First we need to download the jlayer from here. Extract it and add the jl1.0.1.jar to the project. When using an IDE like eclipse adding the jar to the build path suffices otherwise  jl1.0.1.jar should be added to the CLASSPATH.

JLayer provides two built in players that play mp3s using the library: javazoom.jl.player and javazoom.jl.player.advanced. I’m using the Player class.

Create an instance of the Player class while providing a FileInputStream object of the mp3 file. Then use the play() method of the class to start playback.

Below is a very basic implementation of the playback process:

import java.io.*;
import javazoom.jl.player.Player;

public class JavaPlayerTest {

public static void main(String[] args) {
try
{
FileInputStream mp3file = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
Player playmp3 = new Player(mp3file);
playmp3.play();
}catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}

1. Download and install gVim from here.

2. Download MinGW automated installer from here and run the installer.

3. Select the package repository and the directory to install(default is C:\MinGW, I recommend leaving it as it is).

4. Select the optional components like C++, Fortran and MSYS base(this is useful; it provides the various bash shell tools like ls,grep,make,gawk etc).

5. The installer then downloads the latest version of the packages and installs them.

6. Finally, add MinGW’s bin directory to the PATH environment variable.

7. To test if MinGW is set up correctly, go to the command prompt and type g++ --version. If you see the version number as output, then congratulations.

Hope, this post has been helpful.

That’s it. You’re done.
I’ve also made a screen-cast of the procedure. Yay! My first youtube video.

Cheers!!

Enjoy.

Cheers!

To manage network with networkmanager in KDE4, install ‘kdemod-networkmanager-git’ and ‘kdemod-networkmanagement-knetworkmanager-kde4′ and reboot. You’ll see the ‘knetworkmanager’ icon in the System Tray. That’s it.

But one thing which I don’t understand is why ‘network’ daemon takes so much time to load and ‘networkmanager’ lesser.

Its awesome. Installation was easy and for configuring the system for audio, video etc, the Beginners’ Guide in the Arch Wiki is sufficient. It makes setting up an Arch system a breeze.

I’ve set up my archbox with KDEMod4 and I shoud say KDEMod 4.3.2 rocks!! Its stable and zippy especially when you use it in conjuction with Compiz Fusion.

Another thing I liked in Arch was the BSD-style init scripts. All my system’s settings are stored in one file – in /etc/rc.conf. And that’s awesome.

I’ve saved the best for the last. Pacman. Yes, Pacman is the best thing that has ever happened to my system. It is zippy, it is easy and it keeps rolling. That means all the latest and greatest software is available without doing any reinstallation, which I could not have on Ubuntu and others.

Well, that’s it for now. Till then keep rollin’ and rockin’.