B4J Question MP3 Player in B4J non-Ui Application

[Pedro Caldeira]

Hello all,
I have to code a simple application to play a mP3 file in linux command line.
like : PlayMp3 [File to play]

It works in Ui mode with Jfx, but not in non-Ui applications. Is there a way to solve this ?

 

[stevel05]

What are you using to play the MP3's ?

 

[Pedro Caldeira]

jFX library

#Region Project Attributes
    #CommandLineArgs: confirmaconta.mp3
    #MergeLibraries: True
#End Region

Sub Process_Globals
    Dim Mp3 As MediaPlayer
End Sub

Sub AppStart (Args() As String)
    If Args.Length <> 1 Then
        Log("pMP3 [File To Play]")
        ExitApplication2(1)
    End If
 
    playMP3(Args(0))
    StartMessageLoop
End Sub

'Return true to allow the default exceptions handler to handle the uncaught exception.
Sub Application_Error (Error As Exception, StackTrace As String) As Boolean
    Return True
End Sub

Sub playMP3(File2Play As String)
    If File.Exists(File.DirApp,File2Play) = False Then
        Log("53")
        ExitApplication2(53)
    End If
 
    Mp3.Initialize("", File.GetUri(File.DirApp, File2Play))
    Mp3.Play
    Log("0")
    ExitApplication2(0)
End Sub

 

[stevel05]

You will need to use a different method to play the MP3's in a non gui environment. The Media player will have a dependency on the Javafx framework which is not available for a non Gui application.

As an experiment I found a player here: https://code.google.com/archive/p/mp3transform/downloads.

If you download the zip file there is a jar file in there. You can copy that to your additional libs directory then run this code :

'Non-UI application (console / server application)
#Region Project Attributes
    #CommandLineArgs:
    #MergeLibraries: True
#End Region
#AdditionalJar: mp3transform

Sub Process_Globals
 
End Sub
'https://code.google.com/archive/p/mp3transform/downloads
Sub AppStart (Args() As String)
 
    File.Copy(File.DirAssets,"01-Billet Doux.mp3",File.DirApp,"01-Billet Doux.mp3")
    Dim Player As Reflector
 
    Player.Target = Player.CreateObject("org.mp3transform.awt.PlayerNoCover")
    Dim jFile As JavaObject
    jFile.InitializeNewInstance("java.io.File",Array(File.DirApp,"yoursongfile.mp3"))
    
    Player.RunMethod4("run",Array(Array As String("")),Array As String("[Ljava.lang.String;"))
    Dim FrameR As Reflector
    FrameR.Target = Player.GetField("frame")
     FrameR.RunMethod2("setVisible",False,"java.lang.boolean")
    Player.RunMethod4("play",Array(jFile),Array As String("java.io.File"))
    StartMessageLoop
 
End Sub

'Return true to allow the default exceptions handler to handle the uncaught exception.
Sub Application_Error (Error As Exception, StackTrace As String) As Boolean
    Return True
End Sub

If you want to use this You will have to read the source for documentation.

Depends on the Reflection library.

There is a gui, but it is immediately dismissed.

Anyway just a test.

Looking at the internet, there are quite a few other options. You will need something that decodes mp3's.

 

[Pedro Caldeira]

Thanks. I will sure give it a try.