.wav plays well but not .mp3

Question

In my swing code, I am playing .wav files (using getAudioClip() etc...)
But I am unable to play .mp3
can anybody help me out ?/ any kinda code ???
thanx in advance

Answer 1

* @(#)MiniPlayer.java          Tiger     2005 May 04
* Copyright 2005 Ronillo Ang
* All rights reserved
package com.yahoo.ron.media;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Menu;
import java.awt.MenuBar;
import java.awt.MenuItem;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.media.ControllerEvent;
import javax.media.ControllerListener;
import javax.media.Manager;
import javax.media.Player;
import javax.media.RealizeCompleteEvent;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
* @author          Ronillo Ang
* @version          vm1.5.0-b64
* A simple demo or usage of JMF.
* NOTE: This program will not run without modification. Check the code and make some modification.
final public class MiniPlayer extends WindowAdapter implements ActionListener, ControllerListener{
     final private String imageName = "com/yahoo/ron/images/t10.gif";
     private Frame frame;
     private MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu mprfm;
     private Player player;
     private MiniPlayer() throws Exception{
          UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
          frame = new Frame("Mini Player");
          frame.setMenuBar(createMenuBar(new MenuBar()));
          frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          frame.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, new JLabel(new ImageIcon(imageName)));
          frame.pack();
          frame.addWindowListener(this);
          Dimension dimension = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
          int x = (dimension.width - frame.getWidth()) / 2;
          int y = (dimension.height - frame.getHeight()) / 2;
          frame.setLocation(x, y);
          frame.setVisible(true);
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
          Object source = ae.getSource();
          try{
               if(source instanceof MenuItem){
                    String command = ((MenuItem)source).getLabel().trim();
                    if(command.equalsIgnoreCase("open..."))
                         createPlayer(open());
                    else if(command.equalsIgnoreCase("exit"))
                         windowClosing(null);
                    else
                         createPlayer(open(command));
          } catch (Exception exception) {
               showThrowableMessage(exception);
     public void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent ce){
          if(ce instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent){
               frame.removeAll();
               Component component = player.getVisualComponent();
               if(component != null){
                    frame.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, component);
                    component = null;
               component = player.getControlPanelComponent();
               if(component != null){
                    frame.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, component);
                    component = null;
               frame.pack();
     public void windowClosed(WindowEvent we){
          System.exit(0);
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){
          try{
               mprfm.close();
               removePlayer();
          } catch (Exception exception) {
               exception.printStackTrace();
          frame.dispose();
     private MenuBar createMenuBar(MenuBar bar) throws Exception{
          Menu file = bar.add(new Menu("File"));
          file.add(new MenuItem("Open...")).addActionListener(this);
          mprfm = (MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu) file.add(new MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu(this));
          file.addSeparator();
          file.add(new MenuItem("Exit")).addActionListener(this);
          return bar;
     private URL open() throws Exception{
          JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
          fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
          int option = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(frame);
          if(option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
               return open(fileChooser.getSelectedFile().getCanonicalPath());
          return null;
     private URL open(String fileName) throws Exception{
          if(fileName == null)
               return null;
          if(fileName.equals(""))
               return null;
          File file = new File(fileName);
          if(!file.exists())
               return null;
          if(file.isDirectory())
               return null;
          mprfm.update(file.getCanonicalPath());
          return file.toURL();
     private void createPlayer(URL url) throws Exception{
          if(url == null)
               return;
          removePlayer();
          player = Manager.createPlayer(url);
          player.addControllerListener(this);
          player.start();
     private void removePlayer(){
          if(player == null) return;
          frame.removeAll();
          frame.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, new JLabel(new ImageIcon(imageName)));
          frame.pack();
          player.close();
          player = null;
     private void showThrowableMessage(Throwable throwable){
          String title = (throwable instanceof Error? "Error" : "Exception");
          String message = throwable.toString();
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, message, title, JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
     static public void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
          new MiniPlayer();
* @(#)MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu.java     Tiger     2005 May 04
* Copyright 2005 Ronillo Ang
* All rights reserved
package com.yahoo.ron.media;
import com.yahoo.ron.sql.QueryResult;
import com.yahoo.ron.sql.OdbcConnector;
import com.yahoo.ron.sql.OdbcConnection;
import java.awt.Menu;
import java.awt.MenuItem;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Stack;
* @author          Ronillo Ang
* @version          vm1.5.0-b64
* A class that stores recently opened file to a database.
final class MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu extends Menu implements ActionListener{
     private ActionListener actionListener;
     private OdbcConnection odbcConnection;
     MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu(){
          this(null);
     MiniPlayerRecentFileMenu(ActionListener actionListener){
          super("Recent Files");
          try{
               if(actionListener == null)
                    this.actionListener = this;
               else
                    this.actionListener = actionListener;
               odbcConnection = OdbcConnector.getOdbcConnection("RecentMenu");
               add(new MenuItem("empty"));
               update();
          } catch (Exception exception) {
               exception.printStackTrace();
     void update(String fileName){
          String extension = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf('.') + 1);
          try{
               String sql = "SELECT [filename] FROM tblfiles WHERE [filename]='" + fileName + "'";
               QueryResult queryResult = odbcConnection.executeQuery(sql);
               if(!queryResult.isEmpty()){
                    sql = "DELETE * FROM tblfiles WHERE [filename]='" + fileName + "'";
                    odbcConnection.executeUpdate(sql);
               sql = "INSERT INTO tblfiles VALUES ('" + extension + "', '" + fileName + "')";
               int updateCount = odbcConnection.executeUpdate(sql);
               if(updateCount == 1)
                    update();
          } catch (Exception exception) {
               exception.printStackTrace();
     private void update(){
          try{
               int[] counter = {0, 0};
               QueryResult[] queryResult = {null, null};
               String sql = "SELECT [filetype] FROM tblfiles";
               queryResult[0] = odbcConnection.executeQuery(sql);
               removeAll();
               Stack stack = new Stack();
               if(queryResult[0].next())
                    do{
                         String filetype = queryResult[0].getStringAt(0);
                         if(!stack.contains(filetype)){
                              stack.push(filetype);
                              sql = "SELECT [filename] FROM tblfiles WHERE [filetype]='" + filetype + "'";
                              queryResult[1] = odbcConnection.executeQuery(sql);
                              Menu menu = (Menu) add(new Menu(filetype));
                              if(queryResult[1].last()){
                                   counter[1] = 0;
                                   do{
                                        String filename = queryResult[1].getStringAt(0);
                                        menu.add(new MenuItem(filename)).addActionListener(actionListener);
                                   while(++counter[1] < 15 && queryResult[1].previous());
                              else
                                   menu.add(new MenuItem("empty"));
                    while(++counter[0] < 15 && queryResult[0].next());
               else
                    add(new MenuItem("empty"));
          } catch (Exception exception) {
               exception.printStackTrace();
     void close() throws Exception{
          odbcConnection.close();
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
}Make some modification for this program to run.
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