mpossible to open '/storage/emulated/0/Download/first_video.mp4'

[Mohamed Mohy]

Above android 9

I am using the library to get the path from the URI of videos after selecting them from the download folder using ACTION_PICK like the example code. after generating the path using the library and passing it to FFmpeg Kit the app gives me that error

2022-01-22 06:19:30.751 13954-13998/com.hbisoft.pickitexample E/ffmpeg-kit: [concat @ 0xc5da8000] Impossible to open '/storage/emulated/0/Download/first_video.mp4' 2022-01-22 06:19:30.751 13954-13998/com.hbisoft.pickitexample E/ffmpeg-kit: /data/user/0/com.hbisoft.pickitexample/cache/ffmpeg-list1945350936764214333.txt: Permission denied

@Override
    public void PickiTonMultipleCompleteListener(ArrayList<String> paths, boolean wasSuccessful, String Reason) {
        if (mdialog != null && mdialog.isShowing()) {
            mdialog.cancel();
        }
        StringBuilder allPaths = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < paths.size(); i++) {
            allPaths.append("\n").append(paths.get(i)).append("\n");
        }

        //  Set returned path to TextView
        pickitTv.setText(allPaths.toString());

        //  Make TextView's visible
        originalTitle.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        originalTv.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        pickitTitle.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        pickitTv.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

        mVideosList = generateList(paths.toArray(new String[0]));
    }

private static String generateList(String[] inputs) {
        File list;
        Writer writer = null;
        try {
            list = File.createTempFile("ffmpeg-list", ".txt");
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(list)));
            for (String input : inputs) {
                writer.write("file '" + input + "'\n");
                Log.d(TAG, "Writing to list file: file '" + input + "'");
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return "/";
        } finally {
            try {
                if (writer != null)
                    writer.close();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        Log.d(TAG, "Wrote list file to " + list.getAbsolutePath());
        return list.getAbsolutePath();
    }

findViewById(R.id.start_combine_button).setOnClickListener(view -> {
            FFmpegKit.executeAsync("-f concat -safe 0 -i " + mVideosList + " -c copy " + mOutputDirectory.getPath(),
                    new FFmpegSessionCompleteCallback() {
                        @Override
                        public void apply(FFmpegSession session) {
                            Log.d(TAG, "getCommand: " + session.getCommand());
                            Log.d(TAG, "getFailStackTrace: " + session.getFailStackTrace());

                        }

                    });

        });

[Hagen Brooks]

Can you please provide the Uri returned from MediaStore?

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[Hagen Brooks]

Inactive, closing.