javafx.scene.media

Class MediaPlayer

java.lang.Object

javafx.scene.media.MediaPlayer

public final class MediaPlayer
extends Object

The MediaPlayer class provides the controls for playing media. It is used in combination with the Media and MediaView classes to display and control media playback. MediaPlayer does not contain any visual elements so must be used with the MediaView class to view any video track which may be present.

MediaPlayer provides the pause(), play(), stop() and seek() controls as well as the rate and autoPlay properties which apply to all types of media. It also provides the balance, mute, and volume properties which control audio playback characteristics. Further control over audio quality may be attained via the AudioEqualizer associated with the player. Frequency descriptors of audio playback may be observed by registering an AudioSpectrumListener. Information about playback position, rate, and buffering may be obtained from the currentTime, currentRate, and bufferProgressTime properties, respectively. Media marker notifications are received by an event handler registered as the onMarker property.

For finite duration media, playback may be positioned at any point in time between 0.0 and the duration of the media. MediaPlayer refines this definition by adding the startTime and stopTime properties which in effect define a virtual media source with time position constrained to [startTime,stopTime]. Media playback commences at startTime and continues to stopTime. The interval defined by these two endpoints is termed a cycle with duration being the difference of the stop and start times. This cycle may be set to repeat a specific or indefinite number of times. The total duration of media playback is then the product of the cycle duration and the number of times the cycle is played. If the stop time of the cycle is reached and the cycle is to be played again, the event handler registered with the onRepeat property is invoked. If the stop time is reached and the cycle is not to be repeated, then the event handler registered with the onEndOfMedia property is invoked. A zero-relative index of which cycle is presently being played is maintained by currentCount.

The operation of a MediaPlayer is inherently asynchronous. A player is not prepared to respond to commands quasi-immediately until its status has transitioned to MediaPlayer.Status.READY, which in effect generally occurs when media pre-roll completes. Some requests made of a player prior to its status being READY will however take effect when that status is entered. These include invoking play() without an intervening invocation of pause() or stop() before the READY transition, as well as setting any of the autoPlay, balance, mute, rate, startTime, stopTime, and volume properties.

The status property may be monitored to make the application aware of player status changes, and callback functions may be registered via properties such as onReady if an action should be taken when a particular status is entered. There are also error and onError properties which respectively enable monitoring when an error occurs and taking a specified action in response thereto.

The same MediaPlayer object may be shared among multiple MediaViews. This will not affect the player itself. In particular, the property settings of the view will not have any effect on media playback.

Since:

JavaFX 2.0

Property Summary

All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods
Type	Property and Description
`DoubleProperty`	`audioSpectrumInterval` The interval between spectrum updates in seconds.
`ObjectProperty<AudioSpectrumListener>`	`audioSpectrumListener` A listener for audio spectrum updates.
`IntegerProperty`	`audioSpectrumNumBands` The number of bands in the audio spectrum.
`IntegerProperty`	`audioSpectrumThreshold` The sensitivity threshold in decibels; must be non-positive.
`BooleanProperty`	`autoPlay` Whether playing should start as soon as possible.
`DoubleProperty`	`balance` The balance, or left-right setting, of the audio output.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`bufferProgressTime` The current buffer position indicating how much media can be played without stalling the `MediaPlayer`.
`ReadOnlyIntegerProperty`	`currentCount` The number of completed playback cycles.
`ReadOnlyDoubleProperty`	`currentRate` The current rate of playback regardless of settings.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`currentTime` The current media playback time.
`IntegerProperty`	`cycleCount` The number of times the media will be played.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`cycleDuration` The amount of time between the `startTime` and `stopTime` of this player.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaException>`	`error` Observable property set to a `MediaException` if an error occurs.
`BooleanProperty`	`mute` Whether the player audio is muted.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onEndOfMedia` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches `stopTime`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onError` Event handler invoked when an error occurs.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onHalted` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `HALTED`.
`ObjectProperty<EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent>>`	`onMarker` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches a media marker.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onPaused` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `PAUSED`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onPlaying` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `PLAYING`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onReady` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `READY`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onRepeat` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches `stopTime` and will be repeating.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onStalled` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `STALLED`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onStopped` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `STOPPED`.
`DoubleProperty`	`rate` The rate at which the media should be played.
`ObjectProperty<Duration>`	`startTime` The time offset where media should start playing, or restart from when repeating.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaPlayer.Status>`	`status` The current state of the MediaPlayer.
`ObjectProperty<Duration>`	`stopTime` The time offset where media should stop playing or restart when repeating.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`totalDuration` The total amount of play time if allowed to play until finished.
`DoubleProperty`	`volume` The volume at which the media should be played.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class and Description

static class MediaPlayer.Status
Enumeration describing the different status values of a MediaPlayer.

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static class`	`MediaPlayer.Status` Enumeration describing the different status values of a `MediaPlayer`.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description

static int INDEFINITE
A value representing an effectively infinite number of playback cycles.

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`INDEFINITE` A value representing an effectively infinite number of playback cycles.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

MediaPlayer(Media media)
Create a player for a specific media.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`MediaPlayer(Media media)` Create a player for a specific media.

Method Summary

All MethodsInstance MethodsConcrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`DoubleProperty`	`audioSpectrumIntervalProperty()` The interval between spectrum updates in seconds.
`ObjectProperty<AudioSpectrumListener>`	`audioSpectrumListenerProperty()` A listener for audio spectrum updates.
`IntegerProperty`	`audioSpectrumNumBandsProperty()` The number of bands in the audio spectrum.
`IntegerProperty`	`audioSpectrumThresholdProperty()` The sensitivity threshold in decibels; must be non-positive.
`BooleanProperty`	`autoPlayProperty()` Whether playing should start as soon as possible.
`DoubleProperty`	`balanceProperty()` The balance, or left-right setting, of the audio output.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`bufferProgressTimeProperty()` The current buffer position indicating how much media can be played without stalling the `MediaPlayer`.
`ReadOnlyIntegerProperty`	`currentCountProperty()` The number of completed playback cycles.
`ReadOnlyDoubleProperty`	`currentRateProperty()` The current rate of playback regardless of settings.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`currentTimeProperty()` The current media playback time.
`IntegerProperty`	`cycleCountProperty()` The number of times the media will be played.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`cycleDurationProperty()` The amount of time between the `startTime` and `stopTime` of this player.
`void`	`dispose()` Free all resources associated with player.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaException>`	`errorProperty()` Observable property set to a `MediaException` if an error occurs.
`AudioEqualizer`	`getAudioEqualizer()` Retrieve the `AudioEqualizer` associated with this player.
`double`	`getAudioSpectrumInterval()` Retrieves the value of the audio spectrum notification interval in seconds.
`AudioSpectrumListener`	`getAudioSpectrumListener()` Retrieves the listener of the audio spectrum.
`int`	`getAudioSpectrumNumBands()` Retrieves the number of bands in the audio spectrum.
`int`	`getAudioSpectrumThreshold()` Retrieves the audio spectrum threshold in decibels.
`double`	`getBalance()` Retrieves the audio balance.
`Duration`	`getBufferProgressTime()` Retrieves the `bufferProgressTime` value.
`int`	`getCurrentCount()` Retrieves the index of the current cycle.
`double`	`getCurrentRate()` Retrieves the current playback rate.
`Duration`	`getCurrentTime()` Retrieves the current media time.
`int`	`getCycleCount()` Retrieves the cycle count.
`Duration`	`getCycleDuration()` Retrieves the cycle duration in seconds.
`MediaException`	`getError()` Retrieve the value of the `error` property or `null` if there is no error.
`Media`	`getMedia()` Retrieves the `Media` instance being played.
`Runnable`	`getOnEndOfMedia()` Retrieves the end of media event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnError()` Retrieves the event handler for errors.
`Runnable`	`getOnHalted()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.HALTED` event handler.
`EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent>`	`getOnMarker()` Retrieves the marker event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnPaused()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED` event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnPlaying()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING` event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnReady()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.READY` event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnRepeat()` Retrieves the repeat event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnStalled()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.STALLED` event handler.
`Runnable`	`getOnStopped()` Retrieves the `MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED` event handler.
`double`	`getRate()` Retrieves the playback rate.
`Duration`	`getStartTime()` Retrieves the start time.
`MediaPlayer.Status`	`getStatus()` Retrieves the current player status.
`Duration`	`getStopTime()` Retrieves the stop time.
`Duration`	`getTotalDuration()` Retrieves the total playback duration including all cycles (repetitions).
`double`	`getVolume()` Retrieves the audio playback volume.
`boolean`	`isAutoPlay()` Retrieves the `autoPlay` property value.
`boolean`	`isMute()` Retrieves the `muteProperty()` value.
`BooleanProperty`	`muteProperty()` Whether the player audio is muted.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onEndOfMediaProperty()` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches `stopTime`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onErrorProperty()` Event handler invoked when an error occurs.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onHaltedProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `HALTED`.
`ObjectProperty<EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent>>`	`onMarkerProperty()` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches a media marker.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onPausedProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `PAUSED`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onPlayingProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `PLAYING`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onReadyProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `READY`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onRepeatProperty()` Event handler invoked when the player `currentTime` reaches `stopTime` and will be repeating.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onStalledProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `STALLED`.
`ObjectProperty<Runnable>`	`onStoppedProperty()` Event handler invoked when the status changes to `STOPPED`.
`void`	`pause()` Pauses the player.
`void`	`play()` Starts playing the media.
`DoubleProperty`	`rateProperty()` The rate at which the media should be played.
`void`	`seek(Duration seekTime)` Seeks the player to a new playback time.
`void`	`setAudioSpectrumInterval(double value)` Sets the value of the audio spectrum notification interval in seconds.
`void`	`setAudioSpectrumListener(AudioSpectrumListener listener)` Sets the listener of the audio spectrum.
`void`	`setAudioSpectrumNumBands(int value)` Sets the number of bands in the audio spectrum.
`void`	`setAudioSpectrumThreshold(int value)` Sets the audio spectrum threshold in decibels.
`void`	`setAutoPlay(boolean value)` Sets the `autoPlay` property value.
`void`	`setBalance(double value)` Sets the audio balance.
`void`	`setCycleCount(int value)` Sets the cycle count.
`void`	`setMute(boolean value)` Sets the value of `muteProperty()`.
`void`	`setOnEndOfMedia(Runnable value)` Sets the end of media event handler.
`void`	`setOnError(Runnable value)` Sets the event handler to be called when an error occurs.
`void`	`setOnHalted(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.HALTED` event handler.
`void`	`setOnMarker(EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent> onMarker)` Sets the marker event handler.
`void`	`setOnPaused(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED` event handler.
`void`	`setOnPlaying(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING` event handler.
`void`	`setOnReady(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.READY` event handler.
`void`	`setOnRepeat(Runnable value)` Sets the repeat event handler.
`void`	`setOnStalled(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.STALLED` event handler.
`void`	`setOnStopped(Runnable value)` Sets the `MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED` event handler.
`void`	`setRate(double value)` Sets the playback rate to the supplied value.
`void`	`setStartTime(Duration value)` Sets the start time.
`void`	`setStopTime(Duration value)` Sets the stop time.
`void`	`setVolume(double value)` Sets the audio playback volume.
`ObjectProperty<Duration>`	`startTimeProperty()` The time offset where media should start playing, or restart from when repeating.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaPlayer.Status>`	`statusProperty()` The current state of the MediaPlayer.
`void`	`stop()` Stops playing the media.
`ObjectProperty<Duration>`	`stopTimeProperty()` The time offset where media should stop playing or restart when repeating.
`ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration>`	`totalDurationProperty()` The total amount of play time if allowed to play until finished.
`DoubleProperty`	`volumeProperty()` The volume at which the media should be played.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Property Detail
- error
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaException> errorProperty
```
  Observable property set to a MediaException if an error occurs.
  
  See Also:
  
  getError()
- onError
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onErrorProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when an error occurs.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnError(), setOnError(Runnable)
- autoPlay
```
public BooleanProperty autoPlayProperty
```
  Whether playing should start as soon as possible. For a new player this will occur once the player has reached the READY state. The default value is false.
  
  See Also:
  
  isAutoPlay(), setAutoPlay(boolean)
- rate
```
public DoubleProperty rateProperty
```
  The rate at which the media should be played. For example, a rate of 1.0 plays the media at its normal (encoded) playback rate, 2.0 plays back at twice the normal rate, etc. The currently supported range of rates is [0.0, 8.0]. The default value is 1.0.
  
  See Also:
  
  getRate(), setRate(double)
- currentRate
```
public ReadOnlyDoubleProperty currentRateProperty
```
  The current rate of playback regardless of settings. For example, if rate is set to 1.0 and the player is paused or stalled, then currentRate will be zero.
  
  See Also:
  
  getCurrentRate()
- volume
```
public DoubleProperty volumeProperty
```
  The volume at which the media should be played. The range of effective values is [0.0 1.0] where 0.0 is inaudible and 1.0 is full volume, which is the default.
  
  See Also:
  
  getVolume(), setVolume(double)
- balance
```
public DoubleProperty balanceProperty
```
  The balance, or left-right setting, of the audio output. The range of effective values is [-1.0, 1.0] with -1.0 being full left, 0.0 center, and 1.0 full right. The default value is 0.0.
  
  See Also:
  
  getBalance(), setBalance(double)
- startTime
```
public ObjectProperty<Duration> startTimeProperty
```
  The time offset where media should start playing, or restart from when repeating. When playback is stopped, the current time is reset to this value. If this value is positive, then the first time the media is played there might be a delay before playing begins unless the play position can be set to an arbitrary time within the media. This could occur for example for a video which does not contain a lookup table of the offsets of intra-frames in the video stream. In such a case the video frames would need to be skipped over until the position of the first intra-frame before the start time was reached. The default value is Duration.ZERO.
  Constraints: 0 ≤ startTime < stopTime
  
  See Also:
  
  getStartTime(), setStartTime(Duration)
- stopTime
```
public ObjectProperty<Duration> stopTimeProperty
```
  The time offset where media should stop playing or restart when repeating. The default value is getMedia().getDuration().
  Constraints: startTime < stopTime ≤ Media.duration
  
  See Also:
  
  getStopTime(), setStopTime(Duration)
- cycleDuration
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> cycleDurationProperty
```
  The amount of time between the startTime and stopTime of this player. For the total duration of the Media use the Media.duration property.
  
  See Also:
  
  getCycleDuration()
- totalDuration
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> totalDurationProperty
```
  The total amount of play time if allowed to play until finished. If cycleCount is set to INDEFINITE then this will also be INDEFINITE. If the Media duration is UNKNOWN, then this will likewise be UNKNOWN. Otherwise, total duration will be the product of cycleDuration and cycleCount.
  
  See Also:
  
  getTotalDuration()
- currentTime
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> currentTimeProperty
```
  The current media playback time. This property is read-only: use seek(javafx.util.Duration) to change playback to a different stream position.
  
  See Also:
  
  getCurrentTime()
- status
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaPlayer.Status> statusProperty
```
  The current state of the MediaPlayer.
  
  See Also:
  
  getStatus()
- bufferProgressTime
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> bufferProgressTimeProperty
```
  The current buffer position indicating how much media can be played without stalling the MediaPlayer. This is applicable to buffered streams such as those reading from network connections as opposed for example to local files.
  Seeking to a position beyond bufferProgressTime might cause a slight pause in playback until an amount of data sufficient to permit playback resumption has been buffered.
  
  See Also:
  
  getBufferProgressTime()
- cycleCount
```
public IntegerProperty cycleCountProperty
```
  The number of times the media will be played. By default, cycleCount is set to 1 meaning the media will only be played once. Setting cycleCount to a value greater than 1 will cause the media to play the given number of times or until stopped. If set to INDEFINITE, playback will repeat until stop() or pause() is called.
  constraints: cycleCount ≥ 1
  
  See Also:
  
  getCycleCount(), setCycleCount(int)
- currentCount
```
public ReadOnlyIntegerProperty currentCountProperty
```
  The number of completed playback cycles. On the first pass, the value should be 0. On the second pass, the value should be 1 and so on. It is incremented at the end of each cycle just prior to seeking back to startTime, i.e., when stopTime or the end of media has been reached.
  
  See Also:
  
  getCurrentCount()
- mute
```
public BooleanProperty muteProperty
```
  Whether the player audio is muted. A value of true indicates that audio is not being produced. The value of this property has no effect on volume, i.e., if the audio is muted and then un-muted, audio playback will resume at the same audible level provided of course that the volume property has not been modified meanwhile. The default value is false.
  
  See Also:
  
  isMute(), setMute(boolean)
- onMarker
```
public ObjectProperty<EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent>> onMarkerProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches a media marker.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnMarker(), setOnMarker(EventHandler)
- onEndOfMedia
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onEndOfMediaProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches stopTime.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnEndOfMedia(), setOnEndOfMedia(Runnable)
- onReady
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onReadyProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to READY.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnReady(), setOnReady(Runnable)
- onPlaying
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onPlayingProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to PLAYING.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnPlaying(), setOnPlaying(Runnable)
- onPaused
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onPausedProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to PAUSED.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnPaused(), setOnPaused(Runnable)
- onStopped
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onStoppedProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to STOPPED.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnStopped(), setOnStopped(Runnable)
- onHalted
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onHaltedProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to HALTED.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnHalted(), setOnHalted(Runnable)
- onRepeat
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onRepeatProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches stopTime and will be repeating. This callback is made prior to seeking back to startTime.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnRepeat(), setOnRepeat(Runnable)
- onStalled
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onStalledProperty
```
  Event handler invoked when the status changes to STALLED.
  
  See Also:
  
  getOnStalled(), setOnStalled(Runnable)
- audioSpectrumNumBands
```
public IntegerProperty audioSpectrumNumBandsProperty
```
  The number of bands in the audio spectrum. The default value is 128; minimum is 2. The frequency range of the audio signal will be divided into the specified number of frequency bins. For example, a typical digital music signal has a frequency range of [0.0, 22050] Hz. If the number of spectral bands were in this case set to 10, the width of each frequency bin in the spectrum would be 2205 Hz with the lower bound of the lowest frequency bin equal to 0.0.
  
  See Also:
  
  getAudioSpectrumNumBands(), setAudioSpectrumNumBands(int)
- audioSpectrumInterval
```
public DoubleProperty audioSpectrumIntervalProperty
```
  The interval between spectrum updates in seconds. The default is 0.1 seconds.
  
  See Also:
  
  getAudioSpectrumInterval(), setAudioSpectrumInterval(double)
- audioSpectrumThreshold
```
public IntegerProperty audioSpectrumThresholdProperty
```
  The sensitivity threshold in decibels; must be non-positive. Values below this threshold with respect to the peak frequency in the given spectral band will be set to the value of the threshold. The default value is -60 dB.
  
  See Also:
  
  getAudioSpectrumThreshold(), setAudioSpectrumThreshold(int)
- audioSpectrumListener
```
public ObjectProperty<AudioSpectrumListener> audioSpectrumListenerProperty
```
  A listener for audio spectrum updates. When the listener is registered, audio spectrum computation is enabled; upon removing the listener, computation is disabled. Only a single listener may be registered, so if multiple observers are required, events must be forwarded.
  An AudioSpectrumListener may be useful for example to plot the frequency spectrum of the audio being played or to generate waveforms for a music visualizer.
  
  See Also:
  
  getAudioSpectrumListener(), setAudioSpectrumListener(AudioSpectrumListener)

Field Detail
- INDEFINITE
```
public static final int INDEFINITE
```
  A value representing an effectively infinite number of playback cycles. When cycleCount is set to this value, the player will replay the Media until stopped or paused.
  
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail
- MediaPlayer
```
public MediaPlayer(Media media)
```
  Create a player for a specific media. This is the only way to associate a Media object with a MediaPlayer: once the player is created it cannot be changed. Errors which occur synchronously within the constructor will cause exceptions to be thrown. Errors which occur asynchronously will cause the error property to be set and consequently any onError callback to be invoked.
  When created, the status of the player will be MediaPlayer.Status.UNKNOWN. Once the status has transitioned to MediaPlayer.Status.READY the player will be in a usable condition. The amount of time between player creation and its entering READY status may vary depending, for example, on whether the media is being read over a network connection or from a local file system.
  
  Parameters:
  
  media - The media to play.
  
  Throws:
  
  NullPointerException - if media is null.

Method Detail

getAudioEqualizer
```
public final AudioEqualizer getAudioEqualizer()
```
Retrieve the AudioEqualizer associated with this player.

Returns:

the AudioEqualizer or null if player is disposed.

getError
```
public final MediaException getError()
```
Retrieve the value of the error property or null if there is no error.

Returns:

a MediaException or null.

errorProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaException> errorProperty()
```
Observable property set to a MediaException if an error occurs.

See Also:

getError()

setOnError
```
public final void setOnError(Runnable value)
```
Sets the event handler to be called when an error occurs.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnError
```
public final Runnable getOnError()
```
Retrieves the event handler for errors.

Returns:

the event handler.

onErrorProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onErrorProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when an error occurs.

See Also:

getOnError(), setOnError(Runnable)

getMedia
```
public final Media getMedia()
```
Retrieves the Media instance being played.

Returns:

the Media object.

setAutoPlay
```
public final void setAutoPlay(boolean value)
```
Sets the autoPlay property value.

Parameters:

value - whether to enable auto-playback

isAutoPlay
```
public final boolean isAutoPlay()
```
Retrieves the autoPlay property value.

Returns:

the value.

autoPlayProperty
```
public BooleanProperty autoPlayProperty()
```
Whether playing should start as soon as possible. For a new player this will occur once the player has reached the READY state. The default value is false.

See Also:

isAutoPlay(), setAutoPlay(boolean)

play
```
public void play()
```
Starts playing the media. If previously paused, then playback resumes where it was paused. If playback was stopped, playback starts from the startTime. When playing actually starts the status will be set to MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING.

pause
```
public void pause()
```
Pauses the player. Once the player is actually paused the status will be set to MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED.

stop
```
public void stop()
```
Stops playing the media. This operation resets playback to startTime, and resets currentCount to zero. Once the player is actually stopped, the status will be set to MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED. The only transitions out of STOPPED status are to MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED and MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING which occur after invoking pause() or play(), respectively. While stopped, the player will not respond to playback position changes requested by seek(javafx.util.Duration).

setRate
```
public final void setRate(double value)
```
Sets the playback rate to the supplied value. Its effect will be clamped to the range [0.0, 8.0]. Invoking this method will have no effect if media duration is Duration.INDEFINITE.

Parameters:

value - the playback rate

getRate
```
public final double getRate()
```
Retrieves the playback rate.

Returns:

the playback rate

rateProperty
```
public DoubleProperty rateProperty()
```
The rate at which the media should be played. For example, a rate of 1.0 plays the media at its normal (encoded) playback rate, 2.0 plays back at twice the normal rate, etc. The currently supported range of rates is [0.0, 8.0]. The default value is 1.0.

See Also:

getRate(), setRate(double)

getCurrentRate
```
public final double getCurrentRate()
```
Retrieves the current playback rate.

Returns:

the current rate

currentRateProperty
```
public ReadOnlyDoubleProperty currentRateProperty()
```
The current rate of playback regardless of settings. For example, if rate is set to 1.0 and the player is paused or stalled, then currentRate will be zero.

See Also:

getCurrentRate()

setVolume
```
public final void setVolume(double value)
```
Sets the audio playback volume. Its effect will be clamped to the range [0.0, 1.0].

Parameters:

value - the volume

getVolume
```
public final double getVolume()
```
Retrieves the audio playback volume. The default value is 1.0.

Returns:

the audio volume

volumeProperty
```
public DoubleProperty volumeProperty()
```
The volume at which the media should be played. The range of effective values is [0.0 1.0] where 0.0 is inaudible and 1.0 is full volume, which is the default.

See Also:

getVolume(), setVolume(double)

setBalance
```
public final void setBalance(double value)
```
Sets the audio balance. Its effect will be clamped to the range [-1.0, 1.0].

Parameters:

value - the balance

getBalance
```
public final double getBalance()
```
Retrieves the audio balance.

Returns:

the audio balance

balanceProperty
```
public DoubleProperty balanceProperty()
```
The balance, or left-right setting, of the audio output. The range of effective values is [-1.0, 1.0] with -1.0 being full left, 0.0 center, and 1.0 full right. The default value is 0.0.

See Also:

getBalance(), setBalance(double)

setStartTime
```
public final void setStartTime(Duration value)
```
Sets the start time. Its effect will be clamped to the range [Duration.ZERO, stopTime). Invoking this method will have no effect if media duration is Duration.INDEFINITE.

Parameters:

value - the start time

getStartTime
```
public final Duration getStartTime()
```
Retrieves the start time. The default value is Duration.ZERO.

Returns:

the start time

startTimeProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Duration> startTimeProperty()
```
The time offset where media should start playing, or restart from when repeating. When playback is stopped, the current time is reset to this value. If this value is positive, then the first time the media is played there might be a delay before playing begins unless the play position can be set to an arbitrary time within the media. This could occur for example for a video which does not contain a lookup table of the offsets of intra-frames in the video stream. In such a case the video frames would need to be skipped over until the position of the first intra-frame before the start time was reached. The default value is Duration.ZERO.
Constraints: 0 ≤ startTime < stopTime

See Also:

getStartTime(), setStartTime(Duration)

setStopTime
```
public final void setStopTime(Duration value)
```
Sets the stop time. Its effect will be clamped to the range (startTime, Media.duration]. Invoking this method will have no effect if media duration is Duration.INDEFINITE.

Parameters:

value - the stop time

getStopTime
```
public final Duration getStopTime()
```
Retrieves the stop time. The default value is getMedia().getDuration(). Note that Media.duration may have the value Duration.UNKNOWN if media initialization is not complete.

Returns:

the stop time

stopTimeProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Duration> stopTimeProperty()
```
The time offset where media should stop playing or restart when repeating. The default value is getMedia().getDuration().
Constraints: startTime < stopTime ≤ Media.duration

See Also:

getStopTime(), setStopTime(Duration)

getCycleDuration
```
public final Duration getCycleDuration()
```
Retrieves the cycle duration in seconds.

Returns:

the cycle duration

cycleDurationProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> cycleDurationProperty()
```
The amount of time between the startTime and stopTime of this player. For the total duration of the Media use the Media.duration property.

See Also:

getCycleDuration()

getTotalDuration
```
public final Duration getTotalDuration()
```
Retrieves the total playback duration including all cycles (repetitions).

Returns:

the total playback duration

totalDurationProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> totalDurationProperty()
```
The total amount of play time if allowed to play until finished. If cycleCount is set to INDEFINITE then this will also be INDEFINITE. If the Media duration is UNKNOWN, then this will likewise be UNKNOWN. Otherwise, total duration will be the product of cycleDuration and cycleCount.

See Also:

getTotalDuration()

getCurrentTime
```
public final Duration getCurrentTime()
```
Retrieves the current media time.

Returns:

the current media time

currentTimeProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> currentTimeProperty()
```
The current media playback time. This property is read-only: use seek(javafx.util.Duration) to change playback to a different stream position.

See Also:

getCurrentTime()

seek

public void seek(Duration seekTime)

Seeks the player to a new playback time. Invoking this method will have no effect while the player status is MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED or media duration is Duration.INDEFINITE.

The behavior of seek() is constrained as follows where start time and stop time indicate the effective lower and upper bounds, respectively, of media playback:

seekTime	seek position
`null`	no change
`Duration.UNKNOWN`	no change
`Duration.INDEFINITE`	stop time
seekTime < start time	start time
seekTime > stop time	stop time
start time ≤ seekTime ≤ stop time	seekTime

Parameters:

seekTime - the requested playback time

getStatus
```
public final MediaPlayer.Status getStatus()
```
Retrieves the current player status.

Returns:

the playback status

statusProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<MediaPlayer.Status> statusProperty()
```
The current state of the MediaPlayer.

See Also:

getStatus()

getBufferProgressTime
```
public final Duration getBufferProgressTime()
```
Retrieves the bufferProgressTime value.

Returns:

the buffer progress time

bufferProgressTimeProperty
```
public ReadOnlyObjectProperty<Duration> bufferProgressTimeProperty()
```
The current buffer position indicating how much media can be played without stalling the MediaPlayer. This is applicable to buffered streams such as those reading from network connections as opposed for example to local files.
Seeking to a position beyond bufferProgressTime might cause a slight pause in playback until an amount of data sufficient to permit playback resumption has been buffered.

See Also:

getBufferProgressTime()

setCycleCount
```
public final void setCycleCount(int value)
```
Sets the cycle count. Its effect will be constrained to [1,Integer.MAX_VALUE]. Invoking this method will have no effect if media duration is Duration.INDEFINITE.

Parameters:

value - the cycle count

getCycleCount
```
public final int getCycleCount()
```
Retrieves the cycle count.

Returns:

the cycle count.

cycleCountProperty
```
public IntegerProperty cycleCountProperty()
```
The number of times the media will be played. By default, cycleCount is set to 1 meaning the media will only be played once. Setting cycleCount to a value greater than 1 will cause the media to play the given number of times or until stopped. If set to INDEFINITE, playback will repeat until stop() or pause() is called.
constraints: cycleCount ≥ 1

See Also:

getCycleCount(), setCycleCount(int)

getCurrentCount
```
public final int getCurrentCount()
```
Retrieves the index of the current cycle.

Returns:

the current cycle index

currentCountProperty
```
public ReadOnlyIntegerProperty currentCountProperty()
```
The number of completed playback cycles. On the first pass, the value should be 0. On the second pass, the value should be 1 and so on. It is incremented at the end of each cycle just prior to seeking back to startTime, i.e., when stopTime or the end of media has been reached.

See Also:

getCurrentCount()

setMute
```
public final void setMute(boolean value)
```
Sets the value of muteProperty().

Parameters:

value - the mute setting

isMute
```
public final boolean isMute()
```
Retrieves the muteProperty() value.

Returns:

the mute setting

muteProperty
```
public BooleanProperty muteProperty()
```
Whether the player audio is muted. A value of true indicates that audio is not being produced. The value of this property has no effect on volume, i.e., if the audio is muted and then un-muted, audio playback will resume at the same audible level provided of course that the volume property has not been modified meanwhile. The default value is false.

See Also:

isMute(), setMute(boolean)

setOnMarker
```
public final void setOnMarker(EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent> onMarker)
```
Sets the marker event handler.

Parameters:

onMarker - the marker event handler.

getOnMarker
```
public final EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent> getOnMarker()
```
Retrieves the marker event handler.

Returns:

the marker event handler.

onMarkerProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<EventHandler<MediaMarkerEvent>> onMarkerProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches a media marker.

See Also:

getOnMarker(), setOnMarker(EventHandler)

setOnEndOfMedia
```
public final void setOnEndOfMedia(Runnable value)
```
Sets the end of media event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnEndOfMedia
```
public final Runnable getOnEndOfMedia()
```
Retrieves the end of media event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onEndOfMediaProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onEndOfMediaProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches stopTime.

See Also:

getOnEndOfMedia(), setOnEndOfMedia(Runnable)

setOnReady
```
public final void setOnReady(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.READY event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnReady
```
public final Runnable getOnReady()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.READY event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onReadyProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onReadyProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to READY.

See Also:

getOnReady(), setOnReady(Runnable)

setOnPlaying
```
public final void setOnPlaying(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnPlaying
```
public final Runnable getOnPlaying()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.PLAYING event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onPlayingProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onPlayingProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to PLAYING.

See Also:

getOnPlaying(), setOnPlaying(Runnable)

setOnPaused
```
public final void setOnPaused(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnPaused
```
public final Runnable getOnPaused()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.PAUSED event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onPausedProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onPausedProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to PAUSED.

See Also:

getOnPaused(), setOnPaused(Runnable)

setOnStopped
```
public final void setOnStopped(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnStopped
```
public final Runnable getOnStopped()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.STOPPED event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onStoppedProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onStoppedProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to STOPPED.

See Also:

getOnStopped(), setOnStopped(Runnable)

setOnHalted
```
public final void setOnHalted(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.HALTED event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnHalted
```
public final Runnable getOnHalted()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.HALTED event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onHaltedProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onHaltedProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to HALTED.

See Also:

getOnHalted(), setOnHalted(Runnable)

setOnRepeat
```
public final void setOnRepeat(Runnable value)
```
Sets the repeat event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnRepeat
```
public final Runnable getOnRepeat()
```
Retrieves the repeat event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onRepeatProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onRepeatProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the player currentTime reaches stopTime and will be repeating. This callback is made prior to seeking back to startTime.

See Also:

getOnRepeat(), setOnRepeat(Runnable)

setOnStalled
```
public final void setOnStalled(Runnable value)
```
Sets the MediaPlayer.Status.STALLED event handler.

Parameters:

value - the event handler or null.

getOnStalled
```
public final Runnable getOnStalled()
```
Retrieves the MediaPlayer.Status.STALLED event handler.

Returns:

the event handler or null.

onStalledProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<Runnable> onStalledProperty()
```
Event handler invoked when the status changes to STALLED.

See Also:

getOnStalled(), setOnStalled(Runnable)

setAudioSpectrumNumBands
```
public final void setAudioSpectrumNumBands(int value)
```
Sets the number of bands in the audio spectrum.

Parameters:

value - the number of spectral bands; valuemust be ≥ 2

getAudioSpectrumNumBands
```
public final int getAudioSpectrumNumBands()
```
Retrieves the number of bands in the audio spectrum.

Returns:

the number of spectral bands.

audioSpectrumNumBandsProperty
```
public IntegerProperty audioSpectrumNumBandsProperty()
```
The number of bands in the audio spectrum. The default value is 128; minimum is 2. The frequency range of the audio signal will be divided into the specified number of frequency bins. For example, a typical digital music signal has a frequency range of [0.0, 22050] Hz. If the number of spectral bands were in this case set to 10, the width of each frequency bin in the spectrum would be 2205 Hz with the lower bound of the lowest frequency bin equal to 0.0.

See Also:

getAudioSpectrumNumBands(), setAudioSpectrumNumBands(int)

setAudioSpectrumInterval
```
public final void setAudioSpectrumInterval(double value)
```
Sets the value of the audio spectrum notification interval in seconds.

Parameters:

value - a positive value specifying the spectral update interval

getAudioSpectrumInterval
```
public final double getAudioSpectrumInterval()
```
Retrieves the value of the audio spectrum notification interval in seconds.

Returns:

the spectral update interval

audioSpectrumIntervalProperty
```
public DoubleProperty audioSpectrumIntervalProperty()
```
The interval between spectrum updates in seconds. The default is 0.1 seconds.

See Also:

getAudioSpectrumInterval(), setAudioSpectrumInterval(double)

setAudioSpectrumThreshold
```
public final void setAudioSpectrumThreshold(int value)
```
Sets the audio spectrum threshold in decibels.

Parameters:

value - the spectral threshold in dB; must be ≤ 0.

getAudioSpectrumThreshold
```
public final int getAudioSpectrumThreshold()
```
Retrieves the audio spectrum threshold in decibels.

Returns:

the spectral threshold in dB

audioSpectrumThresholdProperty
```
public IntegerProperty audioSpectrumThresholdProperty()
```
The sensitivity threshold in decibels; must be non-positive. Values below this threshold with respect to the peak frequency in the given spectral band will be set to the value of the threshold. The default value is -60 dB.

See Also:

getAudioSpectrumThreshold(), setAudioSpectrumThreshold(int)

setAudioSpectrumListener
```
public final void setAudioSpectrumListener(AudioSpectrumListener listener)
```
Sets the listener of the audio spectrum.

Parameters:

listener - the spectral listener or null.

getAudioSpectrumListener
```
public final AudioSpectrumListener getAudioSpectrumListener()
```
Retrieves the listener of the audio spectrum.

Returns:

the spectral listener or null

audioSpectrumListenerProperty
```
public ObjectProperty<AudioSpectrumListener> audioSpectrumListenerProperty()
```
A listener for audio spectrum updates. When the listener is registered, audio spectrum computation is enabled; upon removing the listener, computation is disabled. Only a single listener may be registered, so if multiple observers are required, events must be forwarded.
An AudioSpectrumListener may be useful for example to plot the frequency spectrum of the audio being played or to generate waveforms for a music visualizer.

See Also:

getAudioSpectrumListener(), setAudioSpectrumListener(AudioSpectrumListener)

dispose
```
public void dispose()
```
Free all resources associated with player. Player SHOULD NOT be used after this function is called. Player will transition to Status.DISPOSED after this method is done. This method can be called anytime and regarding current player status.

Since:

JavaFX 8.0

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Class MediaPlayer

Property Summary

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Property Detail

error

onError

autoPlay

rate

currentRate

volume

balance

startTime

stopTime

cycleDuration

totalDuration

currentTime

status

bufferProgressTime

cycleCount

currentCount

mute

onMarker

onEndOfMedia

onReady

onPlaying

onPaused

onStopped

onHalted

onRepeat

onStalled

audioSpectrumNumBands

audioSpectrumInterval

audioSpectrumThreshold

audioSpectrumListener

Field Detail

INDEFINITE

Constructor Detail

MediaPlayer

Method Detail

getAudioEqualizer

getError

errorProperty

setOnError

getOnError

onErrorProperty

getMedia

setAutoPlay

isAutoPlay

autoPlayProperty

play

pause

stop

setRate

getRate

rateProperty

getCurrentRate

currentRateProperty

setVolume

getVolume

volumeProperty

setBalance

getBalance

balanceProperty

setStartTime

getStartTime

startTimeProperty

setStopTime

getStopTime

stopTimeProperty

getCycleDuration

cycleDurationProperty

getTotalDuration

totalDurationProperty

getCurrentTime

currentTimeProperty

seek