Sound problems in Java

Question

I have some questions about playing sound in Java and I hope you can help me out.
1. How can I stop a playing sound with a \"Stop\" button?
2. How can I slow down (or co

Answer 1

You're working in an Object Oriented programming lanuage, so let's take advantage of that and encapsulate the management of the clip/audio into a simple class...

public class AudioPlayer {

    private Clip clip;

    public AudioPlayer(URL url) throws IOException, LineUnavailableException, UnsupportedAudioFileException {
        clip = AudioSystem.getClip();
        clip.open(AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(url.openStream()));
    }

    public boolean isPlaying() {
        return clip != null && clip.isRunning();
    }

    public void play() {
        if (clip != null && !clip.isRunning()) {
            clip.start();
        }
    }

    public void stop() {
        if (clip != null && clip.isRunning()) {
            clip.stop();
        }
    }

    public void dispose() {
        try {
            clip.close();
        } finally {
            clip = null;
        }
    }

}

Now, to use it, you need to create a class instance field which will allow you to access the value from anywhere within the class you want to use it...

private AudioPlayer bgmPlayer;

Then, when you need it, you create an instance of AudioPlayer and assign it to this variable

try {
    bgmPlayer = new AudioPlayer(getClass().getResource("/BGM.wav"));
} catch (IOException | LineUnavailableException | UnsupportedAudioFileException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

Now, when you need to, you simply call bgmPlayer.play() or bgmPlayer.stop()