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Creating a media player in Java

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I had this crazy idea of creating a media player using java that would stream files from from my desktop computer, which I would set up some sort of server app for, and talk to a portable client app that I could download on any of the other computers on campus. This way I can always have my music playing without having to have my ipod. I just had a question of where should I start? I know a little about networking, I have created a simple instant messenger but that is about it. I don't know what class I need to implement to transfer songs, rather than text like in my instant messenger. What are some good ideas?
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This is usually the first site I point people to when they want to make a java music player.
http://www.javazoom.net/index.shtml
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This is usually the first site I point people to when they want to make a java music player.
http://www.javazoom.net/index.shtml
Actually I already have downloaded the javazoom classes and that works perfectly but I am contemplating how to go about streaming the music files from my desktop. I been reading the FileReader class api but I still can't tell which classes I SHOULD use to get it to work.
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I know the javazoom packages will allow you to listen to a stream, but I haven't dealt with actually creating the stream itself (though I been meaning to do so). I know it'll connect to ice/shoutcast streams, so maybe that's something to look at.

This should play a stream:
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  1. BasicPlayer player = new BasicPlayer();
  2.  
  3. URL url = new URL("http://205.188.215.225:8018");
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  5. AudioFileFormat aff = AudioSystem.getAUdioFileFormat(url);
  6.  
  7. if (aff instanceof TAudioFileFormat)
  8. {
  9. 	Map props ((TAudioFileFormat)aff).properties();
  10. 	String title = (String)props.get("mp3.shoutcast.metadata.icy-name");
  11. 	String sUrl = (String)props.get("mp3.shoutcast.metadata.icy-url");
  12. 	String genre = (String)props.get("mp3.shoutcast.metadata.icy-genre");
  13. 	String bitrate = (String)props.get("mp3.shoutcast.metadata.icy-br");
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  15. 	player.open(url);
  16. 	player.play();
  17. }

How you stream the song from your own computer I'm not sure. You might need to run an icecast server.
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