Selecting Output Device for Audio Playback

[filo.ferro]

Hi!

This is my problem: I'm using the Mobile Media API (JSR 135) to open an AMR audio file to play and all is working well, but I need the phone to play the file not using the default stereo speakers (normaly used for music and media) but using the speaker normaly used for phone calls. The reason is that I need the audio file to be heard only by the phone's owner and nobody else.
Is there a way to select the default output device that the phone will use to play audio files or is there a workaround to achieve this goal?

If there's no way to do this with the standard J2ME api's, is it possible to obtain the result with Nokia SDK? Do I need to use a different programming language?

Thanks in advice for replies!

I'm currently developing for Nokia 5800 (S60 5th edition), but in the future I'd like to port the same application on Series 40 phones as well.

[Tiger79]

I never heard of that option, to be honest I wouldn't expect it to be possible...
Maybe with the c++/Symbian combination ?

[r2j7]

Hello filo.ferro,

on Java Runtime 2.1 for Symbian, there is AudioOutputControl extension on Nokia UI API 1.4 for controlling which audio output device, for example the device loudspeaker or earpiece, is used to play back audio.

The Beta release of JRT 2.1 was released last week on Nokia Beta Labs: http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/java-...bian/more_info

The Beta release of JRT 2.1 is available for selected S60 5th Edition devices. It works with the following devices and software versions:

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, software version 40.x.xxx and newer
Nokia N97, 12.x.xxx and newer
Nokia N97 mini, 10.x.xxx and newer

Download and installation guidelines: https://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/java...d_installation


Developer guidelines and material available on Forum Nokia Java Developer's Library:

Controlling audio output

Audio extensions

Javadocs on Nokia UI API

Example MIDlet on Forum Nokia Java Developer's Library

Regards,
r2j7

[filo.ferro]

Thank you r2j7 for your detailed reply, but I'd like to deploy the application for a wide range of phones (even for phones with Series 40 OS) and so I think this couldn't be a way to do it..

Maybe I can do the same with the Symbian SDK, but I'd like to be sure of this before starting to learn a new development platform.. ;-)
Can you tell me something about it or I have to post in the specific forum?

Best regards,
F.F.