Custom media player

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I know there is foobar and others but I would like to build my own. Is Foobar written in Java? I'm pretty good with Java at this point, but how do I use codecs and run file operations? Can I just use batch files?

Goals:

1. Read .mp4, .m4a, .mp3, etc.

2. Organize into one library (like Foobar)

3. Visualizer and simplistic GUI

4. Options for control from iPod Touch (really helpful when in Game)

I would also like to make a custom rom for an iPod but that might be a bit much. What I really want to focus on is file IO, Codec use, and Visualizer / Sound control. If you know of a good learning resource I would appreciate links.

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So, its not exactly clear what platform you're going to be going for right now.

If you're going for PC, you should be fine. If you're going for Apple products, I believe you're going to have to write in a form of C for them. 

You can create runnable jars, which would work on PC but for applications on mobile platform java becomes a completely different language in cases. 

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OK so first step, jar (or exe after running minecraft 1.6.2) for a windows 7 computer that will replace iTunes because iTunes is buggy, glitchy, and it sucks. I looked through the java API on oracle and could not find a whole lot with loading media files. If I have a supported Codec / Class that would let me getArtist(), getAlbum() for organizing, hopefully even writeArtist() (going through the built in mp3/mp4 tags in the file) then all I need is the File IO and Visualizer. 

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JARs are last step. You create a jar after you have a complete java application. 

If you know how to use other libraries, you might want to as well. There are quite a few media libraries you can find for java with just a google search.

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Yeah, I know Jars are last. You have to make the jam before you put it in the jar as my teacher said. I can Google with the best of them, I just wondered if anyone had any experience / suggestions for specific ones.