how to play video from url

It has something to do with your link and content. Try the following two links:

    String path="http://www.ted.com/talks/download/video/8584/talk/761";    String path1="http://commonsware.com/misc/test2.3gp";    Uri uri=Uri.parse(path1);    VideoView video=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoView01);    video.setVideoURI(uri);    video.start();

Start with "path1", it is a small light weight video stream and then try the "path", it is a higher resolution than "path1", a perfect high resolution for the mobile phone.

Try this:

String LINK = "type_here_the_link";setContentView(R.layout.mediaplayer);VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video);MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);mc.setAnchorView(videoView);mc.setMediaPlayer(videoView);Uri video = Uri.parse(LINK);videoView.setMediaController(mc);videoView.setVideoURI(video);videoView.start();

pDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);    // Set progressbar message    pDialog.setMessage("Buffering...");    pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);    pDialog.setCancelable(false);    // Show progressbar    pDialog.show();    try {        // Start the MediaController        MediaController mediacontroller = new MediaController(this);        mediacontroller.setAnchorView(mVideoView);              Uri videoUri = Uri.parse(videoUrl);        mVideoView.setMediaController(mediacontroller);        mVideoView.setVideoURI(videoUri);    } catch (Exception e) {        e.printStackTrace();    }    mVideoView.requestFocus();    mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {        // Close the progress bar and play the video        public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {            pDialog.dismiss();            mVideoView.start();        }    });    mVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {        public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {            if (pDialog.isShowing()) {                pDialog.dismiss();            }            finish();                       }    });