VLCJ

VLCJ are Java bindings for VLC.

Those are the recommended java bindings for VLC.

It is managed as an external project at: http://code.google.com/p/vlcj/

Though it has its own forums for asking questions.

Java control of VLC

See this forum topic for information on controlling VLC via its RC interface from a separate java program.

At the moment the JVLC project is dead, as there is no maintainer for it. If you want information on it, see the wiki history