playing media files using vlcj java wrapper...

[jdosso]

This is really a quick question, but since the playMedia function requires a mrl String for the location of the mediafile, is it possible to replay a file if it is embedded inside a jar file as a resource? or even as a netbeans module resource?

I have tried several combinations to replay a media file from inside a jar but the only way i have successfully managed to replay a avi file is by using the absolute path to the avi file which is outside the jar file.. any advice or suggestions would be greatfully appricated.

Regards
James

[sherington]

This is really a quick question, but since the playMedia function requires a mrl String for the location of the mediafile, is it possible to replay a file if it is embedded inside a jar file as a resource? or even as a netbeans module resource?

I have tried several combinations to replay a media file from inside a jar but the only way i have successfully managed to replay a avi file is by using the absolute path to the avi file which is outside the jar file.. any advice or suggestions would be greatfully appricated.

Regards
James

Realistically you can not play anything from inside a jar, nor can you play anything that is some resource on your classpath.

You can extract from your Jar to a temporary file and play that.

Conceivably you could actually play a file from inside your jar if you do something like embed a tiny HTTP server to serve your movie from the classpath.

[sherington]

You could also do this... not ideal but it works...

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mediaPlayer.playMedia("zip:///path/to/zip-or-jar/movies.jar!/my-movie.mpg");

Note the use of the "!" - it is required.