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Here are the problems we've uncovered so far in Core JMF:
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JMF Beta 2 Woes
Core JMF was released before the JMF 2.0 beta. We've uncovered some minor glitches that are fixed
in the source code below (looks like Sun removed some private APIs that I shouldn't have
been using anyway).
The Captionmediahandler sample has a corrupt file in it (CaptionControlPanelCom#A95.java).
The real filename should be CaptionControlPanelComponent.java. Either rename the file to the
correct name, or download
the correct version.
Win32 CD Player
The JNI source code
for the CD Player was mistakenly omitted from the CD.
Documentation for sun.audio package
The Zipped version
of the sun.audio documentation was mistakenly omitted from the CD.
The docs are also online.
Explanation of multimedia content
There are no .wav files in sample code directories on the Core JMF CD. You must substitute your own multimedia content in order for the samples to function.
You will need to create wave files for the following samples:
You will also need to create your own MCML content for the samples that use that format. These include:
My readers are important to me and I'm sorry for any inconvenience these bugs may have caused you. If you find any new problems, please contact me so we can improve the quality of the book. Thanks.
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Last Modified: December 26, 1999