How can I start an external Media player?

[flack]

Can you show me an API that allow me to start a video file in an
external Media Player in Windows as, for example, Windows Media Player?

Thanks.

 

[Stefan Schulz]

Runtime.exec() comes to mind, other then that i am not aware of any
other way to interact with other applications (without them providing
some interface, for example a control channel via a socket)

 

[Roedy Green]

Can you show me an API that allow me to start a video file in an
external Media Player in Windows as, for example, Windows Media Player?

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/exec.html

fire up a command processor and give it the file name as an argument
and let it figure out the association and find the player.

 

[Vitaly]

Get java-COM bridge (free) at
http://simtel.net/product.php[id]60701[sekid]0[SiteID]simtel.net

There an example for MS MediaPlayer is included.

Regards,
Vitaly Shelest

 

[Andrew Thompson]

Can you show me an API that allow me to start a video file

JMStudio (included in the JMF).

..in an external ..

Why external?