Which Linux distribution are you using? On at leaset Ubuntu the default jre/lib/sound.properties for OpenJDK only contains these lines:
javax.sound.sampled.Clip=org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixerProvider javax.sound.sampled.Port=org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixerProvider javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine=org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixerProvider javax.sound.sampled.TargetDataLine=org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioMixerProvider so it's using IcedTea's PulseAudio driver instead of Oracle's ALSA driver. That may account for the difference you are seeing. Regards Damjan On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Stefan Reich < stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> 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 >
