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The Java^TM Media APIs meet the increasing demand for multimedia in the enterprise by providing a unified, non-proprietary, platform-neutral solution. This set of APIs supports the integration of audio and video clips, animated presentations, 2D fonts, graphics, and images, as well as speech input/output and 3D models. By providing standard players and integrating these supporting technologies, the Java Media APIs enable developers to produce and distribute compelling, media-rich content.

	25,000+ attendees at SIGGRAPH 2000! Sun took SIGGRAPH 2000 by storm with demonstrations exhibiting the next wave in graphics technologies, including Java 3D, JMF and the newly created Java Image I/O APIs. (28-Jul-00)
	Available for review - version 0.4 of the Java Image I/O API. Also known as "JSR-015 Image I/O Framework", this API introduces a pluggable framework for reading and writing images of various formats. Both the API and an early access implmentation may be downloaded at the above URL. (21-Jun-00)
	25,000+ developers attended JavaOne 2000! The following multimedia related sessions, BOFs and demos were presented at the conference. Session slides and audio tapes are available for most sessions; check the session abstract pages for more details. (16-Jun-00)
	Lights! Camera! Action! Use Java Media Framework 2.1 API FCS software to capture, transmit and playback movies in your Java applets and applications. New features include optimizations for Sun Ray and Linux platforms, and interoperability with Entera's TeraCAST, Apple's QT Streaming Server and Sun's Media Central. (31-May-00)
	The Java Sound 1.0 API software is now available as part of J2SE 1.3 FCS for Windows and JMF 2.0 FCS! This finalized API allows you to capture microphone data and read, play and store a multitude of different audio formats including WAV, AIFF, AU and MIDI. (17-May-00)
	Java 3D 1.2 FCS is now available! This API enables the creation of three-dimensional graphics applications and applets, and gives developers high-level constructs for creating and manipulating 3D geometry. (16-May-00)

[ This page was updated: 09-Aug-00 ]