This post explain what a sound server is, specifically in a Linux context, and provides a list of Sound Server APIs for Linux. What is a sound server? A sound server is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices, usually a sound card. It commonly runs as a background process […]
How to convert a standard Ubuntu Computer into an audio Studio
This post is about how to convert a computer with vanilla Ubuntu OS installed into a FOSS DAW. The steps will be quite similar for other GNU/Linux distributions, but extra steps may be needed, for example, to allow JACK working on real-time. Ubuntu 21.10 is the version tested. Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is a device […]
DVD Player Norauto NS-16309HIR
NS-16309HIR, NS-VID 16309 or Norauto Sound NS-16309HIR is a DVD player that is sold in Norauto car repair shop, that is a popular chain store set in many European countries and Argentina and that belongs to the French group Mobivia. The only recognizable brand that is associated to the device is Norauto; there is no […]
Play sound clip from local file in Java
This solution works only for .wav files. Source code: public void playSound() { try { AudioInputStream audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(new File(“D:/MusicPlayer/fml.mp3″).getAbsoluteFile()); Clip clip = AudioSystem.getClip(); clip.open(audioInputStream); clip.start(); } catch(Exception ex) { System.out.println(“Error with playing sound.”); ex.printStackTrace(); } } Source: “Playing .mp3 and .wav in Java?“, stackoverflow