Summary

Here is a summary the topics covered in this media chapter on audio and video:

• SD cards, and how to create SD card images
• Manually putting files onto and getting files from SD cards
• The standard DCIM directory for picture and video files
• Android constants for specifying other types of directories on SD cards, and the method calls to use them with
• Playing audio through a MediaPlayer
• Several ways to source audio for MediaPlayer, from local application resources, to files, to streaming over the network
• Steps to take with a MediaPlayer to get the audio to come out properly
• SoundPool and its ability to play several sounds simultaneously
• SoundPool's limitations in terms of the amount of audio it can handle
• AsyncPlayer, which is useful because sounds generally need to be managed in the background