[MPlayer-users] Slave mode bugs (?) and Java Swing embedding

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Alex Sherwin wrote:
> I do this in a  Java now.  You can use Swing or SWT (SWT is actually
> easier, they expose the window handle  on frames, in Swing you have to
> use a hack that is not "supported" in the JDK, but exists and works
> from 1.4.2 to the latest 1.6)
> 
> Unfortunately, if you read the man page for the -wid option, you will
> see that it only works on Windows.  I've spent awhile trying to find a
> way to make a x-platform java Swing or SWT app that will embed MPlayer
> on Windows Linux and OS X through Java Web Start.  The closest I've
> been able to come is to deliver an app that embeds MPlayer on Windows,
> and provides a slimmed down interface on Linux and OS X to control
> mplayer, which will open its own video display window.
> 
> I spent a bit of time on this mailing list and the IRC channel trying
> to figure out a way, and had someone point me to the code where the
> MPlayer GUI manages to embed the player, but this is able to do it
> using shared memory segments to paint the display (which you would not
> be able to accomplish with Java)
> 
> Good luck on Linux, but I'm going to say its not possible...

Incorrect, the -wid option works perfectly fine on X (Linux/BSD).

Kevin


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