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Working With/Processing Audio in Java

Anyone know of any good tutorials or reference guides for working with Audio in Java? I'm not looking for anything too specific at this point; just would like to get my feet wet working with audio. Thanks in advance!

First of all: Multimedia/audio support in Java is not great.
But—if you're set on Java, I suggest taking a look at the Java Sound Trail. It explains most of the basic APIs. Then check out Java Sound Resources to get a better idea of how things work. Even though it's not brand-new anymore, it is very useful and explains a lot about the low level details.
Beyond the raw sound API, Sun came up with JMF, the Java Media Framework. It has been unsupported for years, so I would stay clear of it. You might want to use it for inspiration, but I can't recommend using it for more.
You will also discover that the built-in Java support for audio formats like mp3 or ogg is rather limited. To be able to play such files, you will need third party libraries, like jogg, jflac, mp3spi, or SampledSP. While the first three are pure Java solutions, the last one is basically a thin Java wrapper for a number of native libraries. Especially for FFmpeg there are a many different libraries like that, as FFmpeg supports most available audio formats.
The only way to play an mp3 file from Java without any additional libraries, is to cheat and use the JavaFX class MediaPlayer. You can find more info about how to do that on Stackoverflow.
Good luck!

video conferencing in java using JMF/RTP

I need to implement Video conferencing in intranet using JMF API.But i dint know where to start with ? I have knowledge of JMF but how to implement this thing that i need to know.
I need to know how RTP sessions are created and used while the video streaming is done?

Use Jitsi, they have about the best library I've found for RTP streaming. Note that they use FMJ in-place of JMF.
Their site: https://jitsi.org/
Their code: https://github.com/jitsi
Check out libjitsi if you just want the libraries.

App Engine Java - Extract thumbnail from mp4 video

I have some video stored on Google Cloud Storage in mp4, i need the extract a thumbnail from them.
I looked to a number of solutions, and looks like they don't work with App Engine.
for example: http://www.xuggle.com/xuggler/
Do you have library that i could use to do this on Google App Engine in Java?

I finally went with Google Compute Engine and ffmpeg, implementation is in progress...

This question looks related to Is there a Java API for mp4 files?
Xuggler says their project is a mix of java and native code. Native code will not run on java app engine.
Search for java mp4 video decoder and look for a decoders that only use java code. Perhaps this one will work: http://jcodec.org/guide/movstitch.html.

OK, after some searching, I've found following: Video website on google application engine
Sounds like similar problem to yours. The only difference is that the other thread checks for python solution. However answers seem to be quite programming language independent, so I think it will be worth a read.
For the documentation/inspirational purposes, it might be worth to describe your solution in this thread once you go for it.

Best way to handle images in Java

I will develop a Java application that uses some image processing algorithms. I have done some image processing applications using C++. I'm currently using BufferedImage object to save data from images but I'm wondering if there is a better way to handle images in Java (improve performance).
Do you guys have any recommendation?
Thanks!!!

if you want to work with images i would look at JavaCv: https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv
JavaCV first provides wrappers to commonly used libraries by researchers in the field of computer vision: OpenCV, FFmpeg, libdc1394, PGR FlyCapture, OpenKinect, videoInput, and ARToolKitPlus.
I think you will find all what you need.
Luca

For JAVA there exists for example:
FiJi
ImageJ
Fiji
BoofCV
Rapidminer with IMMI (for image mining)

Is it possible to record video of a Java Swing Component?

I am looking for a way to make a video out of a java JComponent. I found ways to save components as images, but ideally I would like to be able to have the component paint to the screen and to a video file. I am hoping to find a solution that does not require libraries outside of the core JDK, but lightweight libraries might be considered.
Thanks

I don't believe there are libraries that will do what you are asking. Indeed, it seems a rather strange approach. Could you explain what it is that you are trying to achieve.
I suspect that a more viable approach is to use a screen video capture tool like Camtasia to capture what the user is doing. It costs money, but they do have an evaluation download if your boss is a cheapskate.

The core Java JDK doesn't provide a way to write videos, but you can create videos from raw images using the Xuggler open-source project. See this source code for examples of creating a video from raw images that are snapshots of a desktop.
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