Using JMF on Mac OSX

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I'm trying to use JMF (Java Media Framework) to play a video. I've tried sample code from four different websites now. I'm using a Mac running Lion.

Everytime I load an mpg file I have, I get:

Unable to handle format: MPEG, 352x240, FrameRate=29.9, Length=126720

What does this mean? Are there problems with JMF? I'm using the cross platform version.

See [Simple MPEG Video Stream player, cross-platform, in java, via NetBeans + Swing?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2647296/simple-mpeg-video-stream-player-cross-platform-in-java-via-netbeans-swing). — Matthew Flaschen, May 30 '12 at 21:31
The actual error means it can't handle that format out of the box, which is quite possibly because of [software patents](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_LA). — Matthew Flaschen, May 30 '12 at 22:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '12 at 22:11

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You can try Jffmpeg, which provides MPEG codecs (among many other formats) for JMF. However, bear in mind that the last release is 2006.

Another alternative if FMJ.

answered May 30 '12 at 22:11

Matthew Flaschen

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '12 at 08:54

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The cross-platform version will probably not support too many formats. There are performance packs which might help. But there isn't a performance pack for MAC and probably never will be.

answered Jun 01 '12 at 08:54

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