play mp3 files from an array using minim?

dms91

Hi im new to using processing/java , just wondering if anyone can help me , i am using minim , and it would love any help/code on how to play an mp3 file from an array. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

rmodesi

dms91, I am doing a similar thing with the following code:

// Create and load image & sound matricies
// ---------------------------------------
int i = 0;

for (String animal : animalList) {
imgName = "data/" + animal + ".jpg";
images[i] = requestImage(imgName);
//images[i].resize(width,height);
sound = "data/" + animal + ".mp3";
animalSound[i] = sound;
aName = "data/say-" + animal + ".mp3";
animalName[i] = aName;
aList += animal.charAt(0);
i ++;

}

and playing the sounds after a key press with this code:

void keyPressed(){
if (player.isPlaying()){player.pause();}

col = color(random(255), random(255),random(255));
background(col);
int key1 = aList.indexOf(key);
if (key1 == -1) {
background(col);
fill(#18ED76);
text(Character.toUpperCase(key), width/2, height/2);
return; }

playName(key1);

showImage(key1);

playSound(key1);

char letter = aList.charAt(key1);
showLetter(letter, animalList.get(key1));
}

playName(key1);

showImage(key1);

playSound(key1);

char letter = aList.charAt(key1);
showLetter(letter, animalList.get(key1));
}

void playSound(int k) {
player = minim.loadFile(animalSound[k]);
player.play();
}

void playName(int k) {
player = minim.loadFile(animalName[k]);
player.play();
}

void showLetter(char letter, String animal) {
col = color(random(255), random(255),random(255));
fill(col);
letter = Character.toUpperCase(letter);
textAlign(LEFT);
text(letter, 50, 110);
textAlign(CENTER);
text(animal, width/2 - (animal.length()/2), height -75);
textAlign(RIGHT);
text(letter, width-100, height-50);
}

void showImage(int k) {
mage(images[k], width/2, height/2, 700,600);
}

The image and sound files are in the data folder. The trouble I have with Minim is that if I press keys too quickly the player quits with a null exception.

Hope this helps.