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PortalPlayer to license Java for media players

MANHASSET, N.Y. — PortalPlayer Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for the personal media player market, has licensed Sun Microsystems' Java platform, Micro ...
InfoWorld

Program multimedia with JMF, Part 1

The Java Media Framework (JMF) is a large and versatile API used to process time-based media. However, JMF’s complexity can take weeks to understand. With that complexity in mind, this article ...
EDN

Sun Microsystems Announces Strategic Relationship With On2 Technologies to Integrate Video Codecs and Media Capabilities for the Java platform

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with On2 Technologies (AMEX: ONT) to use On2's TrueMotion® video codecs for Sun's JavaFX, a family of ...
CRN

Novell, Red Hat To Distribute RealNetworks Linux, Open-Source Media Players

On Monday, RealNetworks " Microsoft's key rival in the media player software business - announced it had signed a distribution agreement with Novell to ship RealPlayer 10 for Linux with Novell's next ...
InfoWorld

Program multimedia with JMF, Part 2

If you know Java, multimedia programming is a piece of cake. Last month, in Part 1, you saw how many parts of the Java Media Framework (JMF) classes and interfaces can integrate together. In this ...