How do I build a Virtual Reality videoplayer without Unity?

Question

I want to build a Virtual Reality video player without using Unity. Is there a way to use the mediaplayer?

Answer 1

You will need this:

https://github.com/Rajawali/RajawaliVR

It works well with media player and local files, but if you want to stream video, media player is not a reliable option.

here is my example:

PlayerActivity

public class PlayerActivity extends RajawaliVRActivity {
private RajawaliVRExampleRenderer mRenderer;
private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
SurfaceView surfaceView;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;


@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
    mRenderer = new RajawaliVRExampleRenderer(PlayerActivity.this);
    setRenderer(mRenderer);
    setConvertTapIntoTrigger(true);

}

/**
 * Called when the Cardboard trigger is pulled.
 */
@Override
public void onCardboardTrigger() {
    RajLog.i("onCardboardTrigger");
}


@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
}
}

And you need a renderer class (I'm sure you can modify MediaPlayer to suit your needs)

 public class RajawaliVRExampleRenderer extends RajawaliVRRenderer {
//"https://ia700401.us.archive.org/19/items/ksnn_compilation_master_the_internet/ksnn_compilation_master_the_internet_512kb.mp4"
Context mContext;

private MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer;
private StreamingTexture mVideoTexture;
AppController appController;
boolean playing=false;
public RajawaliVRExampleRenderer(Context context) {
    super(context);
    mContext = context;
}

@Override
public void initScene() {

    appController=(AppController)getContext().getApplicationContext();
    //mMediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getContext(),R.raw.video1);
    mMediaPlayer=new MediaPlayer();

    try {
        mMediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.USE_DEFAULT_STREAM_TYPE);
        mMediaPlayer.setDataSource("*URL*");

        mMediaPlayer.prepareAsync();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    mMediaPlayer.setLooping(true);
    mVideoTexture = new StreamingTexture("sintelTrailer", mMediaPlayer);
    Material material = new Material();
    material.setColorInfluence(0);
    try {
        material.addTexture(mVideoTexture);
    } catch (ATexture.TextureException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    Sphere sphere = new Sphere(50, 64, 32);
    sphere.setScaleX(-1);
    sphere.setMaterial(material);

    getCurrentScene().addChild(sphere);

    getCurrentCamera().setPosition(Vector3.ZERO);

    getCurrentCamera().setFieldOfView(75);

    mMediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(new MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener() {
        @Override
        public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) {
            Log.v("grebuf", "buffer (%):" + percent);
            if (percent >= 20) {
                if (!playing) {
                    //mMediaPlayer.start();
                    playing = true;
                }
            }
        }
    });
    mMediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
            Log.v("grega", "media start");
            mp.start();
        }
    });
    mMediaPlayer.setOnErrorListener(new MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
            Log.d("grebuf",what+" "+extra);
            return false;
        }
    });

}

@Override
public void onRender(long ellapsedRealtime, double deltaTime) {
    super.onRender(ellapsedRealtime, deltaTime);
    mVideoTexture.update();
}

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    if (mMediaPlayer != null)
        mMediaPlayer.pause();
}

@Override
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (mMediaPlayer != null)
        mMediaPlayer.start();
}

@Override
public void onRenderSurfaceDestroyed(SurfaceTexture surfaceTexture) {
    super.onRenderSurfaceDestroyed(surfaceTexture);
    mMediaPlayer.stop();
    mMediaPlayer.release();
}
 }