Knowledge if Mixer can play stereo or mono

Hi, is there a possibility to get to know if a mixer can play stereo streams or only mono streams?

The playback capabilities are going to be defined by whether or not you can get a SourceDataLine to support the format you're wanting to play.
Construct a DataLine.Info object to query if a SourceDataLine is available to play the given format, and ask the mixer if it supports a line of that type...
DataLine.Info myInfo = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class, targetFormat);
boolean playable = mixer.isLineSupported(myInfo);

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