MediaPlayer error (1, -1004) aka MEDIA_ERROR_IO trying to stream music on Samsung S3

Question

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Answer 1

For everyone struggling with this problem here's the solution:

Android MediaPlayer takes long time to prepare and buffer

EDIT : The previous solution is not very complete because it is possible sometimes to hear the player 'stutter' when it pauses and resumes.

A 100% java answer that is slightly more elegant involves using a MediaCodec instance to turn the mp3 into PCM data to feed to an AudioTrack instance.

I have posted full source code and explanation here : http://www.piterwilson.com/blog/2014/03/15/mediacodec-mediaextractor-and-audiotrack-to-the-rescue/