Question

Even though the sun.audio API says that .wav is a supported file apparently the one that I had must not have been. a .aiff file is now working but not in this way I found a better way thats a little more complicated though.

String strFilename = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\gkehoe\\Network\\GIM\\Explode.aiff";
    File soundFile = new File(strFilename);

    AudioInputStream    audioInputStream = null;
    try
    {
        audioInputStream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(soundFile);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    AudioFormat audioFormat = audioInputStream.getFormat();
    SourceDataLine  line = null;
    DataLine.Info   info = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class,
                                             audioFormat);
    try
    {
        line = (SourceDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);

        /*
          The line is there, but it is not yet ready to
          receive audio data. We have to open the line.
        */
        line.open(audioFormat);
    }
    catch (LineUnavailableException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        System.exit(1);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        System.exit(1);
    }
    line.start();

    int nBytesRead = 0;
    byte[]  abData = new byte[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_SIZE];
    while (nBytesRead != -1)
    {
        try
        {
            nBytesRead = audioInputStream.read(abData, 0, abData.length);
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        if (nBytesRead >= 0)
        {
            int nBytesWritten = line.write(abData, 0, nBytesRead);
        }
    }
    line.drain();

    /*
      All data are played. We can close the shop.
    */
    line.close();

Answer 1

According to source code it is not recognized as supported file format.