Java – [Java] Android Videoview can only handle local files

I tried playing a video from a url, but only the local video works in my code. If I try to open a video from the URL displayed by my Nexus 7
This video cannot be played. This is the code to play the local file, and it works fine (all the same video).

package com.sample.prog;

import java.io.File;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.widget.VideoView;
import android.net.Uri;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

static private final String pathToFile = "bigbuck.mp4";
    private VideoView videoPlayer;

@Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); 

videoPlayer = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoPlayer);   
        videoPlayer.setKeepScreenOn(true);    
        videoPlayer.setVideoPath(root + "/" + pathToFile);
        videoPlayer.start();
    }
}

This is the code to play the video from the URL, but it doesn’t work

package com.sample.prog;

import java.io.File;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.widget.VideoView;
import android.net.Uri;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

static private final String pathToFile = "http://www.myanimesource.de/bigbuck.mp4";
    private VideoView videoPlayer;

@Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); 

videoPlayer = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoPlayer);   
        videoPlayer.setKeepScreenOn(true);    
        videoPlayer.setVideoPath(URI.parse(pathToFile));
        videoPlayer.start();
    }
}

Hope you can help me solve my problem,

Greeting.
Christians

Ensure that you have the correct internet access; Put the following line into your AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />