File path to local video

[NashIlli]

I dont kown where I have to locate my local videos and how I have to write the path to play my video in my Ionic Project.

Thanks for all!

[riadapsis]

Hi, Try -
file:///storage/emulated/0/YOUR_FOLDER/YOUR_FILE

[cr1pt0r0]

Hi,

If your video path on ionic is as below, for eg.
/src/assets/video/test.mp4

Then, your code to access to that video is:-
file:///android_asset/www/assets/video/test.mp4

[Alkashi]

Hi,

If your video path on ionic is as below, for eg.
/src/assets/video/test.mp4

Then, your code to access to that video is:-
file:///android_asset/www/assets/video/test.mp4

Hi,

It is not working for me :/
No error msg on the console.
It works fine with a hosted video file but impossible to play a local file embeded on the app.

Does someone have an idea of the correct path to set ? (I am using capacitor & ionic 4)

[cr1pt0r0]

Hi,
If your video path on ionic is as below, for eg.
/src/assets/video/test.mp4
Then, your code to access to that video is:-
file:///android_asset/www/assets/video/test.mp4

Hi,

It is not working for me :/ No error msg on the console. It works fine with a hosted video file but impossible to play a local file embeded on the app.

Does someone have an idea of the correct path to set ? (I am using capacitor & ionic 4)

Hello, somehow it didn't work for me at first, but after trying something out, it works fine now.

Here's what I did, but not sure which one fixed it.

1. I installed Android SDK 30.0.3 (Min. requirement for latest plugin build requirement) and 32.0.0 (Just in case).
2. Remove current android - "ionic cordova platform rm android"
3. Install latest android - "ionic cordova platform add android@latest"

Then I rebuild my APK, it works fine now. I noticed that the latest android version has a different config in its Android "build.gradle" file.

People suggesting this, (Project folder -> platforms -> android -> build.gradle and then change defaultCompileSdkVersion to 30 instead 29.) will bypass the build, but not sure if it will make the plugin works.

[Ernesto-Lorenzo12]

Hi Guys Im kind of new to cordova and I know this an old post,

Im trying to play a local video on my app using an HTML5 tag but it seems the seekbar is not working so I ended up using this plugin but unfortunately I'm having an error,

[INFO:CONSOLE(2)] "Uncaught ReferenceError: VideoPlayer is not defined", source: https://localhost/main.js (2)

<button id="MyButton" onclick="playVideo()">Play video</button>

JS File:
function playVideo() {
VideoPlayer.play(
"file:///android_asset/www/assets/dummy-video.mp4",
{
volume: 0.5,
scalingMode: VideoPlayer.SCALING_MODE.SCALE_TO_FIT_WITH_CROPPING
},
function () {
console.log("video completed");
},
function (err) {
console.log(err);
}
);
}