I am currently using MediaPlayer to play a live stream from the Internet. The problem is that the MediaPlayer buffer is huge and it insists on buffering for about 10 seconds before the game. Android - MediaPlayer buffer size in ICS 4.0
So my question is: is there any other way to play a media stream (mp3) without using MediaPlayer? Perhaps using a MediaStream InputStream or even a third part that won't have the same buffering problem?
There are many party libraries like FFMpeg that can easily process mp3 files and provide much more flexibility. I suggest you use FFMpeg or any other multimedia SDK.