if you want to play mp3 for bg music for your games this is what u need:
PLAY, STOP, RESUME, LOOP,
NOTE: you have to have installed jlayer1.0.1-1.jar
it works for music that is inside the jar ( for relative paths )
package com.ilusion2.audio;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javazoom.jl.decoder.JavaLayerException;
import javazoom.jl.player.Player;
/**
*this class is used to create a music player, with
* play, stop, pause, loop, functionality, this class
* must be used to put background music to a level
* NOTE: the files to play must be in resources folder
* @author pavulzavala
*/
public class MusicPlayer
{
private InputStream is;
private Player player;
private boolean repeat;
private boolean paused;
private long pauseLocation;
private long totalSongLength;
private String musicFilePath;
//@TODO consider add a counter to play a song
// X number of times
/**
* this method is used to play a song, if u want to
* repeat this song, set Repeat to true before
* call this method
* NOTE: the files to play must be in resources folder
* @param musicFilePath
* @throws FileNotFoundException
* @throws JavaLayerException
* @throws IOException
* @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
*/
public void play( String musicFilePath ) throws FileNotFoundException, JavaLayerException, IOException, URISyntaxException
{
this.musicFilePath = musicFilePath;
is = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream( musicFilePath );
totalSongLength = is.available();
player = new Player( is );
new Thread()
{
@Override
public void run()
{
try
{
player.play();
if( player.isComplete() && repeat )
{
play( musicFilePath );
}
}
catch ( JavaLayerException | IOException ex)
{
System.err.println("::: there was an error to play " + musicFilePath );
} catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(MusicPlayer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}////
}.start();///
}//
/**
* use this method to remuse current paused song
* @throws FileNotFoundException
* @throws JavaLayerException
* @throws IOException
* @throws java.net.URISyntaxException
*/
public void resume( ) throws FileNotFoundException, JavaLayerException, IOException, URISyntaxException
{
paused = false;
is = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream( musicFilePath );
is.skip( totalSongLength - pauseLocation );
player = new Player( is );
new Thread()
{
@Override
public void run()
{
try
{
player.play();
}
catch (JavaLayerException ex)
{
System.err.println("::: there was an error to play " + musicFilePath );
}
}////
}.start();///
}//
/**
* use this method to stop current song that is being
* played
*/
public void stop()
{
paused = false;
if( null != player)
{
player.close();
totalSongLength = 0;
pauseLocation = 0;
}///
}//
/**
* use this method to pause current played song
*/
public void pause()
{
paused = true;
if( null != player)
{
try
{
pauseLocation = is.available();
player.close();
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
System.out.println("::: error when song is paused");
}
}///
}//
/**
*
* @return true if the song i will start once is done,
* false if not
*/
public boolean isRepeat() {
return repeat;
}
/**
* set if the song will start once is done
* @param repeat
*/
public void setRepeat(boolean repeat) {
this.repeat = repeat;
}
public boolean isPaused() {
return paused;
}
public void setPaused(boolean paused) {
this.paused = paused;
}
}//class
Yes, if its features match what you need and you’re using OpenAL (the JavaSound backend is crap) then it might be an option.