Java Sound

Common Problems (and Their Solutions)

This section covers a couple common problems that you might encounter when playing audio files

Problem: 8khZ audio files don't sound as good as they did before I switched to JDK 1.2.

• The Java Sound engine up-samples 8KHz audio data to 22KHz, which can result in added noise during playback. If you find that the audio quality is not acceptable, we recommend starting with a higher-quality audio clip to avoid the up-sampling.

Problem: Some of my audio files won't play.

• You cannot play WAV, AU, and AIFF, AU files compressed using ADPCM or other compression schemes. The Java Sound engine only supports linear PCM audio files.

Java Sound