On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:48 PM, David DeHaven <david.deha...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > > I was a bit surprised that the metadata retrieval functionality > > of javafx.scene.media.Media is only usable in conjunction with a player, > so > > if I want to retrieve the dimensions of a video file I have to > instantiate > > a player and wait for it to reach ready state? That's how I read the > > javadoc. Is this a misunderstanding? > > Nope, currently you have to create a player. Once a player is created it > kicks off a parser to grab metadata or waits for the underlying native > player to parse. > > > > If not is there a specific reason not > > to offer this functionality independently of a player? > > There were plans, there were also issues as we don't have a Java based mp4 > parser so we're relying on the underlying platforms (e.g. QTKit, > AVFoundation, etc..) to provide that data, which basically means we're > creating a player at the native level anyways. If you're using the horribly > outdated FXM format you get the benefit of a Java Deferring to native code absolutely makes sense but I didn't think that you needed to create a player to obtain duration, width and height in AVFoundation either.
