How do i play an audio clip from a server?

Question

I am trying to play an audio file on another server, for example:
URL url = new URL("http://example.com/hello.wav");
AudioClip click = Applet.newAudioClip(url);
click.play();This doesn't seem to be working, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks very much.
Edited by: JavaJenius on Mar 7, 2008 6:47 PM

Answer 1

Use a SwingWorker:new SwingWorker<AudioClip, Void> () {
    protected AudioClip doInBackground () throws Exception {
        return Applet.newAudioClip (new URL ("http://www.geocities.com/darrylbu/sounds/ringout.wav"));
    protected void done () {
        try {
            get ().play ();
        } catch (ExecutionException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
}.execute ();Depending on your need, you may want to make that a named class AND/OR assign it to a variable reference and call execute separately AND/OR you may want to call loop () instead of play () inwhich case you may want to assign the AudioClip to an instance field so that stop () can be called from any method.
For a console app, I would have recommended a Thread:new Thread (new Runnable () {
    public void run () {
        try {
            Applet.newAudioClip (new URL ("http://www.geocities.com/darrylbu/sounds/ringout.wav")).play ();
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
}).start ();The same reasoning applies.
Please read the API for anything you're not familiar with, and get back if you have any questions.
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