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javaandroidmedia-playerplaybackogg

Playing Ogg Sound in Android

In my application, I am trying to play a sound file in ogg format, stored in raw folder in res directory of my application. When I press the button that calls below function, it just freezes with the button pressed and does not respond. In the end, I have to terminate the application from Eclipse. Nothing about an error or exception in Logcat.

In debugging mode, it enters create function and never comes back. What am I doing wrong?

    private void playbeep()
{
    mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.beep);
    mPlayer.start();
    mPlayer.release();
}
Solution

  • You start and release the MediaPlayer at the same time. Try taking this out and see if it works.

    mPlayer.release();

    Also, check my post here to make sure you have the MediaPlayer set up correctly. If all else fails, try your audio file in a different format.