I have tested most of the libraries available for processing able to render video files, but i never was happy. Either it became slow, unstable or just crashing. I wanted something better, so i went looking into JMF (Java Media Framework).

During my research i came across this Pirelenito’s website with a great example on using FOBS+JMF, exactly what i needed. So i  downloaded it and started working on it, putting into it a bit of myself.

So here it is, a first pre-beta version of a library capable of rendering movie files (with sound) with Java/Processing without much effort.

NOTE! I’m still having problems with a couple of codecs like DivX, Xvid, H264. It crashes on me when rendering some of these, but it works just fine for Mpeg4, PhotoJPEG, Cinepak. It isn’t perfect, but if you be careful and use the right format/codec it will go smooth. Meanwhile i will be working on a better version.

Website: www.pixelnerve.com/processing/libraries/moviegl
Library Package(s) at: :  http://code.google.com/p/victamin/downloads/list

Have fun!

Credits goto Pirelenito. Thanks for sharing.

Sidescroll. This is a small clip of a project i started last year, and haven’t got back to it since then. It’s sitting in my hd, waiting for some motivation and will (anyone?). Anyway, I wanted to make something different from my other stuff, something that looked good and had no fancy 3d, even if i used 3d meshes (which i do as “flowers”) and was based on simple scrolling and that had a sunset-like look. So this is what i got  I have some new ideas for this one, some new pieces to put in and lots of rewriting so it sits on top of my framework and get rid of old and bad code. Anyway i thought i would publish this video as a prototype and hopefully i’ll get the finale somewhere along this year and ready for a demoparty.

PS. If you are a 2d artist and would love to contribute for this, you know where to find me.