Best way to play a radio stream ( shoutcast ) in Java?

I want to code an audio player in Java. java.JavaFX has a very nice support for mp3 playing but I want in my player also the possibility to listen to radio.

The problem is I have searched for some time and I didn't find something that works like I want:

• MP3SPI - this is nice but just wont play some streams
• vlcj - I've tested the latest version 1.2.0 but was with a beta version of VLC so I had times when the stream just stopped for no reason.
• NativeSwing's windows media player but that is a heavyweight component and also I don't want to make it dependable on WMP.

So I'm kind of out of luck. Well guys If you know more about this topic please share it! Thank you!

MP3 playback in Java is a bitch. In nearly any case it's not worth the work you put in it.

However, this is something that worked for me. It can easily be recoded to play Shoutcast streams.