How to play an MP3 File using Java?

Question

Using Applet.AudioClip I'm able to play .wav files, but if I try to do that on an MP3 file, then no audio seems to get played even though no exceptions are thrown.

Is there any way to play MP3s with Java, whether using Swing, Java FX, or any other Java technologies?

Answer 1

package test;

import java.io.File;

import javax.media.Format;
import javax.media.Manager;
import javax.media.MediaLocator;
import javax.media.Player;
import javax.media.PlugInManager;
import javax.media.format.AudioFormat;

public class AudioTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Format input1 = new AudioFormat(AudioFormat.MPEGLAYER3);
    Format input2 = new AudioFormat(AudioFormat.MPEG);
    Format output = new AudioFormat(AudioFormat.LINEAR);
    PlugInManager.addPlugIn(
        "com.sun.media.codec.audio.mp3.JavaDecoder",
        new Format[]{input1, input2},
        new Format[]{output},
        PlugInManager.CODEC
    );
    try{
        Player player = Manager.createPlayer(new MediaLocator(new File("data/audioFiles/abc.mp3").toURI().toURL()));
        player.start();
    }
    catch(Exception ex){
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
}
}

Hope it helps..