hi,  I just play a mp4 file from the raw successfully.  Steps as
follow:
1) create a SurfaceView as the active's current view.
2) make this surfaceView as the MediaPlayer's display.
3) maybe, you also need to set a appropriate higth/width for the
surfaceView.

A problem existed that the emulator will be halt when it has not
finish playing the media.

Code just for a reference.

package com.dh;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener;
import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.Menu.Item;

public class Hello extends Activity implements OnErrorListener,
                                                        OnBufferingUpdateListener, OnCompletionListener {
        private static final String TAG = "Hello";

    private static final int PLAY_VIDEO = Menu.FIRST + 1;
    private static final int PLAY_MP3 = Menu.FIRST + 2;
    private static final int STOP_PLAY_ID = Menu.FIRST + 4;

    private MediaPlayer mp;

    private Preview mPreview;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
        super.onCreate(icicle);
        Log.v(TAG, "onCreate: ===> ");
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);

        mPreview = new Preview(this);
        setContentView(mPreview);
    }

        private void playVideo() {
                try {
//            SurfaceView view = new SurfaceView(this);
//            Surface surface = view.getHolder().getSurface();
//            setContentView(view);
            Log.v(TAG, "height: " + mPreview.getHeight());
            Log.v(TAG, "width: " + mPreview.getWidth());
                        mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.samplemp4);

                        mp.setOnErrorListener(this);
                        mp.setDisplay(mPreview.getHolder().getSurface());
                    mp.prepare();
                    Log.v(TAG, "Duration:  ===>" + mp.getDuration());
                    mp.start();
                }catch(Exception e) {
                        //e.printStackTrace();
                        Log.e(TAG, "error: " + e.getMessage());
                        stopPlay();
                }
        }

        private void playMp3() {
                mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.testmp3);
            mp.prepare();
            Log.v(TAG, "Duration: ===>" + mp.getDuration());
            mp.start();
        }

        private void stopPlay() {
                if (mp != null) {
                        mp.stop();
                        mp.release();
                }
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
                boolean result = super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
                menu.add(0, PLAY_MP3, R.string.menu_playMp3);
                menu.add(1, PLAY_VIDEO, R.string.menu_playVideo);
                menu.add(1, STOP_PLAY_ID, R.string.menu_stop);
                return result;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(Item item) {
                Log.v(TAG, "option: " + item.getId());
                switch (item.getId()) {
                        case PLAY_MP3:
                                playMp3();
                                break;
                        case PLAY_VIDEO:
                                playVideo();
                                break;
                        case STOP_PLAY_ID:
                                stopPlay();
                                break;
                }
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }

    @Override
        protected boolean isFullscreenOpaque() {
        // Our main window is set to translucent, but we know that we
will
        // fill it with opaque data. Tell the system that so it can
perform
        // some important optimizations.
        return false;
    }

    @Override
        protected void onResume()
    {
        // Because the CameraDevice object is not a shared resource,
        // it's very important to release it when the activity is
paused.
        super.onResume();
//        mPreview.resume();
    }

    @Override
        protected void onPause()
    {
        // Start Preview again when we resume.
        super.onPause();
//        mPreview.pause();
    }

        public void onError(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer, int what, int extra) {
                Log.e(TAG, "onError--->   what:" + what + "    extra:" + extra);
                if (mediaPlayer != null) {
                        mediaPlayer.stop();
                        mediaPlayer.release();
                }
        }

        public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer arg0, int percent) {
                Log.d(TAG, "onBufferingUpdate--->   percent:" + percent);
        }

        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer arg0) {
                Log.d(TAG, "onCompletion--->   finished");
        }

class Preview extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback
{
    SurfaceHolder   mHolder;
    private boolean         mHasSurface;
    Preview(Context context) {
        super(context);

        mHolder = getHolder();
        mHolder.setCallback(this);
        mHasSurface = false;

        //mHolder.setFixedSize(320, 240);
        mHolder.setFixedSize(192, 242);
    }

    public boolean surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        // The Surface has been created, start our main acquisition
thread.
        mHasSurface = true;
        return true;
    }

    public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
        // Surface will be destroyed when we return. Stop the preview.
        mHasSurface = false;
    }

    public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int
w, int h) {
        // Surface size or format has changed. This should not happen
in this
        // example.
    }

On 12月2日, 上午9时17分, "Mark Bakker" <bakker.m...@gmail.com> wrote: