[pinball]

I am having a problem playing a midi file that I have bundled with my application. I have read the C10_Audio_And_Video_Playback.pdf on the BlackBerry Developer zone, but after following all of the instructions, I still can't play an audio file that is bundled with the app. I also searched this forum extensively and cannot find a solution.

Here is an example of my source code:
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public class ProjectName extends UiApplication {
public Player soundPlayer1;
public VolumeControl vc;
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ProjectName theApp = new ProjectName();
theApp.enterEventDispatcher();


}
public ProjectName() {
pushScreen(new ProjectNameScreen());

try {
InputStream is =
getClass().getResourceAsStream("/src/soundfile.mid");
soundPlayer1 = Manager.createPlayer(is, "audio/midi");
soundPlayer1.realize();
soundPlayer1.prefetch();
vc = (VolumeControl)
soundPlayer1.getControl("VolumeControl");
vc.setLevel(50);


} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}

}
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And then in the Start button listener, I have the following code:
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try {
soundPlayer1.start();
} catch (MediaException e) {
errorField.setText("Error creating InputStream 1");
}

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I keep getting this exception:

JVM Error 104 Uncaught: NullPointerException

I think this is something very simple, such as the relative path passed into getResourceAsStream for soundfile1.mid is wrong. But I have tried multiple relative paths and it hasn't stopped the exception.

For the example code above, the soundfile.mid file is in the ProjectName\src folder.

I am using net.rim.eide.componentpack4.7.0_4.7.0.46

Any help with this task would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Dougsg38p]

To get the resource, you need to be using the relative package structure, not the project structure on the disk.

    public void play()
    {
        if (m_player != null){
            stop();
        }
        
        try {
            Class cl = Class.forName("com.foo.Foobar.Foobar");
            InputStream input = cl.getResourceAsStream("/foonoise.mp3");
            m_player = Manager.createPlayer(input,"audio/mpeg");
            m_player.realize();
            m_volumeControl = getVolumeControl(m_player);
            if (m_volumeControl != null)
                m_volumeControl.setLevel(m_volume);
            m_player.prefetch();
            m_player.start();
        }
        catch (Exception e){
            System.out.println("ERR: " + e.toString());
        }
    }

[pinball]

Dougsg38p,

Thanks a lot for your reply and sorry for the delay in this response.

I've tried your solution amd I'm still receiving the null pointer exception, but I'm sure I'm still soing something wrong.

For example, the package which contains my Java source file and sound file is com.rim.app.projectname. I understand that the file structure on the disk is not relevent here, but just for reference, my sound files are located in the same folder as my Java source file. Here is the code I am trying, which still returns a null input stream:

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try {
Class cl = Class.forName("com.rim.app.projectname");
InputStream input = cl.getResourceAsStream("/CowBell1.mid");
soundPlayer1 = Manager.createPlayer(input, "audio/midi");
soundPlayer1.realize();
soundPlayer1.prefetch();
vc = (VolumeControl)
soundPlayer1.getControl("VolumeControl");
vc.setLevel(100);
soundPlayer1.start();

}

catch (Exception e) {
errorField.setText("Error creating InputStream 1");
}

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I wonder what I am doing wrong that the getResourceAsStream method keeps returning null.

1) Do I need to import anything to use Class?
- In Eclipse, the following warning is given under Class:
Class is a raw type. References to generic type Class<T> should be parameterized

2) The \ before CowBell1.mid indicates an absolute location. So don't I need to append the package name in front of it such as:

cl.getResourceAsStream("/com.rim.app.projectname/CowBell1.mid");

I realize that something simple is wrong here. So, I may be overlooking something very obvious or just fundamentally doing something wrong.

Another question: This sound will be played repeatedly. Does the entire above code need to execute each time? Or do I need to just call .realize() and .prefetch() every time before executing the Player start() method?

The help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

[Dougsg38p]

If you look at my example again, you will see that you are missing the class name of you app.

Class cl = Class.forName("com.rim.app.projectname.MyClassName ")

AND...don't forget to "Add" the file to your project.

[pinball]

Thanks Dougsg38p.

Adding the class name now allows the input stream to be successfully returned and stored in input.

However, when I get to this line, it fails:

soundPlayer1 = Manager.createPlayer(input, "audio/midi");

Then, of course, .realize(), Volume control settings, .prefetch(), and .start() also fail.

Any ideas why it is successfully finding the sound and creating the input stream but then is unable to successfully execute Manager.createPlayer(input, "audio/midi") ??

Thanks again for all the help.

[Dougsg38p]

What is the exception?

Just a guess, but the device may not support midi.

Try MP3 instead.

[pinball]

Thank you very much for all of your help Dougsg38p. Changing to mp3 worked. I appreciate it.