1/8" input vs interface for guitars
I recently bought a Presonus Tube Pre amp. I've been recording guitars though it and into the 1/8" audio input on my Mac and it sounds pretty good. Does a USB interface sound significantly better or just somewhat better? I know this is a subjective question but I'm open to any opinions that you may have if you've used both methods. I know an interface sounds better but I'm trying to quantify the improvement over the 1/8" w/preamp method to see if it justifies the expense of buying an interface.
in my opinion no it won't make much difference
my MacBook Air is 1.7 and I use it more heavily than you, and everything works fine. sometimes a bit laggy but i think this is because of graphics
the one thing that stands out is the parallels thing, i don't think the processor would make much difference here but i would be sure to go with the 8GB RAM option
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DO i need some extra hardware interface for receving both Audio and video
hi i m doing e-learning project. i have to capture video from webcam and voice from headphone and send to client.
but my code is working fine for either one at a time.
DO i need some extra hardware interface for receving both Audio and video. im using code AVTransmit and AVReceive found from this site only
After running TX
i give Dsound:// & vfw://0 in Media Locater only sound is received and no vedio
and when i give vfw://0 in Media Locater only live video is transmited.
im using JMF1.1.2e.
if any one know the method to run or cause of it plz reply me soon. i will be very thankfull
transmiter/server side code .first run TX on server
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.media.rtp.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
public class Tx extends JFrame implements ActionListener, KeyListener,
MouseListener, WindowListener {
Vector targets;
JList list;
JButton startXmit;
JButton rtcp;
JButton update;
JButton expiration;
JButton statistics;
JButton addTarget;
JButton removeTarget;
JTextField tf_remote_address;
JTextField tf_remote_data_port;
JTextField tf_media_file;
JTextField tf_data_port;
TargetListModel listModel;
AVTransmitter avTransmitter;
RTCPViewer rtcpViewer;
JCheckBox cb_loop;
Config config;
public Tx() {
setTitle( "JMF/RTP Transmitter");
config= new Config();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout= new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc;
JPanel p= new JPanel();
p.setLayout( gridBagLayout);
JPanel localPanel= createLocalPanel();
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx= 0;
gbc.gridy= 0;
gbc.gridwidth= 2;
gbc.anchor= GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill= GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets= new Insets( 10, 5, 0, 0);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( localPanel, gbc);
p.add( localPanel);
JPanel targetPanel= createTargetPanel();
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx= 1;
gbc.gridy= 1;
gbc.weightx= 1.0;
gbc.weighty= 1.0;
gbc.anchor= GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill= GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets= new Insets( 10, 5, 0, 0);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( targetPanel, gbc);
p.add( targetPanel);
JPanel mediaPanel= createMediaPanel();
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx= 1;
gbc.gridy= 2;
gbc.weightx= 1.0;
gbc.weighty= 1.0;
gbc.anchor= GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill= GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets= new Insets( 10, 5, 0, 0);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( mediaPanel, gbc);
p.add( mediaPanel);
JPanel buttonPanel= new JPanel();
rtcp= new JButton( "RTCP Monitor");
update= new JButton( "Transmission Status");
update.setEnabled( false);
rtcp.addActionListener( this);
update.addActionListener( this);
buttonPanel.add( rtcp);
buttonPanel.add( update);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
gbc.gridwidth= 2;
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( buttonPanel, gbc);
p.add( buttonPanel);
getContentPane().add( p);
list.addMouseListener( this);
addWindowListener( this);
pack();
setVisible( true);
private JPanel createMediaPanel() {
JPanel p= new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout= new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc;
p.setLayout( gridBagLayout);
JLabel label= new JLabel( "Media Locator:");
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( label, gbc);
p.add( label);
tf_media_file= new JTextField( 35);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( tf_media_file, gbc);
p.add( tf_media_file);
tf_media_file.setText( config.media_locator);
cb_loop= new JCheckBox( "loop");
startXmit= new JButton( "Start Transmission");
startXmit.setEnabled( true);
startXmit.addActionListener( this);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 2;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( cb_loop, gbc);
p.add( cb_loop);
cb_loop.setSelected( true);
cb_loop.addActionListener( this);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( startXmit, gbc);
p.add( startXmit);
TitledBorder titledBorder= new TitledBorder( new EtchedBorder(), "Source");
p.setBorder( titledBorder);
return p;
private JPanel createTargetPanel() {
JPanel p= new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout= new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc;
p.setLayout( gridBagLayout);
targets= new Vector();
for( int i= 0; i < config.targets.size(); i++) {
targets.addElement( config.targets.elementAt( i));
listModel= new TargetListModel( targets);
list= new JList( listModel);
list.addKeyListener( this);
list.setPrototypeCellValue( "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
JScrollPane scrollPane= new JScrollPane( list,
ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx= 0;
gbc.gridy= 0;
gbc.weightx= 1.0;
gbc.weighty= 1.0;
gbc.anchor= GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill= GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets= new Insets( 10, 5, 0, 0);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( scrollPane, gbc);
p.add( scrollPane);
JPanel p1= new JPanel();
p1.setLayout( gridBagLayout);
JLabel label= new JLabel( "IP Address:");
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p1.getLayout()).setConstraints( label, gbc);
p1.add( label);
tf_remote_address= new JTextField( 15);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p1.getLayout()).setConstraints( tf_remote_address, gbc);
p1.add( tf_remote_address);
label= new JLabel( "Data Port:");
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p1.getLayout()).setConstraints( label, gbc);
p1.add( label);
tf_remote_data_port= new JTextField( 15);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p1.getLayout()).setConstraints( tf_remote_data_port, gbc);
p1.add( tf_remote_data_port);
JPanel p2= new JPanel();
addTarget= new JButton( "Add Target");
removeTarget= new JButton( "Remove Target");
p2.add( addTarget);
p2.add( removeTarget);
addTarget.addActionListener( this);
removeTarget.addActionListener( this);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 2;
gbc.weightx = 1.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.gridwidth= 2;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 20,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p1.getLayout()).setConstraints( p2, gbc);
p1.add( p2);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx= 1;
gbc.gridy= 0;
gbc.weightx= 1.0;
gbc.weighty= 1.0;
gbc.anchor= GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
gbc.fill= GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.insets= new Insets( 10, 5, 0, 0);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( p1, gbc);
p.add( p1);
TitledBorder titledBorder= new TitledBorder( new EtchedBorder(), "Targets");
p.setBorder( titledBorder);
return p;
private JPanel createLocalPanel() {
JPanel p= new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gridBagLayout= new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc;
p.setLayout( gridBagLayout);
JLabel label= new JLabel( "IP Address:");
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( label, gbc);
p.add( label);
JTextField tf_local_host= new JTextField( 15);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( tf_local_host, gbc);
p.add( tf_local_host);
try {
String host= InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
tf_local_host.setText( host);
} catch( UnknownHostException e) {
label= new JLabel( "Data Port:");
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,0,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( label, gbc);
p.add( label);
tf_data_port= new JTextField( 15);
gbc= new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 0.0;
gbc.weighty = 0.0;
gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
gbc.insets = new Insets( 5,5,10,5);
((GridBagLayout)p.getLayout()).setConstraints( tf_data_port, gbc);
p.add( tf_data_port);
tf_data_port.setText( config.local_data_port);
TitledBorder titledBorder= new TitledBorder( new EtchedBorder(), "Local Host");
p.setBorder( titledBorder);
return p;
public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event) {
Object source= event.getSource();
if( source == addTarget) {
String ip= tf_remote_address.getText().trim();
String port= tf_remote_data_port.getText().trim();
String localPort= tf_data_port.getText().trim();
addTargetToList( localPort, ip, port);
if( avTransmitter != null) {
avTransmitter.addTarget( ip, port);
} else if( source == removeTarget) {
int index= list.getSelectedIndex();
if( index != -1) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( index);
if( avTransmitter != null) {
avTransmitter.removeTarget( target.ip, target.port);
targets.removeElement( target);
listModel.setData( targets);
} else if( source == startXmit) {
if( startXmit.getLabel().equals( "Start Transmission")) {
int data_port= new Integer( tf_data_port.getText()).intValue();
avTransmitter= new AVTransmitter( this, data_port);
avTransmitter.start( tf_media_file.getText().trim(), targets);
avTransmitter.setLooping( cb_loop.isSelected());
startXmit.setLabel( "Stop Transmission");
} else if( startXmit.getLabel().equals( "Stop Transmission")) {
avTransmitter.stop();
avTransmitter= null;
removeNonBaseTargets();
listModel.setData( targets);
startXmit.setLabel( "Start Transmission");
} else if( source == rtcp) {
if( rtcpViewer == null) {
rtcpViewer= new RTCPViewer();
} else {
rtcpViewer.setVisible( true);
rtcpViewer.toFront();
} else if( source == cb_loop) {
if( avTransmitter != null) {
avTransmitter.setLooping( cb_loop.isSelected());
private void removeNonBaseTargets() {
String localPort= tf_data_port.getText().trim();
for( int i= targets.size(); i > 0;) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( i - 1);
if( !target.localPort.equals( localPort)) {
targets.removeElement( target);
i--;
public void addTargetToList( String localPort,
String ip, String port) {
ListUpdater listUpdater= new ListUpdater( localPort, ip,
port, listModel, targets);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater( listUpdater);
public void rtcpReport( String report) {
if( rtcpViewer != null) {
rtcpViewer.report( report);
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent event) {
config.local_data_port= tf_data_port.getText().trim();
config.targets= new Vector();
for( int i= 0; i < targets.size(); i++) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( i);
if( target.localPort.equals( config.local_data_port)) {
config.addTarget( target.ip, target.port);
config.media_locator= tf_media_file.getText().trim();
config.write();
System.exit( 0);
public void windowClosed( WindowEvent event) {
public void windowDeiconified( WindowEvent event) {
public void windowIconified( WindowEvent event) {
public void windowActivated( WindowEvent event) {
public void windowDeactivated( WindowEvent event) {
public void windowOpened( WindowEvent event) {
public void keyPressed( KeyEvent event) {
public void keyReleased( KeyEvent event) {
Object source= event.getSource();
if( source == list) {
int index= list.getSelectedIndex();
public void keyTyped( KeyEvent event) {
public void mousePressed( MouseEvent e) {
public void mouseReleased( MouseEvent e) {
public void mouseEntered( MouseEvent e) {
public void mouseExited( MouseEvent e) {
public void mouseClicked( MouseEvent e) {
Object source= e.getSource();
if( source == list) {
int index= list.getSelectedIndex();
if( index != -1) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( index);
tf_remote_address.setText( target.ip);
tf_remote_data_port.setText( target.port);
int index= list.locationToIndex( e.getPoint());
public static void main( String[] args) {
new Tx();
class TargetListModel extends AbstractListModel {
private Vector options;
public TargetListModel( Vector options) {
this.options= options;
public int getSize() {
int size;
if( options == null) {
size= 0;
} else {
size= options.size();
return size;
public Object getElementAt( int index) {
String name;
if( index < getSize()) {
Target o= (Target)options.elementAt( index);
name= o.localPort + " ---> " + o.ip + ":" + o.port;
} else {
name= null;
return name;
public void setData( Vector data) {
options= data;
fireContentsChanged( this, 0, data.size());
class ListUpdater implements Runnable {
String localPort, ip, port;
TargetListModel listModel;
Vector targets;
public ListUpdater( String localPort, String ip, String port,
TargetListModel listModel, Vector targets) {
this.localPort= localPort;
this.ip= ip;
this.port= port;
this.listModel= listModel;
this.targets= targets;
public void run() {
Target target= new Target( localPort, ip, port);
if( !targetExists( localPort, ip, port)) {
targets.addElement( target);
listModel.setData( targets);
public boolean targetExists( String localPort, String ip, String port) {
boolean exists= false;
for( int i= 0; i < targets.size(); i++) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( i);
if( target.localPort.equals( localPort)
&& target.ip.equals( ip)
&& target.port.equals( port)) {
exists= true;
break;
return exists;
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import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.*;
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.control.TrackControl;
import javax.media.control.QualityControl;
import javax.media.rtp.*;
import javax.media.rtp.event.*;
import javax.media.rtp.rtcp.*;
public class AVTransmitter implements ReceiveStreamListener, RemoteListener,
ControllerListener {
// Input MediaLocator
// Can be a file or http or capture source
private MediaLocator locator;
private String ipAddress;
private int portBase;
private Processor processor = null;
private RTPManager rtpMgrs[];
private int localPorts[];
private DataSource dataOutput = null;
private int local_data_port;
private Tx tx;
public AVTransmitter( Tx tx, int data_port) {
this.tx= tx;
local_data_port= data_port;
* Starts the transmission. Returns null if transmission started ok.
* Otherwise it returns a string with the reason why the setup failed.
public synchronized String start( String filename, Vector targets) {
String result;
locator= new MediaLocator( filename);
// Create a processor for the specified media locator
// and program it to output JPEG/RTP
result = createProcessor();
if (result != null) {
return result;
// Create an RTP session to transmit the output of the
// processor to the specified IP address and port no.
result = createTransmitter( targets);
if (result != null) {
processor.close();
processor = null;
return result;
// Start the transmission
processor.start();
return null;
* Use the RTPManager API to create sessions for each media
* track of the processor.
private String createTransmitter( Vector targets) {
// Cheated. Should have checked the type.
PushBufferDataSource pbds = (PushBufferDataSource)dataOutput;
PushBufferStream pbss[] = pbds.getStreams();
rtpMgrs = new RTPManager[pbss.length];
localPorts = new int[ pbss.length];
SessionAddress localAddr, destAddr;
InetAddress ipAddr;
SendStream sendStream;
int port;
SourceDescription srcDesList[];
for (int i = 0; i < pbss.length; i++) {
// for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
try {
rtpMgrs[i] = RTPManager.newInstance();
port = local_data_port + 2*i;
localPorts[ i]= port;
localAddr = new SessionAddress( InetAddress.getLocalHost(),
port);
rtpMgrs.initialize( localAddr);
rtpMgrs[i].addReceiveStreamListener(this);
rtpMgrs[i].addRemoteListener(this);
for( int k= 0; k < targets.size(); k++) {
Target target= (Target) targets.elementAt( k);
int targetPort= new Integer( target.port).intValue();
addTarget( localPorts[ i], rtpMgrs[ i], target.ip, targetPort + 2*i);
sendStream = rtpMgrs[i].createSendStream(dataOutput, i);
sendStream.start();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return e.getMessage();
return null;
public void addTarget( String ip, String port) {
for (int i= 0; i < rtpMgrs.length; i++) {
int targetPort= new Integer( port).intValue();
addTarget( localPorts[ i], rtpMgrs[ i], ip, targetPort + 2*i);
public void addTarget( int localPort, RTPManager mgr, String ip, int port) {
try {
SessionAddress addr= new SessionAddress( InetAddress.getByName( ip),
new Integer( port).intValue());
mgr.addTarget( addr);
tx.addTargetToList( localPort + "", ip, port + "");
} catch( Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
public void removeTarget( String ip, String port) {
try {
SessionAddress addr= new SessionAddress( InetAddress.getByName( ip),
new Integer( port).intValue());
for (int i= 0; i < rtpMgrs.length; i++) {
rtpMgrs[ i].removeTarget( addr, "target removed from transmitter.");
} catch( Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
boolean looping= true;
public void controllerUpdate( ControllerEvent ce) {
System.out.println( ce);
if( ce instanceof DurationUpdateEvent) {
Time duration= ((DurationUpdateEvent) ce).getDuration();
System.out.println( "duration: " + duration.getSeconds());
} else if( ce instanceof EndOfMediaEvent) {
System.out.println( "END OF MEDIA - looping=" + looping);
if( looping) {
processor.setMediaTime( new Time( 0));
processor.start();
public void setLooping( boolean flag) {
looping= flag;
public void update( ReceiveStreamEvent event) {
String timestamp= getTimestamp();
StringBuffer sb= new StringBuffer();
if( event instanceof InactiveReceiveStreamEvent) {
sb.append( timestamp + " Inactive Receive Stream");
} else if( event instanceof ByeEvent) {
sb.append( timestamp + " Bye");
} else {
System.out.println( "ReceiveStreamEvent: "+ event);
tx.rtcpReport( sb.toString());
public void update( RemoteEvent event) {
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int minute= calendar.get( Calendar.MINUTE);
String minuteStr= formatTime( minute);
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String secondStr= formatTime( second);
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processor.close();
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height = (size.height % 8 == 0 ? size.height :
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height = 144;
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width = 352;
height = 288;
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Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
null,
Format.NOT_SPECIFIED)).intersects(supported);
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break;
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