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Java Media Framework Player API
The Java Media Player API, a portion of the Java Media Framework (JMF), lets Java programmers easily embed audio and video within applets and applications. Both static and streaming multimedia are supported from any valid URL. JMF players may be controlled by other players, providing for synchronous playback of multiple audio and video samples.
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Introduction to Java media programming
In this first installment of the Media Programming column, author Bill Day introduces the Java Media and Communication APIs. Day also discusses the major issues facing potential Java Media developers and supplies a roadmap for upcoming articles in this new monthly JavaWorld column.
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Java(TM) Media Framework 2.0 Technology Increases Flexibility, Richness Of Enterprise Applications
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the immediate availability of the Java™ Media Framework 2.0 Application Programming Interface (API) specification and reference implementation. Developed by Sun and IBM, Java Media Framework 2.0 (JMF) technology is the unified architecture for the playback, synchronization, capture, and transmission and transcode of media -- including streaming audio and video -- across most major operating systems.
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Java Media prominent at Siggraph97
Java Media's presence at this year's Siggraph '98 computer graphics conference was more subdued than it was at Siggraph '97. Is this a sign of the maturity of Media APIs, or a sign of immaturity in their implementation?
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Progress on the JMF and Java Media APIs
JavaWorld last detailed the Java Media Framework in April 1997, and much has changed since then. Bill discusses the final 1.0 API, an all-Java implementation, and the early access version of the 2.0 API from Sun and IBM. He also offers a general update on the current state of all the Java Media APIs. Plus: An exciting update on Arcane's Magician Java-to-OpenGL binding.
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The Basics of JMF Programming
The best place to start with JMF programming is where the
java.applet.AudioClip interface leaves off. Before the days of the JMF,
the closest Java came to providing multimedia functionality was animated
GIFs and looping audio files in Sun’s AU format. The shortcomings associ-ated
with these two approaches to multimedia programming are obvious. Not
only are they limited in their richness of presentation but they do not compre-hend
the wide array of available media formats.
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