Windows MCI Multi-Media Win32 API Integration Added!

With release 0.9.2 Alpha of JavaAX, we have included the Windows MCI Multi-Media Win32 API! This version of JavaAX integrates the mciSendString API... It also includes the JavaAX - Windows MCI Multi-Media Player demo. Currently it does not support Video although you can open and play a video file it is not controlled by the player! Please only use this version to play audio files.

The MCI Bridge component of the JavaAX framework can be used to add MP3, WAV, MIDI, and other audio media to your java applications using the light weight Win32 Multi-Media API. Through the MCIController wrapper class you can control your media playback using the following functions: play, stop, close (stop and unload), pause, resume, seek (rewind or fast forward). This version only supports a single media file opened at any one time. This will be fixed in the next version of JavaAX.

The MCI Bridge component of JavaAX benefits Java Windows Desktop developers, because it is easy to use. Although it does not give you all the flexibility of the JMF library, it is more simple and straight forward to use for those everyday programming tasks such as playing event sounds in your programs or playing background music in a video game. Also you will not have to have your clients install the JMF package, you simply can include the JavaAX jar and javawmm.dll native library for MCI bridging!

Happy Programming!