An 'improved' JavaFX MediaView class

Since the JavaFX Preview SDK was released, I have been toying around with its video support. Overall, it is really, really good. I'm impressed and I've only hit the tip of the iceberg. Of course, there is room for improvement. For example, the current MediaView class does not have any concept of width nor height, whereas the ImageView class does. I was able to fix that with this amazingly short piece of code.

package org.coffeejolts.javafx.tests; /* * BetterMediaView.fx * * adds width, height, and surrounding bar color to * MediaView.fx */ import javafx.scene.media.MediaView; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.lang.*; /** * @author coffeejolts */ public class ImprovedMediaView extends MediaView{ attribute fill:Color = Color.BLACK on replace{ myJPanel.setBackground(fill.getAWTColor()); }; attribute width:Integer on replace{ sgc.setSize(width, height); }; attribute height:Integer on replace{ sgc.setSize(width, height); }; }

Yes, that is really it. To use it, just swap out ImprovedMediaView for MediaView, and set your width, height, and fill like this...

package org.coffeejolts.javafx.tests; var frame:Frame = Frame { title: "ImprovedMediaView Test" width: 430 height: 360 closeAction: function() { java.lang.System.exit( 0 ); } visible: true stage: Stage { content:[ Rectangle{ x: 10, y: 10 width: bind frame.stage.width - 20 height: bind frame.stage.height - 20 fill: Color.DARKGRAY }, ImprovedMediaView{ width: bind frame.stage.width - 40 height: bind frame.stage.height - 40 translateX: 20 translateY: 20 fill: Color.BLACK clipAntialiased: true mediaPlayer: MediaPlayer{ autoPlay: true repeatCount: MediaPlayer.REPEAT_FOREVER media: Media{ source: "file:/C:/media/movie.avi"; } } } ] } }