# VOD on Android **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [September 9, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808 "2014-09-09T08:19:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bob\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bob\_ka](https://community.wowza.com/u/bob_ka)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808/1 "2014-09-09T08:19:07Z")
can anyone tell me why on android our player is not working seamlessly? e.g. the video sort of works after a cumbersome series of clicks that launches a video player. experience is choky and unprofessional. it works well on all other platforms - we have jw player using flash and fallback for iOS - we are using WowzaMediaServer-3.5.0 ---
**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808/2 "2014-09-09T11:31:34Z")
Hi there. This would appear to be an Android issue as you are reporting that the stream works with other protocols. In the past Android has proven to be a little unstable. What version of Android are you testing on? Please take a look at this troubleshooting guide: [How to troubleshoot RTSP/RTP playback](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-troubleshoot-rtsp-rtp-playback) You can also test your set up with this [RTSP/RTP test stream](https://www.wowza.com/mobile.html) to see if it works. Thank you. Salvadore ---
**Author:** ![bob\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bob\_ka](https://community.wowza.com/u/bob_ka)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 10:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808/3 "2014-09-09T10:26:41Z")
> Hi there. > > This would appear to be an Android issue as you are reporting that the stream works with other protocols. In the past Android has proven to be a little unstable. What version of Android are you testing on? > > Please take a look at this troubleshooting guide: > > [How to troubleshoot RTSP/RTP playback](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-troubleshoot-rtsp-rtp-playback) > > You can also test your set up with this [RTSP/RTP test stream](https://www.wowza.com/mobile.html) to see if it works. > > Thank you. > > Salvadore this is on latest android testing on in store devices at the mall why did you put rtsp? this is on demand “vod” ---
**Author:** ![bob\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bob\_ka](https://community.wowza.com/u/bob_ka)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808/4 "2014-09-10T07:41:26Z")
we are using H.264 Baseline via handbrake and RTMP. support said: * * * For some Android devices you may need to add the following Property cupertinoOnChunkStartResetCounter false Boolean Into both LiveStreamPacketizer / Properties and HTTPStreamers/Properties Restart Wowza and this may resolve the issue you are seeing. * * * which sounds like a maybe ---
**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/vod-on-android/34808/5 "2014-09-09T23:03:11Z")
Hi, RTSP can be used for vod or live, it shouldn’t matter. I tend to refer folks to the Android core media formats section of the Android developer guide [here.](http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html) where there are recommendations to use H.264 Baseline Profile codec. Which is basically keeping it simple to ensure playback across more devices. Salvadore’s rtsp link above is to a test vod video with very simple encoding, should work on most devices. Daren