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Java Forum / General / July 2006Import midi to AVI file
Hi all, Is it possible to use Java Media Framework to import a midi file into an existing AVI file? Appreciate any inputs. ... > Is it possible to use Java Media Framework to import a midi file into > an existing AVI file? Do you mean a) Play the MIDI at the same time as the AVI. 'attach' it at runtime as the soundtrack for the AVI? b) Write the AVI file to disk with the MIDI file attached as a soundtrack? a) is fairly east, but for b)... Maybe, but you have some challenges ahead. 1. A MIDI tune generates no sampled audio signal (on my PC) so this is one PC that would require a loop-back before it was even possible to detect the audio signal generated by the notes. 2. The MIDI synthesizers of different PC's will produce different sounds, so you cannot expect any two sound cards to generate the tune quite the same way. I recommend breaking this problem into parts if you intend to pursue it. On the one hand check that you can merge a sampled sound file into an AVI as the soundtrack (requires JMF), on the other check that you can obtain a MIDI sequence as a sound signal (core J2SE). HTH Andrew T. > b) Write the AVI file to disk with the MIDI file attached as a > soundtrack? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > JMF), on the other check that you can obtain a MIDI sequence > as a sound signal (core J2SE). I would need to import the midi file into the avi file as a soundtrack without using the player or so. If a midi sequence can be obtain as a sound signal, how would that help in importing into the avi file? > > b) Write the AVI file to disk with the MIDI file attached as a > > soundtrack? .. > I would need to import the midi file into the avi file as a soundtrack > without using the player or so. I think I understand. > If a midi sequence can be obtain as a sound signal, how would that help > in importing into the avi file? MIDI is like a musical score, it stores the notes, not the sound of the notes. Only sampled sound can be stored in the more common sound formats such as those used by AVI or MOV videos. To store a MIDI into the soundtrack of a video, you first need to convert it to a sampled sound. Andrew T. Thanks for the advice on the sound signal. So even if midi can't work, just forcefully allow wav files. The other problem would be much tougher. I have no idea how to open up the avi file as a stream in Java and putting music in it. Will need to look further into this issue. > > > b) Write the AVI file to disk with the MIDI file attached as a > > > soundtrack? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Andrew T. > Thanks for the advice on the sound signal. So even if midi can't work, > just forcefully allow wav files. ? I do not understand what you mean by 'forcefully', but WAV files, as well as AU files are 'sampled sound' files. If you can convert your MIDI to either of those types of sampled sound format (or some other type*), I suspect you have the major part of the task done. * I mentioned AU and WAV because core Java understands them. But if you add the JMF, that opens up a lot more formats. That being said, if you want to continue with the MIDI's, I think you should at first stick to AU's or WAVs and core J2SE, notably packages javax.sound.sampled & javax.sound.midi. > The other problem would be much tougher. I have no idea how to open up > the avi file as a stream in Java and putting music in it. Will need to > look further into this issue. That is where the JMF comes in - in fact, if MIDI is unimportant and you just want 'sound in your AVI' you should go straight to the JMF. Then you can use any old WAV or AU (or MP3..) and try stitching it in as the soundtrack of an existing AVI. I have not used the JMF much, beyond playing with JMStudio (which was quite handy recently in helping me strip the soundtrack *out* of MOV files!). By the way - please trim earlier words that are not needed, and put your comments in-between the earlier words that *are* needed (as I did above). 'In-line' posting makes threads much easier to understand. HTH Andrew T. Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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