> anyone doing serious work with the media player on the Mac? I am > experimenting and so far I am not getting the impression, this is really > something very solid. > > The first Audio-Sample I tried playing plays fine the first time but when I > play it for a second time by either issuing stop() followed by play() or > seek(new Duration(0) and then play, the playback cuts off a few samples at > the start (does not happen when I instantiate a new Player for each time I > want to play it, which does not feel right). You need a suitable audio file > like a drum beat that starts immediately in the file to notice the > difference. > > If one was to implement simple sample-player-like functionality (not a full > fledged music sequencer but something that allows timed playback to arrange > sounds on a timeline a bit) in JavaFX, should Mediaplayer be the tool to > use or do I have to use native APIs? Last time I checked JavaSound, it was > still an abandoned toy usable only for educational purposes but not for > anything else. Don't know if that has changed or if this is even the Audio > strategy for JFX. > > Would be great if someone could share experience/opinions in this area.
Have you tried AudioClip instead of MediaPlayer? -DrD-
