Media

This media is provided to help test media oriented, Java based apps. Though the media files cannot be guaranteed for continued supply (depending on bandwith usage), those that are currently available are listed below. They are divided into sound, images, video & other common formats of interest.

Sound

These are good for testing applications based on the Java Sound API included in the J2SE in Java 1.3.

• 100_2817 - A short sound byte of cicadas. Mono, 8 bit.
  • 100_2817.au (98.3Kb) μ-law encoded, AU format.
  • 100_2817-linear.wav (196.6Kb) Linear encoded, WAV format.
• Loopable sounds.
  • leftright.wav can be looped in the J2SE based Clip without 'click'.
• MIDI files
  • AftrMdnt.mid (8.4Kb) - "After Midnight".
  • EverLove.mid (11.3Kb) - "EverLasting Love".
• MP3 files compatible with (parsable by) the JMF MP3 codec (all 128KbPS 44.1 KHz stereo. With valid ID3 v. 3 tags, but mostly no v. 2 tags.
  • "Dead End" [Jazz] converted MIDI (1.3Mb).
  • • Dead_End.mp3
    • Play in Tracker
  • "Escape From New York" [Soundtrack] converted MIDI (with valid ID3 v. 2 tags) (2.8Mb).
    • Escape_From_New_York_-_Soundtrack.mp3
    • Play in Tracker
  • "It's All In The Mind" [Dance] converted MOD (1.7Mb).
    • Its_All_In_The_Mind.mp3
    • Play in Tracker
• PlayList files (not compatible with JavaSound, but related to sound & sound players)
  • M3U - MPEG version 3 URL
    • mp3.m3u relative paths to the MP3s listed above, includes EXTINF.
  • PLS - Shoutcast PlayList. None immediately handy, but 'watch this space'.

Images

These images are excellent for slideshows and demonstrating image transition techniques. They are all under 80Kb, and displayed below at 1/2 actual size.

• Sunrise/moonset over the CBD of Sydney, Australia.
• Sunset over a scope on Mt Stromlo, near Canberra, Australia.

This animated screenshot of the StarZoom screensaver can be used to test code that uses animated GIFs. Internet Explorer has been observed to save animated GIFs as static images when the user right clicks the image and chooses 'Save Picture As..'. If that happens, download the starzoom-thumb.zip and expand it locally.

Video

For testing JMF applications. These files are also available on the JMF Video page at eSnips.

• MOV
  • lunarphases - Slow (0.5 FPS) video of the lunar phases. Provided as both a raw file (for use in examples) and as a downloadable archive.
    • lunarphases.mov 204Kb
    • lunarphases.zip 188Kb
  • Sunset_-_Sydney_Harbour.zip 3,269Kb. Sunset over the Sydney Harbour, Opera House and bridge.
• MPEG - these files show incorrect times in both JMStudio and the Windows Media Player.
  • TheLight-2005-11-26-df.zip 1,989Kb. Light slips beneath the clouds to illuminate the foreground.
  • TheCloud-2005-11-26-df.zip 2,443Kb. A saucer shaped cloud tumbles off the land then heads up the coastline.

Other document formats

These are good for testing applications based on textual documents, or fonts/rendering etcetera.

• test.txt A simple text document that includes upper and lower case letters of the alphabet, common symbols, text indented with both tabs and spaces, a long line to check line wrap behavior and a numeric width scale (accurate for mono-space fonts).
• test.rtf This Rich Text Formatted document includes some simple structures, styles and alignment options.