What's New in the JMF 2.0 Reference Implementations

 

 

 

What's New in the JMF 2.0 Reference Implementations

New Features in JMF 2.1.1 FCS

• Improved RTP API
• Added support for H.263/1998 (RFC 2429) - now can interoperate with Darwin based RTSP servers.
• Direct Audio Renderer and Capturer
• Performance enhancements with new Java compilers
• JMF Customizer added to all JMF versions
• HTTPS, JAWT, UNC pathnames support
• Numerous bug fixes

New Features in JMF 2.1.1 Beta 3

• The JMF Customizer has been added to the JMF performance packs.
• The quicktime file writer now creates streamable Quicktime files, i.e. the header is at the beginning of the file. When used, a temporary file is created then deleted after the streamable file is created.
• UNC paths are now supported, e.g.
  file://unixmachine/home/videouser/video.mov
• RTP Connector: a new interface that allows developers to connect JMF/RTP to their own and possibly proprietary transport services.
• RTSP Processor has been added
• A new control that provides a handle on RTPManager objects to retrieve RTP statistics from the RTSP Player
• The RTSP Player now handles multiple audio & video streams
• Added JAWT support for jdk1.3+
• Key Bug Fixes:
  • Frame by Frame stepping of avi files now works properly
  • Quicktime files can now be created with more than 25000 frames.
  • Fixed "ClassCastException when playing from an input stream"
  • Fixed "Renderer for Sun Ray crashes when runnning with Corona 1.2"
  • Fixed "Transmitting H.263 with size < 176x144 crashes the VM"
  • Fixed "Transmitting video only H.263 from files with A/V may not loop back"
  • Fixed "ByeEvent's are not sent reliably from the RTPManager"

New Features in JMF 2.1.1 Beta 2

• Minor RTP API updates:
  • RTPManager is changed to be an abstract class
  • The javax.media.rtp.Manager class is removed
  • A new method newInstance() is added to the RTPManager class to instantiate an RTPManager
  • Renamed Methods:
    • openConnection() -> addTarget()
    • removeConnection() -> removeTarget()
    • removeConnections() -> removeTargets()
• Performance optimizations on JMF when running on JVM's with native non-pinned arrays (JDK 1.3, Internet Explorer etc.)
• DirectAudioRenderer is used as the default audio renderer on Solaris 2.8 and above
• Numerous bug fixes

New Features in JMF 2.1.1 Beta 1

• RTP API updates.
• RTP client lip-sync improvements and some other optimizations.
• Added DirectAudioRenderer and DirectAudioCapturer for performance packs.
• Added arbitrary audio rate conversion codec.
• HTTPS (secure sockets) protocol support.
• Extended customizer to customize performance packs.
• Numerous bug fixes.

New Features in JMF 2.1 FCS

• Initial Linux port delivered to Blackdown.org
• Optimized video rendering for SunRay^TM on Solaris^TM.
• Video scaling.
• Complete RTSP client.
• Numerous bug fixes.

New Features in JMF 2.0 FCS

• MPEG layer III (mp3) audio encoder.
• Cinepak pro video encoder on Solaris.
• Audio and video monitoring via MonitorControl from the processor.
• Video monitoring for VFW capture.
• Non-realtime software video scaler.
• Registration of new mime types via MimeManager (in the com.sun package).
• FramePositioningControl fully supported.
• Early access preview:
  • RTP MPEG audio and video support for transmission and reception.
  • RTSP reception.
• Improved GUI design for JMStudio.

New Features in JMF 2.0 Beta 2

• JavaSound capture functionality enabled when running as an applet in Netscape
• The all-java JPEGRenderer is enabled
• Playback of MP2 audio files fixed for all-java JMF
• MPEG movies on Solaris can play if the audio device is not available
• DirectShow MPEG player can play in MS Internet Explorer
• Plug-in's can be registered when running under Java 2 SDK, version 1.2
• An application can use setSecurityManager() to set its own security manager in Java 2 SDK, version 1.2 or greater

New Features in JMF 2.0 Beta

• Playback support for new file types
  (see the complete supported formats list):
  • IBM HotMedia
  • Macromedia Flash 2
  • MPEG-I
  • MIDI
• File writing for the QuickTime format.
• New Codecs (see the complete supported formats list):
  • MPEG-1 system stream decoder
  • All-java MP3 decoder <!-- REMOVE UNTIL JMF 2.0 FCS - NEED LEGAL PERMISSION TO USE
  • ITU standard G.728, G.729 decoders and encoders for use with RTP -->
• RTP Processor for processing and saving RTP transmitted data to files
• A new mechanism to clone and merge DataSources
• Completed API features that were not implemented in the EA release:
  • Converters to convert from java.awt.Image to javax.media.Buffer; and vice versa
  • Creating processors from ProcessorModel's (Manager.createRealizedProcessor)
• New controls:
  • FormatControl for setting and changing formats on capture DataSources
  • FramePositioningControl for stepping in seekable media types (e.g. QuickTime, AVI)
  • BufferControl for RTP DataSource and JavaSound renderer for contrg latency
  • MonitorControl for processors
• Support for more capture devices.  See Capturers for a list of supported capture devices
• Updated the JMStudio GUI to the Java-look-n-feel and for better support of transcoding and RTP transmission
• Added a new application "Export" for advance use of transcoding, previewing, etc.
• Beta API changes.  See the change list