On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:16 PM, David DeHaven <david.deha...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > > > 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 outdated FXM format you get the benefit of a Java 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. > > No, but for the lack of a separate interface for metadata retrieval. In > hindsight there were a number of things that should have been done > differently :/ > > Alright, understood. No offense intended btw.. Thanks for taking the time to explain!
