[vlc] JVLC Playlist and Swing integration issues

[Javier Gálvez Guerrero]

Has somebody been successful with MediaList and MediaListPlayer JVLC
objects? I would like to know how to use them properly.

So, any help?


Thank you,
Javi



2008/8/27 Javier Gálvez Guerrero <javier.galvez.guerrero at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> I have written a simple Swing-based JVLC client with the latest 0.9.0-test3
> jar library and I have experienced some problems with the Swing integration
> and the playlist management.
>
> First, the only way I can have a visible integrated JVLC canvas is adding
> it directly to the JFrame container, having this a border layout and adding
> the canvas with the center position, while adding button and other panels in
> north and south positions. I can't use vertical/horizontal box or flow
> layouts because when launching the application I get a "Content must be
> displayable" error immediately (even using a flow layout and only adding the
> canvas). Is there any solution to this issue? Why can't I treat the JVLC
> canvas as any other Swing component?
>
> On the other side, I have tried to use MediaList and MediaListPlayer
> classes from the new 0.9.0 JVLC API instead the deprecated Playlist one, but
> I have got no success. My simple application just adds video files to a list
> (add button) and allows playing and other simple actions (play, stop, next,
> mute... buttons). With the deprecated Playlist class I can add and play
> different video files with no problem, but when I create a MediaList with
> the new API and add some video files, using the play() and next() methods
> from the MediaListPlayer class I get an error and the program stops running.
>
> I attach the code of my application and the output messages when trying to
> play the "next" item in the MediaList.
>
> Note that, as randgen22 said, I must use the playItem(0) method instead of
> play() to start playing the created playlist with MediaList. Is this the way
> it should be or play() should work as well?
>
> In addition, it seems that there is no implemented method in
> MediaListPlayer to play the previous item in the playlist as it exists in
> the deprecated Playlist class. Will it eventually be implemented?
>
> And last but not least, how can I set the full screen mode to a playing
> media from a MediaList? The Video class has setFullscreen(MediaPlayer,
> boolean) and toggleFullscreen(MediaPlayer) methods to do that, but they need
> a MediaPlayer instance, which is only created for a specific file and not
> for a MediaList, which needs a MediaListPlayer instead a MediaPlayer, so...
> what should I do to toggle the fullscreen option?
>
>
> Hope somebody can help me with these issues. Your help is much appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Javi
>
>
>
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