Re: Fun apps for Java-Linux

1998-11-14 Thread Alexander V. Konstantinou
Check out the new Java Media Framework 1.1 beta release from Sun & IBM. It contains a pure Java implementation along with WinNT and Solaris performance packs. The pure Java implementation supports several media types, including popular Win formats such as WAV, MOV ... http://java.sun.com

Re: Fun apps for Java-Linux

1998-11-14 Thread Jonathan Mark Brooks
The problem is that java itself is dependent on the underlying operating system to do at least some of the work for it. Unfortunately, sound support in Linux is not real great right now. They are working on that, and I expect that the 2.2 kernel in the new distros will have all the basic mult

Fun apps for Java-Linux

1998-11-14 Thread GBNSCHBACH
Dear Friends, I was suffering a bit of jealousy the other day when I wanted to be able to run my childrens multi-media software under Linux *instead* of Win95. I DON"T mean I want a windows emulator. I suddenly remembered that Java is supposed to be able to do multi-media stuff. How well