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How can I play sound in Java?



I want to be able to play sound files in my program. Where should I look?




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  1. I personally made this code that works fine. I think it only works with .wav format.

    public static synchronized void playSound(final String url) {
    new Thread(new Runnable() { // the wrapper thread is unnecessary, unless it blocks on the Clip finishing, see comments
    public void run() {
    try {
    Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip();
    AudioInputStream inputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(Main.class.getResourceAsStream("/path/to/sounds/" + url));
    clip.open(inputStream);
    clip.start();
    } catch (Exception e) {
    System.err.println(e.getMessage());
    }
    }
    }).start();
    }

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  2. A bad example:

    import sun.audio.*; //import the sun.audio package
    import java.io.*;

    //** add this into your application code as appropriate
    // Open an input stream to the audio file.
    InputStream in = new FileInputStream(Filename);

    // Create an AudioStream object from the input stream.
    AudioStream as = new AudioStream(in);

    // Use the static class member "player" from class AudioPlayer to play
    // clip.
    AudioPlayer.player.start(as);

    // Similarly, to stop the audio.
    AudioPlayer.player.stop(as);

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  3. The Sound Trail of the Java Tutorial is worth being the starting point.

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  4. There is an alternative to importing the sound files which works in both applets and applications: convert the audio files into .java files and simply use them in your code.

    I have developed a tool which makes this process a lot easier. It simplifies the Java Sound API quite a bit.

    http://stephengware.com/projects/soundtoclass/

    Hope this helps.
    -- Stephen

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