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No MP3 or JMF built-in to JRE?

807601Apr 18 2008 — edited Apr 18 2008
I have been using Linux for the past four months and have decided to write a program in Java so that I'm not locked into any one operating system - ever again. The problem is, to get MP3 support in a Java application it seems users will be expected to download and install

The Java Media Framework:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewFilteredProducts-SingleVariationTypeFilter

As well as the JMF MP3 plugin:
http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/mp3/download.html

One could probably understand the lack of a built-in MP3 plugin for licensing reasons, but not the absence of the JMF.

Is there a way to include the classes/jars for JMF into an application made with Java (so that users at east won't have to download and install this part themselves)?

Or does Java and multimedia just not mix, and should I just take a punt that I'll be using Linux for many years to come and learn Python and PyQT to write a GUI MP3 library program a lot easier than it appears Java is going to be?

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