[1851] in java-interest
Re: JDK AudioClip completion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bert hobbs)
Mon Sep 18 20:16:16 1995
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:16:32 -0700
From: bhobbs@sfhill.sfhill.org (bert hobbs)
To: bhobbs@sfhill.sfhill.org, Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Arthur,
> > > The current applet audio API is not complete. It is the best we could
> > > agree upon with our partners (you know who). It won't let you detect
> > > when a clip is finished. We'll be extending the API in future releases.
> > > Sorry.
> > >
> > > Have fun,
> > >
> > > Arthur van Hoff
> >
> > How sad. I fear the "future release" is not the beta, but something
> > that is likely more than a year away.
>
> It will be much sooner than that. We will be able to extend the APIs
> over time as long as we don't break any of the existing ones.
>
> Please send us some requirements that you have. Perhaps you can suggest
> APIs for a good audio solution. Audio is pretty hard. We'd like to support
> many audio formats, audio filters, mixing, decompression, completion
> callbacks, looping, etc.
> Arthur van Hoff
I can certainly understand that defining and agreeing on an API
to support all the above features is a difficult task. Being able
to tell when an AudioClip finishes playing seems pretty basic and
I am surprised it could not be included in this cut of AudioClip.
A couple related AudioClip questions. When play is called, can there
be a delay while audio data is being loaded? Can play return before
the audio actually starts? What happens when play is called while
an AudioClip is already playing?
Thanks,
bert
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