title: javax.sound.sampled.clip Terminating before playing sound
body: <p>I am so confused as to why this is terminating straight away... The debugger so far has been no real help.. I am sure the code is running the whole way through.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.io.File;
  
  import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
  import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
  import javax.sound.sampled.Clip;
  import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
  import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent;
  import javax.sound.sampled.LineListener;
  
  /**
   * An example of loading and playing a sound using a Clip. This complete class
   * isn't in the book ;)
   */
  public class ClipTest {
  
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
  
      // specify the sound to play
      // (assuming the sound can be played by the audio system)
      File soundFile = new File("C:\\Users\\Benny\\Desktop\\AudioSample\\Austin.wav");
      AudioInputStream sound = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(soundFile);
  
      // load the sound into memory (a Clip)
      DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(Clip.class, sound.getFormat());
      Clip clip = (Clip) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
      clip.open(sound);
      // due to bug in Java Sound, explicitly exit the VM when
      // the sound has stopped.
      clip.addLineListener(new LineListener() {
        public void update(LineEvent event) {
          if (event.getType() == LineEvent.Type.STOP) {
            event.getLine().close();
            System.exit(0);
          }
        }
      });
      // play the sound clip
      clip.start();
    }
  } 
  </code></pre>