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AudioPlayer

position

Description

Returns the current position of the "playhead" in milliseconds (ie how much of the sound has already been played).

Signature

int position()

Returns

int: the current position of the "playhead" in milliseconds

Related

AudioPlayer

Example

/**
  * This sketch demonstrates how to use the cue method of AudioPlayer. 
  * When you cue, it is always measured from the beginning of the recording. 
  * So cue(100) will set the "playhead" at 100 milliseconds from the beginning 
  * no matter where it currently is. Cueing an AudioPlayer will not change the playstate, 
  * meaning that if it was already playing it will continue playing from the cue point, 
  * but if it was not playing, cueing will not start playback, it will simply set the point 
  * at which playback will begin. If an error occurs while trying to cue, the position will not change. 
  * If you try to cue to a negative position or try to cue past the end of the 
  * recording, the amount will be clamped to zero or length(). 
  *
  * Click in the window to cue to that position in the file.
  */

import ddf.minim.*;

Minim minim;
AudioPlayer groove;

void setup()
{
  size(512, 200, P3D);
  
  minim = new Minim(this);
  groove = minim.loadFile("groove.mp3");
  groove.loop();
}

void draw()
{
  background(0);
  stroke( 255 );
  
  for(int i = 0; i < groove.bufferSize() - 1; i++)
  {
    line(i, 50  + groove.left.get(i)*50,  i+1, 50  + groove.left.get(i+1)*50);
    line(i, 150 + groove.right.get(i)*50, i+1, 150 + groove.right.get(i+1)*50);
  }
  
  stroke( 255, 0, 0 );
  float position = map( groove.position(), 0, groove.length(), 0, width );
  line( position, 0, position, height );
  
  text("Click anywhere to jump to a position in the song.", 10, 20);
}

void mousePressed()
{
  // choose a position to cue to based on where the user clicked.
  // the length() method returns the length of recording in milliseconds.
  int position = int( map( mouseX, 0, width, 0, groove.length() ) );
  groove.cue( position );
}

Usage

Web & Application