Sounds

1
Sounds

• Playing Sounds on the Web in Java

2
Sound

• Applets can play sound clips
• Audio Files supported
• .au
• .midi
• .rmf
• .wave
• .aiff

3
AudioClip Interface

• Method Summary  
• public void loop()        Starts playing this
  audio clip in a loop.  
• public void play()           Starts playing this
  audio clip.  
• public void stop()           Stops playing this
  audio clip.

4
Applet Methods for Audio

• The applet class contains methods for getting an
  AudioClip object
•  AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url)
• Returns the AudioClip object specified by the URL
  argument.
•  AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url, String name)
• Returns the AudioClip object specified by the URL
  and name arguments.

5
Using Runnable

• Implement runnable in the class
• Get URL of sound
• Create Thread to play audioStart thread
• play the sound, then
• loop or
• stop thread when done

6
Another Way

• Create a class extending thread. Constructor has
  audio URL as parameter
• Its run class plays the audio
• Create an object of the class
• Start the object