exception like this:

E/AndroidRuntime( 3247): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0xFFFFFFED
E/AndroidRuntime( 3247):        at android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3247):        at android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever.setDataSource(MediaMetadataRetriever.java:70)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3247):        at com.skyworth.tvfileexplorer.utils.FileUtils.getPreview(FileUtils.java:544)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3247):        at com.skyworth.tvfileexplorer.app.folders.CardPreviewer.doInBackground(CardPreviewer.java:33)
E/AndroidRuntime( 3247):        at com.skyworth.tvfileexplorer.app.folders.CardPreviewer.doInBackground(CardPreviewer.java:13)

Answer

dredusher picture dredusher · Apr 5, 2015

I was getting the same error when redefining the MediaMetadataRetriever a number of times. Changed this to have a single static declaration and the problem has gone away. Using 4.4.2.

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