Re: [MLUG] Java Sound Problem

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Darn.. I was hoping the first response would be a smart-alec asking if 
he had a soundcard installed.

 //Christian

Jason McIntosh wrote:

> Have you looked perhaps at the console logs?  Most browsers will let 
> you see the java output to check for any errors.  Chances are it's the 
> file://file.wav issue.  If you're running this as an applet, it may 
> also be related to the security and what a applet will let you run.  
> Keep in mind an applet is running on the client machine, NOT the 
> server, and as such, it has a great many restrictions on what it's 
> allowed to open and do.  Further, the URL references the local 
> filesystem, not a remote file system, and as such, file.wav would 
> reference something on your harddrive.  There's the other trick, 
> without absolute referencing, it's hard to tell exactly where it's 
> looking for file.wav
> Hope that helps!
> Jason
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> On Mar 9, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Robert West wrote:
>
>> At this point in time the mere mention of the Java
>> programming language gives me a splitting headache and
>> a strong urge to break something.
>>
>> I'm trying to play a simple wav file.  This is the
>> code I'm using, almost copied exactly from the
>> tutorial.  It generates no errors, but will not play
>> the sound.
>>
>> Anyone got an idea on this one?
>>
>> audioClip clip = java.applet.Applet.newAudioClip(new
>> URL("file://file.wav"));
>> if(clip != null) {
>>   clip.play();
>> else
>>   System.out.println("@#%$!");
>>
>>
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