Creating video player using Java

Question

I need to create a video player using Java for my project. I have already checked many examples on the Internet. Some of them run, but do not show any screen, I can only hear the sound of the video. Please help me solve this...

I am using the below import

import javax.media.*;

EDIT: Below is the code that i use:

import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.media.*;

 public class MediaPlayerDemo extends JFrame 
 {
     private Player player;
     private File file;

     public MediaPlayerDemo()
     {
         super( "Demonstrating the Java Media Player" );

         JButton openFile = new JButton( "Open file to play" );
         openFile.addActionListener( new ActionListener() 
         {
             public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
             {
                 openFile();
                 createPlayer();
             }
         });
         getContentPane().add( openFile, BorderLayout.NORTH );

         setSize( 300, 300 );
         show();
     }

     private void openFile()
     {
         JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();

         fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode( JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY );
         int result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog( this );

         // user clicked Cancel button on dialog
         if ( result == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION )
             file = null;
         else
             file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
     }

     private void createPlayer()
     {
         if ( file == null )
             return;

         removePreviousPlayer();

         try 
         {
             // create a new player and add listener
             player = Manager.createPlayer( file.toURL() );
             player.addControllerListener( new EventHandler() );
             player.start(); // start player
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Invalid file or location", "Error loading file",
             JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
         }
     }

     private void removePreviousPlayer()
     {
         if ( player == null )
             return;

         player.close();

         Component visual = player.getVisualComponent();
         Component control = player.getControlPanelComponent();

         Container c = getContentPane();

         if ( visual != null )
             c.remove( visual );

         if ( control != null )
             c.remove( control );
     }

     public static void main(String args[])
     {
         MediaPlayerDemo app = new MediaPlayerDemo();

         app.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() 
         {
             public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
             {
                 System.exit(0);
             }
         });
     }

     // inner class to handler events from media player
     private class EventHandler implements ControllerListener 
     {
         public void controllerUpdate( ControllerEvent e ) 
         {
             if ( e instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent ) 
             {
                 Container c = getContentPane();

                 // load Visual and Control components if they exist
                 Component visualComponent = player.getVisualComponent();

                 if ( visualComponent != null )
                     c.add( visualComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER );

                 Component controlsComponent = player.getControlPanelComponent();

                 if ( controlsComponent != null )
                     c.add( controlsComponent, BorderLayout.SOUTH );

                 c.doLayout();
             }
         }
     }
 }

Answer 1

I used vlcj and it worked smoothly. It's java binding to vlcj player and the good thing that you don't have to provide any drives since vlcj already includes all of them in binary distribution.

Give it a go, there is example of already working player built for you!