Pro Java ME MMAPI: Mobile Media API for Java Micro Edition

Vikram Goyal1590596390, 9781590596395, 9781430201571

Mobile Media API is a low-footprint and versatile API that enables you to create multimedia applications in Java-enabled phones. With this API, it is possible to add and control audio-, video-, and image-based media to MIDlets from different sources.Pro Java ME MMAPI explores this API in great detail. This book explains the API’s architecture and covers how this architecture sits with the Mobile Independent Device Profile (MIDP). The book also shows you how to best use the multimedia capabilities of a Java-enabled phone.This book includes detailed examples that cover the necessary basics, like audio playback and tone generation, to advanced issues, like synchronized media playback, video capture, and live radio stream. The book incorporates a mobile phone to model these examples, in addition to the Java Wireless Toolkit emulators. Read more about this book on www.mmapibook.com. This is the first all-in-one reference for creating multimedia applications in Java-enabled phones using the MMAPI. Covers MMAPI thoroughly. Features real-world examples based on an actual phone – including a video blogging case study.

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Table of contents :
Pro Java ME MMAPI: Mobile Media API for Java Micro Edition……Page 1
Contents……Page 8
CHAPTER 1 Introducing Mobile Media API (MMAPI)……Page 20
CHAPTER 2 MMAPI Architecture…….Page 26
CHAPTER 3 Getting Started with MMAPI…….Page 38
CHAPTER 4 Media Player Lifecycle and Events……Page 58
CHAPTER 5 Accessing Media Over the Network……Page 78
CHAPTER 6 Creating and Playing Tones Using ToneControl……Page 92
CHAPTER 7 Managing MIDI Using MIDIControl, TempoControl, and PitchControl……Page 114
CHAPTER 8 Working with Audio and Video…….Page 146
CHAPTER 9 Case Study: Device Blogging……Page 204
APPENDIX A Mobile Media API (MMAPI) Reference……Page 258
APPENDIX B URI Syntax for Media Locators……Page 268
APPENDIX C Advanced Multimedia Supplements—JSR 234……Page 270
INDEX……Page 274