Run video in SWT application?

Question

Hi,

I wish to run a video in a SWT application on Windows. Do you think this is possible first of all? If yes, what technologies do you suggest?

Thank you very much and regards, Krt_Malta

Answer 1

Hmnnn... I'd probably create an SWT composite with an embedded browser and run your video in that embedded browser. That way, you can simply leverage the browser's video rendering capability.

public class BrowserComposite extends Composite {
  private Browser _browser;

  public BrowserComposite(Composite parent) {
    super(parent, SWT.NONE);
    setLayout(new FillLayout());
    _browser = new Browser(this, SWT.NONE);
  }

}

Now you can simply have the browser open say a Flash file or something.

FYI - the default Browser in Windows is IE, so if you want to use Mozilla you can pass Mozilla as the style bit. Default for Mac is Safari - same thing to force Mozilla.

Answer 2

I managed to do this quite natively. I used the SWT AWT bridge and played the video using JMF on AWT hence being able to see it in SWT.