Playing mp3s from the middle with or without JavaFX

Is there a way to play an mp3 in java from a specific starting point without using JavaFX? I tried many libraries but those that I can get to work don't provide functionalities beyond start, pause, stop.

I'm using Eclipse.

Edit: My experience with JavaFX:

• I installed e(fx)clipse.

• I added all their jars to the Build Path.

• I added this to the VM Arguments:

    --module-path "C:\my\path\to\External Libraries\javafx-sdk-14\lib" --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml

• Main's main method launches the javafx application and the start method afterwards, which initializes my Game class with the following code:

    package application;
    
    import java.io.File;
    import javafx.scene.media.Media;
    import javafx.scene.media.MediaPlayer;
    
    public class Game {
    
    	public Game() {
    
    		String songPath = "C:\\Users\\Dustin\\Meine Dateien\\Musik\\EDM\\1991 - Jungle Cats.mp3";
    		
    		Media hit = new Media(new File(songPath).toURI().toString());
    		MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(hit);
    		mediaPlayer.play();
    	}
    
    }

• I'm getting the following exceptions:

    Exception in Application start method
    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:464)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:363)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
    	at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:1051)
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:900)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:195)
    	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830)
    Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.NativeMediaManager (in unnamed module @0x69d159f0) cannot access class com.sun.glass.utils.NativeLibLoader (in module javafx.graphics) because module javafx.graphics does not export com.sun.glass.utils to unnamed module @0x69d159f0
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.NativeMediaManager.lambda$new$0(NativeMediaManager.java:110)
    	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:554)
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.NativeMediaManager.<init>(NativeMediaManager.java:107)
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.NativeMediaManager$NativeMediaManagerInitializer.<clinit>(NativeMediaManager.java:78)
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmediaimpl.NativeMediaManager.getDefaultInstance(NativeMediaManager.java:90)
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmedia.MediaManager.canPlayProtocol(MediaManager.java:78)
    	at com.sun.media.jfxmedia.locator.Locator.<init>(Locator.java:239)
    	at javafx.scene.media.Media.<init>(Media.java:393)
    	at application.Game.<init>(Game.java:18)
    	at application.Main.start(Main.java:21)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$9(LauncherImpl.java:846)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$12(PlatformImpl.java:455)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(PlatformImpl.java:428)
    	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$11(PlatformImpl.java:427)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:96)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
    	at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(WinApplication.java:174)
    	... 1 more
    Exception running application application.Main

If your library exposes functionality that allows you to read a specific number of frames per buffer, a way to get to a particular time is to read without playback while counting the corresponding number of frames, discarding the data. This sometimes works because audio processing is much faster than the playback of that data. The lag will be proportional to the amount of music you have to skip over to get to the desired spot.

Another strategy is to load the entire file into memory and use the positioning power of a Clip. This can be unworkable if you are dealing with a stream that is many minutes long.

Any particular reason why you don't want to use JavaFX?