On Wednesday 01 October 2008 15:00:33 Kevin DeKorte wrote: > 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 Here's some x-platform code that I use to get the wid of an awt canvas. Works fine on Linux and Windows. The ExtendedCanvas.java is used to generate the ExtendedCanvas.h header file The C file I've created myself.
