Re: confusing error during realize of mediaplayer

From:

Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:56:33 -0800

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Oliver Wong wrote:

"Knute Johnson" <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> wrote in message
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SlowLearner wrote:

If you pop over to Roedy's website you'll find plenty of midi files to
try. Even JmStudio cannot play them on my 3 machines. (I tried emailing
you but it bounced)

I'm sorry but I don't have time to look over Roedy's site for midi files.
You can give me the URL of one or you can send me one via email. The
bounce was probably caused by not substituting knute for nospam.

Here's a couple (in case some work, but others don't):

http://mindprod.com/sound/bach2.mid
http://mindprod.com/sound/ll.mid
http://mindprod.com/sound/locomotn.mid
http://mindprod.com/sound/pearl.mid

- Oliver

Thanks Oliver. I didn't mean you should do his searching for him.

I did manage to duplicate the error exactly with the files listed above.
I don't know enough about midi to tell you what the problem is. I do
know that it is possible to play midi with Java Sound although I have
not done it. JMF is no longer supported by Sun and will eventually
disappear. It is too bad too because it was a great start.

My suggestion is to try the JMF interest email list. Take a look at
Sun's JMF home page.

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/

--

Knute Johnson
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