Why does Java Sound behave differently when I run from a .jar?

Question

The play method below is from a class which, upon instantiation, reads a .wav file into a byte array called data, and stores the sound format in an

Answer 1

Amplifying on @Anrew's and @Phil's answers, there's an outline of obtaining a Clipand playing it asynchronously below. There's a complete example here.

AudioInputStream audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(...);
Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip();
clip.open(audioInputStream);
...
// Play the sound in a separate thread.
private void playSound() {
    Runnable soundPlayer = new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                clip.setMicrosecondPosition(0);
                clip.start();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    };
    new Thread(soundPlayer).start();
}