PressPlay makes it easy for your Java applications to play media and parse metadata using the ffmpeg tools.

Requirements

• ffmpeg must be installed on the machine where you want to play media
• Java 11 or higher is required
• PressPlay uses log4j2 for logging; your application must provide this dependency

Location of ffmpeg

If the ffmpeg tools are not installed at /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin, you will need to set a system property so pressplay knows where to find the tools:

pressplay.ffmpeg.path=/full/path/to/tools/

Maven

If you are using Maven, you can get the pressplay library with this dependency:

<dependency>
  <groupId>net.jeremybrooks</groupId>
  <artifactId>pressplay</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.9</version>
</dependency>

Using PressPlay

Playing Media

Parsing Metadata

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Releasing

Releasing to Central requires some specific steps:

1. export some JDK options so Java 17 will work:

export JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS='--add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.desktop/java.awt.font=ALL-UNNAMED'

2. Update the version in pom.xml
3. Update the version in README.md
4. Do the release: mvn clean deploy -Prelease
5. If the release is successful:
   1. Commit and push
   2. tag the repo git tag -a x.y.z
   3. push the tag git push origin --tags
   4. update the version in pom.xml for the next snapshot
   5. commit and push
6. Clear your JDK options:

unset JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS