Playing Video

MMAPI(Mobile Media API) provides a framework for playing media content on J2ME devices.There are protocols defined for real-time streaming of Internet radio content, streaming other RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) content, capturing audio, and taking pictures.

The method below plays a video file the on mobile device:
public void run()
{
try
{
String url = "http://server/video-mpeg.mpg";
Player p = Manager.createPlayer(url);
p.realize();

//Get the video controller
VideoControl video = (VideoControl) p.getControl("VideoControl");

//Get a GUI to display the video
Item videoItem = (Item)video.initDisplayMode(
VideoControl.USE_GUI_PRIMITIVE, null);

//Append the GUI to a form
videoForm.append(videoItem);

//Start the video
p.start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{}
}

If you want to play the video from an rtsp server, you only need to change url with "rtsp://server/video.mpg". This will only work on devices which support real time input streams.