Playing video in java using JMF

required:

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download JMF from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tech/index-jsp-140239.html

and add the jar files to classpath

MediaPanel.java:

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import java.awt.BorderLayout;

  import java.awt.Component;

    import java.io.IOException;

    import java.net.URL;

    import javax.media.CannotRealizeException;

    import javax.media.Manager;

    import javax.media.NoPlayerException;

  import javax.media.Player;

    import javax.swing.JPanel;

   

  public class MediaPanel extends JPanel

  {

      /**

* 

*/

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

public MediaPanel( URL mediaURL )

      {

        setLayout( new BorderLayout() ); // use a BorderLayout

  

          // Use lightweight components for Swing compatibility

  Manager.setHint( Manager.LIGHTWEIGHT_RENDERER, true );

        

        try

        {

            // create a player to play the media specified in the URL

            Player mediaPlayer = Manager.createRealizedPlayer( mediaURL );

  

            // get the components for the video and the playback controls

            Component video = mediaPlayer.getVisualComponent();

            Component controls = mediaPlayer.getControlPanelComponent();

            

            if ( video != null )

              add( video, BorderLayout.CENTER ); // add video component

  

          if ( controls != null )

              add( controls, BorderLayout.SOUTH ); // add controls

   

            mediaPlayer.start(); // start playing the media clip

          } // end try

          catch ( NoPlayerException noPlayerException )

          {

            System.err.println( "No media player found" );

        } // end catch

          catch ( CannotRealizeException cannotRealizeException )

  {

            System.err.println( "Could not realize media player" );

          } // end catch

          catch ( IOException iOException )

   {

            System.err.println( "Error reading from the source" );

          } // end catch

      } // end MediaPanel constructor

  } // end class MediaPanel

MediaTest.java:

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import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URL;

import javax.swing.JFileChooser;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

  public class MediaTest

  {

    // launch the application

  public static void main( String args[] )

  {

        // create a file chooser

        JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();

  

        // show open file dialog

          int result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog( null );

   

        if ( result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION ) // user chose a file

        {

          URL mediaURL = null;

  

            try

            {

              // get the file as URL

                mediaURL = fileChooser.getSelectedFile().toURL();

             } // end try

            catch ( MalformedURLException malformedURLException )

            {

              System.err.println( "Could not create URL for the file" );

            } // end catch

   

            if ( mediaURL != null ) // only display if there is a valid URL

            {

                JFrame mediaTest = new JFrame( "Media Tester" );

              mediaTest.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );

   

                MediaPanel mediaPanel = new MediaPanel( mediaURL );

              mediaTest.add( mediaPanel );

  

                mediaTest.setSize( 300, 300 );

              mediaTest.setVisible( true );

             

          } // end inner if

        } // end outer if

      }

  }

note :choose any mpg file