public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
    setContentView(R.layout.videoview);


    File musicFile = new File( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
    "documentariesandyou.mp4");
    String path = musicFile.getAbsolutePath();

    mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
    mVideoView.setVideoPath(path);
    mVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
    mVideoView.requestFocus();
}

05-25 01:42:28.622: WARN/MediaPlayer(11807): info/warning (1, 26)
05-25 01:42:28.622: ERROR/PlayerDriver(95): HandleErrorEvent: PVMFErrProcessing
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/MediaPlayer(11807): error (1, -18)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807): java.lang.NullPointerException
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at android.widget.VideoView$2.onPrepared(VideoView.java:389)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at android.media.MediaPlayer$EventHandler.handleMessage(MediaPlayer.java:1364)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4633)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
05-25 01:42:28.632: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(11807):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)