<Sound Dev> JavaSound is not actually usable on Oracle JDK

[Phil Race]

There is no difference between Oracle JDK and OpenJDK Java Sound sources.

-phil.

On 08/14/2017 06:24 AM, Stefan Reich wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently using JavaSound on Oracle JDK 1.8 on Linux and Windows. 
> It's an unmitigated catastrophe.
>
> Something as simple as playing a Clip only works 60% of the time. The 
> other times, it just stays mute.
>
> This may not be your fault as I'm not currently using OpenJDK. How 
> different is the OpenJDK code base versus Oracle relating to JavaSound?
>
> Should I try OpenJDK again?
>
> The background is: I really want to support every end user out there, 
> so both OpenJDK and Oracle JDK should run my software well...
>
> I am working around the issue by actually invoking command line tools 
> (aplay on Linux, cmdmp3.exe on Windows) for playing sounds. Perfect? 
> Hell no. But JavaSound really is too thoroughly broken, at least on 
> Oracle JDK.
>
> Sorry for the harsh words. Where is the way out?
>
> All the best,
> Stefan
>
> -- 
> Stefan Reich
> BotCompany.de

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