1) Does JavaFX supports .wav format?
(Not clear from Oracle’s page page)
2) If no, why so?
Swing is re-placement for AWT, and JavaFX for Swing, also
we say it’s easy to play .wav file format in Java, then why Media and MediaPlayer class of JavaFX doesn’t support .wav format? Any problems?
UPDATE
It gives me error when I try to play .wav files
UPDATE2 :
SSCCE:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.value.*;
import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
import javafx.event.*;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.scene.media.*;
import javafx.util.Duration;
import javax.swing.*;
/** Example of playing all mp3 audio files in a given directory
* using a JavaFX MediaView launched from Swing
*/
public class NewFXMain {
private static void initAndShowGUI() {
// This method is invoked on Swing thread
JFrame frame = new JFrame("FX");
final JFXPanel fxPanel = new JFXPanel();
frame.add(fxPanel);
frame.setBounds(200, 100, 800, 250);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
@Override public void run() {
initFX(fxPanel);
}
});
}
private static void initFX(JFXPanel fxPanel) {
// This method is invoked on JavaFX thread
Scene scene = new SceneGenerator().createScene();
fxPanel.setScene(scene);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override public void run() {
initAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
class SceneGenerator {
final Label currentlyPlaying = new Label();
final ProgressBar progress = new ProgressBar();
private ChangeListener<Duration> progressChangeListener;
public Scene createScene() {
final StackPane layout = new StackPane();
// determine the source directory for the playlist
final File dir = new File("e:\\");
if (!dir.exists() || !dir.isDirectory()) {
System.out.println("Cannot find video source directory: " + dir);
Platform.exit();
return null;
}
// create some media players.
final List<MediaPlayer> players = new ArrayList<MediaPlayer>();
for (String file : dir.list(new FilenameFilter() {
@Override public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
return name.endsWith(".wav");
}
})) players.add(createPlayer("file:///" + (dir + "\\" + file).replace("\\", "/").replaceAll(" ", "%20")));
if (players.isEmpty()) {
System.out.println("No audio found in " + dir);
Platform.exit();
return null;
}
// create a view to show the mediaplayers.
final MediaView mediaView = new MediaView(players.get(0));
final Button skip = new Button("Skip");
final Button play = new Button("Pause");
// play each audio file in turn.
for (int i = 0; i < players.size(); i++) {
final MediaPlayer player = players.get(i);
final MediaPlayer nextPlayer = players.get((i + 1) % players.size());
player.setOnEndOfMedia(new Runnable() {
@Override public void run() {
player.currentTimeProperty().removeListener(progressChangeListener);
mediaView.setMediaPlayer(nextPlayer);
nextPlayer.play();
}
});
}
// allow the user to skip a track.
skip.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
@Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
final MediaPlayer curPlayer = mediaView.getMediaPlayer();
MediaPlayer nextPlayer = players.get((players.indexOf(curPlayer) + 1) % players.size());
mediaView.setMediaPlayer(nextPlayer);
curPlayer.currentTimeProperty().removeListener(progressChangeListener);
curPlayer.stop();
nextPlayer.play();
}
});
// allow the user to play or pause a track.
play.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
@Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
if ("Pause".equals(play.getText())) {
mediaView.getMediaPlayer().pause();
play.setText("Play");
} else {
mediaView.getMediaPlayer().play();
play.setText("Pause");
}
}
});
// display the name of the currently playing track.
mediaView.mediaPlayerProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<MediaPlayer>() {
@Override public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends MediaPlayer> observableValue, MediaPlayer oldPlayer, MediaPlayer newPlayer) {
setCurrentlyPlaying(newPlayer);
}
});
// start playing the first track.
mediaView.setMediaPlayer(players.get(0));
mediaView.getMediaPlayer().play();
setCurrentlyPlaying(mediaView.getMediaPlayer());
Button invisiblePause = new Button("Pause");
invisiblePause.setVisible(false);
play.prefHeightProperty().bind(invisiblePause.heightProperty());
play.prefWidthProperty().bind(invisiblePause.widthProperty());
// layout the scene.
layout.setStyle("-fx-background-color: cornsilk; -fx-font-size: 20; -fx-padding: 20; -fx-alignment: center;");
layout.getChildren().addAll(
invisiblePause,
VBoxBuilder.create().spacing(10).alignment(Pos.CENTER).children(
currentlyPlaying,
mediaView,
HBoxBuilder.create().spacing(10).alignment(Pos.CENTER).children(skip, play, progress).build()
).build()
);
progress.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
HBox.setHgrow(progress, Priority.ALWAYS);
return new Scene(layout, 800, 600);
}
private void setCurrentlyPlaying(final MediaPlayer newPlayer) {
progress.setProgress(0);
progressChangeListener = new ChangeListener<Duration>() {
@Override public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Duration> observableValue, Duration oldValue, Duration newValue) {
progress.setProgress(1.0 * newPlayer.getCurrentTime().toMillis() / newPlayer.getTotalDuration().toMillis());
}
};
newPlayer.currentTimeProperty().addListener(progressChangeListener);
String source = newPlayer.getMedia().getSource();
source = source.substring(0, source.length() - ".mp4".length());
source = source.substring(source.lastIndexOf("/") + 1).replaceAll("%20", " ");
currentlyPlaying.setText("Now Playing: " + source);
}
/** @return a MediaPlayer for the given source which will report any errors it encounters */
private MediaPlayer createPlayer(String aMediaSrc) {
System.out.println("Creating player for: " + aMediaSrc);
final MediaPlayer player = new MediaPlayer(new Media(aMediaSrc));
player.setOnError(new Runnable() {
@Override public void run() {
System.out.println("Media error occurred: " + player.getError());
}
});
return player;
}
}
Exception:
Exception in runnable
MediaException: MEDIA_UNSUPPORTED : Compressed WAVE is not supported!
at javafx.scene.media.Media.<init>(Unknown Source)
at SceneGenerator.createPlayer(NewFXMain.java:176)
at SceneGenerator.createScene(NewFXMain.java:74)
at NewFXMain.initFX(NewFXMain.java:39)
at NewFXMain.access$000(NewFXMain.java:20)
at NewFXMain$1.run(NewFXMain.java:32)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$3.run(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.access$100(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$2$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
It seems clear enough to me – Supported Media Types
EDIT :
So the obvious answer (based on your edit) is that JavaFX doesn’t support compressed wave formats.