How to get the different playback ports of sound card

[shimul_bari]

Hello everybody,
I am having a great problem in my class project. I have to play multiple files in different output ports of the sound card same time. Explanation: Suppose i hav 1 speaker and 1 headphone connected to my pc. Now i hav to play 2 files in such a way that 1 song is played in speaker and other in headphone and the songs will be played in such a way that 1 user can hear only from speaker or headphone only 1 specific file.
I used javax.sound.sampled as my base programming. I could play multiple files in same time but i don't know how to play the songs in different ports of my sound card.
If any one can help me please do so.
Thanks
--------SHIMUL

[nizzy1115]

Something tells me you cant.

[Phaelax]

I don't believe you can, sound cards don't use different ports for speakers and headphones. Plug in headphones and I'm pretty sure the speakers get shut off.

[nizzy1115]

You are right, its either speakers or headphones, not both at the same time.

But i was thinking. Assuming you have a multi channel sound card (5.1 or such) wouldn't it be possible to write one music for the front two channels and another for the rear 2 chanels? You could plug your speakers/headphones into these ports respectively to get the desired results.

Now im not saying i know how to write this, im just stating in theory.

[Phaelax]

sounds ok, in theory. I have a 5.1 and 7.1 audio cards, they both have either the 1-digital out that connects to all the speakers at once through another system, or uses 1-plug for front and 1 for rear channels. So in that sense, I guess you could.

You'd have to write to 2 separate SourceDataLine's. I can see in the API you have the option of different ports, but the list looks like generic ones that are on almost every audio cards. There's got to be a method that retrieves a list of ports from the card that you can write out to. I've dealt a little with java audio, but not on this level.

Line out = AudioSystem.getLine(Port.Info.LINE_OUT);

I dunno, I'm drawing a blank at this point.

[shimul_bari]

hello ,
i tried to get the different line from audio system. this is how i can play multiple files but still i cannot direct them to specific sound ports like head phone or speakers or front or rear.
the code is given below for yor understanding me.
BYE
shimul

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.*;


import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
import javax.sound.sampled.Clip;
import javax.sound.sampled.*;



import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine;
import javax.media.control.*;



class playFile1  implements Runnable
{
int EXTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE=176400;
File file1=new File("file1.wav");
AudioInputStream audioInputStream = null;


SourceDataLine line = null;


Thread t;
int nBytesRead = 0;
byte[]abData =  new byte[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE];


playFile1()
{
initialize();
t=new Thread(this,"playFile");
t.start();
}
public void run()
{
line.start();
while (nBytesRead>=0)
{


try
{
nBytesRead = audioInputStream.read(abData, 0, abData.length);


}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
if(nBytesRead>=0)
{


int nBytesWritten = line.write(abData, 0, nBytesRead);
}
}



}
void initialize()
{
try
{
audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file1);


}
catch (Exception e)
{


e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}
AudioFormat audioFormat = audioInputStream.getFormat();
DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class,audioFormat);



try
{
//AudioSystem.get
line = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
line.open(audioFormat);


}
catch (LineUnavailableException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}
}
}


class playFile2 implements Runnable
{


File file2=new File("file2.wav");
AudioInputStream audioInputStream2 = null;
SourceDataLine line2 = null;


Thread t;


int EXTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE=176400;
int nBytesRead2=0;
byte[]abData2 =     new byte[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE];


playFile2()
{
initialize();
t=new Thread(this,"playFile2");
t.start();
}


void initialize()
{
try
{


audioInputStream2 = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(file2);
}
catch (Exception e)
{


e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}
AudioFormat audioFormat2 = audioInputStream2.getFormat();



DataLine.Info info2 = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class,audioFormat2);



try
{
//AudioSystem.get
//Line l=AudioSystem.getLine(Port.Info.SPEAKER);
//line2=(SourceDataLine)l;
//line2.
line2 = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info2);
line2.open(audioFormat2);


}
catch (LineUnavailableException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}



}



public void run()
{
line2.start();
while(nBytesRead2>=0)
{
try
{
nBytesRead2 = audioInputStream2.read(abData2, 0, abData2.length);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
if(nBytesRead2>=0)
{
int nBytesWritten2 = line2.write(abData2, 0, nBytesRead2);
//System.out.println ("song 2 written actually "+nBytesWritten2);
}
}
}



}



public class testSnd
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
playFile1 pf1=new playFile1();
playFile2 pf2=new playFile2();


}
}