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Thread: No sound in executable jar

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    Default No sound in executable jar

    Ok now this is a real problem I believe. When I run this in eclipse it works fine, but once I export it to a jar the sound refuses to work. I have the 3 .wav files in a resources folder and I have a button that toggles the String 'file' between them.

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            private class AudioClip extends Thread implements ActionListener{		
    		//private InputStream in;
    		private AudioStream as;
     
    		public void run(){
     
    			//Open audio stream
    			try{
    				//in = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/resources/" + file);
    				//as = new AudioStream(in);
    				as = new AudioStream(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/resources/" + file));
    				AudioPlayer.player.start(as);
     
    				Timer time = new Timer(5000, this);
    				time.setRepeats(false);
    				time.start();
     
    			}catch(FileNotFoundException e){
    				e.printStackTrace();
    			}catch (IOException e){
    				e.printStackTrace();
    			}
    		}
     
    		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
    			AudioPlayer.player.stop(as);
    		}
    	}
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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    Are the sound files in the jar file and are they in the correct folder?
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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    I think so? And yeah I only have 'resources'.

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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    I think so?
    Use a zip utility to look inside the jar file and make sure the files are where you expect them to be.

    BTW AudioClip is a poor name for your class. Java Se has a class with the same name.
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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    Yeah I figured, I was just running out of sound-related names haha. And yeah Izarc shows everything's there.

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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    Turns out the difference between 'r' and 'R' kept me from completing this project! Now i'm just glad i'm finally done.

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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    Quote Originally Posted by BestSanchez View Post
    Turns out the difference between 'r' and 'R' kept me from completing this project! Now i'm just glad i'm finally done.
    Always keep in mind that the language is case-sensitive

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    Quote Originally Posted by BestSanchez View Post
    Turns out the difference between 'r' and 'R' kept me from completing this project! Now i'm just glad i'm finally done.
    Windows can be a bit misleading in this regard.

    getResource() returns you a URL and if this is a file: URL and you are on Windows case doesn't matter. Your program does the right right thing until... you create a jar archive. Then you are dealing with a jar: URL and case does matter for the names of entries in a such an archive.

    It pays to have a convention (all lower case with underscores, or camelCase like Java) for resource files.

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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    It was actually the name of the folder 'Resources'

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    Default Re: No sound in executable jar

    Ah! Same thing applies, of course: directories also "map" to archive elements with case being honoured in the archive, but not in the (Windows) file system.

    In this case I think the "normal" thing to do would be to change the folder (directory) name, not the code. This would be in keeping with Java package naming conventions, and also how IDEs do things ("bin" and "src", not "Bin" and "Src").

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