Play movie with JMF

Question

Hey,
I just started out with JMF (I wanted to play a movie with java).
I got this code:
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.media.*;
* Demonstrate simple code to play a movie with Java Media Framework.
* @author Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/
* @version $Id: JMFPlayer.java,v 1.9 2004/02/09 03:21:20 ian Exp $
public class NewJApplet extends JPanel implements ControllerListener {
    /** The player object */
    Player thePlayer = null;
    /** The parent Frame we are in. */
    JFrame parentFrame = null;
    /** Our contentpane */
    Container cp;
    /** The visual component (if any) */
    Component visualComponent = null;
    /** The default control component (if any) */
    Component controlComponent = null;
    /** The name of this instance's media file. */
    String mediaName;
    /** The URL representing this media file. */
    URL theURL;
    /** Construct the player object and the GUI. */
    public NewJApplet(JFrame pf, String media) {
        parentFrame = pf;
        mediaName = media;
        // cp = getContentPane();
        cp = this;
        cp.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        try {
            theURL = new URL(getClass().getResource("."), mediaName);
            thePlayer = Manager.createPlayer(theURL);
            thePlayer.addControllerListener(this);
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            System.err.println("JMF URL creation error: " + e);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("JMF Player creation error: " + e);
            return;
        System.out.println("theURL = " + theURL);
        // Start the player: this will notify our ControllerListener.
        thePlayer.start(); // start playing
    /** Called to stop the audio, as from a Stop button or menuitem */
    public void stop() {
        if (thePlayer == null) {
            return;
        thePlayer.stop(); // stop playing!
        thePlayer.deallocate(); // free system resources
    /** Called when we are really finished (as from an Exit button). */
    public void destroy() {
        if (thePlayer == null) {
            return;
        thePlayer.close();
    /** Called by JMF when the Player has something to tell us about. */
    public synchronized void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent event) {
        // System.out.println("controllerUpdate(" + event + ")");
        if (event instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent) {
            if ((visualComponent = thePlayer.getVisualComponent()) != null) {
                cp.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, visualComponent);
            if ((controlComponent = thePlayer.getControlPanelComponent()) != null) {
                cp.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, controlComponent);
            // re-size the main window
            if (parentFrame != null) {
                parentFrame.pack();
                parentFrame.setTitle(mediaName);
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        JFrame f = new JFrame("JMF Player Demo");
        Container frameCP = f.getContentPane();
        NewJApplet p = new NewJApplet(f,
                argv.length == 0 ? "file:/C:/Users/Patrick Kos/Pictures/BAA.avi"
                : argv[0]);
        frameCP.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, p);
        f.setSize(200, 200);
        f.setVisible(true);
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}but I always get a unable to handle format exception, expect with mp3 files.
But i"ve looked up the supported formats and its says its supported so??

Answer 1

i get this error
Unable to handle format: XVID, 320x240, FrameRate=29.9, Length=230400 0 extra bytes
  Unable to handle format: unknown, 22050.0 Hz, 0-bit, Stereo, Unsigned, 8000.0 frame rate, FrameSize=9216 bits
Failed to realize: com.sun.media.PlaybackEngine@7259da
Error: Unable to realize com.sun.media.PlaybackEngine@7259da
Exception in thread "main" javax.media.CannotRealizeException
        at javax.media.Manager.blockingCall(Manager.java:2005)
        at javax.media.Manager.createRealizedPlayer(Manager.java:580)
        at projectnemo.NewJApplet.main(NewJApplet.java:102)