Android: MediaMetadataRetriever caused "java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0x80000000"

Question

I am trying to pick video file through intent and extract meta data from the video.

However, I got some error reports from users and reporting following exception:

Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=12004, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://media/external/images/media/63141 flg=0x1 (has extras) }} to activity {my.app/my.app.VideoActivity}: 
java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0x80000000

Here is the code grabbing meta data:

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
    Uri uri = intent.getData();
    MediaMetadataRetriever retriever = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
    try {
        retriever.setDataSource(this, uri); // error occurs here
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();           
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();           
    }
}

Why does the exception appears and how to fix it?

have you made any progress on this? Investigating the same issue with no success yet and it only occurs on KK devices in my tests — Daniel Kotin

Mick Mick · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-10T14:12:02

One issue with this method in more recent API versions is that it requires manifest permissions and this is not always obvious form the error message - see this discussion: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35794

If this is the issue then for your case I think your URI looks like it is to a local file so you would want file read/write permission. If it was an internet URL then you would want internet permission.

Android: MediaMetadataRetriever caused "java.lang.RuntimeException: setDataSource failed: status = 0x80000000"

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