diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaMetadataRetriever.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaMetadataRetriever.java
index cc5ddeb49813d..5d2bdd756840d 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaMetadataRetriever.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaMetadataRetriever.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ public class MediaMetadataRetriever implements AutoCloseable {
      * method before the rest of the methods in this class. This method may be
      * time-consuming.
      *
-     * @param path The path of the input media file.
+     * @param path The path, or the URI (doesn't support streaming source currently)
+     * of the input media file.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the path is invalid.
      */
     public void setDataSource(String path) throws IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -70,6 +72,15 @@ public class MediaMetadataRetriever implements AutoCloseable {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("null path");
         }
 
+        final Uri uri = Uri.parse(path);
+        final String scheme = uri.getScheme();
+        if ("file".equals(scheme)) {
+            path = uri.getPath();
+        } else if (scheme != null) {
+            setDataSource(path, new HashMap<String, String>());
+            return;
+        }
+
         try (FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(path)) {
             FileDescriptor fd = is.getFD();
             setDataSource(fd, 0, 0x7ffffffffffffffL);