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My apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum.

I'd like to create a Java program that accepts and decodes H.264
streams. My current understanding is that support for this codec,
especially in Java, is nonexistent. I'm aware of a low-level C/ASM API
that decodes H.264 fast.

Is it possible to use Java to interface with a low-level C/ASM API?
Can I do it with an IDE?

Thanks,
Cut

Cut wrote:
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> I'd like to create a Java program that accepts and decodes H.264
> streams. My current understanding is that support for this codec,
> especially in Java, is nonexistent.

Sun's only media offering is JMF, which is effectively
(if not actually) abandoned. The list of media formats
codecs supported is here..
<http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/formats.html>

>.. I'm aware of a low-level C/ASM API
> that decodes H.264 fast.
>
> Is it possible to use Java to interface with a low-level C/ASM API?

JNI should connect you with any native code, so long
as the right 'hooks' exist (JNI is not my area).

Is that low-level stuff developed for each platform, or
are you looking to support only specific OS's?

> Can I do it with an IDE?

Ummm... You mean write the code?

It is possible to write this code using an IDE.
It is most likely also possible to launch/debug
this code using an IDE. Whether *you* can do
it using *your* IDE, is a matter between you
and your IDE.

Andrew T.

Cut wrote:
> My apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum.
>
> I'd like to create a Java program that accepts and decodes H.264
> streams. My current understanding is that support for this codec,
> especially in Java, is nonexistent. I'm aware of a low-level C/ASM API
> that decodes H.264 fast.
>
> Is it possible to use Java to interface with a low-level C/ASM API?
> Can I do it with an IDE?
>
> Thanks,
> Cut
>

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork...deo/index.html

http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/qtjava/