Detect audio device without jmf-registry

Question

Hi,
I am working with Java Media Framework for some time now. But now I got a problem which I couldn't solve although I tried to find a solution on the jmf-web page.
With the function autoDetect (com.sun.media.protocol.vfw.VFWSourceStream.autoDetect(i)) it is possible to accesses a video capture device without the JMF registry.
Unfortunately I couldn't find out how I could access during runtime and without the JMF registry on an audio device (microphon).
I would be very thnakful if someone could solve my problem.
thx!
the_greg

Answer 1

thanks Owen,
but I'm sure that it has to works without jmfinit and the registry :-)
An example, how you can get the webcam without jmf.properties (to test it, you can rename the registry):
private CaptureDeviceInfo getVideoDevice() {
Vector deviceList = CaptureDeviceManager.getDeviceList(null);
CaptureDeviceInfo devInfo = null;
if (deviceList.size() == 0) {
String name = VFWCapture.capGetDriverDescriptionName(0);
System.out.println(name);
if (name != null && name.length() > 0){
devInfo = com.sun.media.protocol.vfw.VFWSourceStream.autoDetect(0);
System.out.println(devInfo);
return devInfo;
In my opinion as this is possible for a video-device, it ought to be possible for an audio device also. (??)
Greg