> So called arbitrary input stream support is among the features for the future.
Could somebody post back a reference to the jira, I've seen the feature referred to from other jiras, but I've never been able to find the actual jira reference for this. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net [mailto:openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Richard Bair Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 8:35 AM To: Felix Bembrick Cc: openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net List Subject: Re: JavaFX Media issues Forwarded from Kiriil Kirichenko who is getting his mailing list credentials sorted out... >> *From: *Felix Bembrick <felix.bembr...@gmail.com >> <mailto:felix.bembr...@gmail.com>> >> *Subject: **JavaFX Media issues* >> *Date: *August 8, 2013 1:31:37 PM PDT >> *To: *"openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net >> <mailto:openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net> List" >> <openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net <mailto:openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net>> >> >> I am having a look at JavaFX media support and have a couple of questions: >> >> 1. It seems that the only way to load media files is by specifying a >> source such as a file path etc. This is not going to work well for >> me as all of my application's content (which includes data, digital >> assets, media etc.) is stored in a database on the server and is >> loaded through an IO stream. >> Why doesn't Media support loading of files through a stream? That >> would seem like a common use case to me! This is correct. So called arbitrary input stream support is among the features for the future. >> 2. I am unable to locate any reference to JavaFX Media in the >> JavaDocs for JDK 8 which I found here: >> >> http://download.java.net/jdk8/jfxdocs/index.html >> >> Is this just a glitch? A glitch related to javadoc execution. FXMedia is still there. >> 3. Is buffering of media something planned for the future in JavaFX? What do you mean by buffering ? We have progressive buffer for http links. See MediaPlayer.bufferProgressTimeProperty >> 4. What about live streaming of media content? We support Http Live Streaming: MpegTS which contains H264 + AAC.
