Compile Error: File argument type assignment error while using video_player plugin

[ravi-dhime]

Seeing the below error at compilation for web. Below are the details. pls let me know if any more info is needed.

Error

: Error: The argument type 'File/*1*/' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'File/*2*/'.
lib/main.dart:8
- 'File/*1*/' is from 'package:universal_io/src/io/file.dart' ('/home/ravi/snap/flutter/common/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/universal_io-2.0.4/lib/src/io/file.dart').
package:universal_io/…/io/file.dart:1
 - 'File/*2*/' is from 'dart:io'.
    VideoPlayerController.file(File('a non existent file'));
                               ^

Failed to compile application.

Minimal code to recreate the issue

//@dart=2.9

import 'package:universal_io/io.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';

VideoPlayerController vpc =
    VideoPlayerController.file(File('a non existent file'));

void main() {
  runApp(Container());
}

flutter doctor -v

flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.5.2, on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS 5.4.0-89-generic, locale en_US.UTF-8)
    • Flutter version 2.5.2 at /home/ravi/snap/flutter/common/flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision 3595343e20 (4 weeks ago), 2021-09-30 12:58:18 -0700
    • Engine revision 6ac856380f
    • Dart version 2.14.3

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 31.0.0)
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    • Platform android-31, build-tools 31.0.0
    • Java binary at: /usr/local/android-studio/jre/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.10+0-b96-7249189)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

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[✓] Android Studio (version 2020.3)
    • Android Studio at /usr/local/android-studio
    • Flutter plugin version 61.2.2
    • Dart plugin version 203.8430
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.10+0-b96-7249189)

[✓] VS Code (version 1.61.0)
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    • Flutter extension version 3.27.0

[✓] Connected device (2 available)
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    ! Device emulator-5554 is offline.

• No issues found!

pubspec dependencies

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  video_player: ^2.2.5
  universal_io:

[ravi-dhime]

@tvolkert , @terrier989 , can you pls comment on this issue.