Re: MP3 file
On Sep 28, 11:56 am, "mike7...@gmail.com" <mike7...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 26, 7:49 pm, Knute Johnson <nos...@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
wrote:
mike7...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the easiest way to play an MP3 file in Java on Linux?
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There is a Sun MP3 plugin for both JavaSound and JMF.
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Why is this a plug-in instead of being built in?
Size. If every little thing that any developer wanted to do
was built into the Java runtime, it would be 10 times the
size. And before you start bleating about how important
MP3 support is, I would point out that there are many other
extensions that other developers would want to see included
into the more runtime before 'media support' was considered.
Note that many extensions are easily* deployed using webstart.
I have had some good experiences using JMF with webstart.
* Easy for the end user, more tricky for us.
OTOH, if you can wait till Java 7, the Java Media Components
might be of interest. It hooks into the underlying system
media player, and can therefore not only play MP3s, but also
many later (and more efficient) formats.
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Andrew T.