Essential JMF: Developer's Java Media Players
by Rob Gordon and Stephen Talley
Published by Prentice Hall
Nov.98; $39.99US; 0-13-080104-6
626 pages
Essential JMF brings together all the information experienced developers need to build platform-independent multimedia players with the new Java Media Framework API. Like all books in Prentice Hall PTR's Essential Series, it delivers no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts coverage in a task-oriented reference format that helps professional developers find answers fast. Authors Rob Gordon and Stephen Talley -- members of Sun's JMF development team -- start by introducing JMF, including class structure, player design and basic multimedia concepts. Next, they show how to customize JMF, presenting an Abstract Player Framework that cuts 90% of the work involved in creating players for custom media formats. They walk through building a robust mixer applet, present a simple guide to media-enabling existing Java software, and show how to use the Java Media Framework with JavaScript. This book is for Experienced Java developers who want to work with the Java Media Framework.
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