Hud for video (not for merging)

In response to your SO question, here is the answer. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17899474/draw-overlay-hud-on-android-videoview

The answer is these two lines: 
    
    hudWidget.getHolder().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT);
    hudWidget.setZOrderMediaOverlay(true);

Man, it bogged me like hell.