How can I play different videos with only one MediaPlayer?

Question

I want to play two videos with only one MediaPlayer:
private static MediaPlayerBuilder mpB;
private static Media mLogo;
private static Media mSaludo;
private static MediaPlayer mpLogo;
private static MediaView mvLogo;
private static Group gLogo;
public void start(final Stage stage) {
mLogo = MediaBuilder.create().source(myGetResource(VIDEOLOGO_PATH)).build();
mSaludo = MediaBuilder.create().source(myGetResource(VIDEOSALUDO_PATH)).build();
mpB = MediaPlayerBuilder.create();
mpLogo = mpB.media(mLogo).build();
mvLogo = MediaViewBuilder.create().mediaPlayer(mpLogo).build();
gLogo.getChildren().add(mvLogo);
sActual = new Scene(gPozos, WIDTH, HEIGHT, Color.BLACK);
stage.setScene(sActual);
stage.show();When I want to play mLogo:
sActual.setRoot(gLogo);
mpLogo.play();Then, when I want to play mSaludo I do this:
mpLogo = mpB.media(mSaludo).build();
sActual.setRoot(gLogo);
mpLogo.play();or this:
mpB.media(mSaludo).applyTo(mpLogo);
sActual.setRoot(gLogo);
mpLogo.play();or this:
mpB.media(mSaludo);
sActual.setRoot(gLogo);
mpLogo.play();But is impossible to change the Media. It doesn't work. Sometimes I play mLogo video and sometimes (depends on the code) the video mLogo doesn't start and I see an image of the first keyframe and nothing else. I have no exceptions, no errors, nothing.
I want to play mLogo and then mSaludo. How can I do this?
Thanks
Noelia

Answer 1

Ok, I understand, if I have 100 videos I have to build 100 MediaPlayers but only one MediaView.
Here I post my code with only two videos, I included all the asynchronous errors.
package pruebafx;
import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.media.Media;
import javafx.scene.media.MediaErrorEvent;
import javafx.scene.media.MediaPlayer;
import javafx.scene.media.MediaView;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
* @author Solange
public class PruebaFX extends Application {
    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("pruebafx.pruebafx");
    private static final String MEDIA_PATH = "/images/";
    private static final String VIDEOLOGO_PATH = MEDIA_PATH + "logo.flv";
    private static final String VIDEOSALUDO_PATH = MEDIA_PATH + "saludo.flv";
    private static Group root;
    private static Scene scene;
    private static MediaPlayer mpLogo;
    private static MediaPlayer mpSaludo;
    private static Media mLogo;
    private static Media mSaludo;
    private static MediaView mediaView;
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Application.launch(args);
    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        try {
            FileHandler fh = new FileHandler("DisplayManagerlog-%u-%g.txt", 100000, 100, true);
            // Send logger output to our FileHandler.
            logger.addHandler(fh);
            // Request that every detail gets logged.
            logger.setLevel(Level.ALL);
            // Log a simple INFO message.
            logger.info("Starting PruebaFX");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        primaryStage.setTitle("Change Videos");
        root = new Group();
        mLogo = new Media(myGetResource(VIDEOLOGO_PATH));
        mSaludo = new Media(myGetResource(VIDEOSALUDO_PATH));
        mpLogo = new MediaPlayer(mLogo);
        mpSaludo = new MediaPlayer(mSaludo);
        mediaView = new MediaView(mpLogo);
        mpLogo.setOnEndOfMedia(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                mpLogo.stop();
                mediaView.setMediaPlayer(mpSaludo);
                mpSaludo.play();
        mpSaludo.setOnEndOfMedia(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                mpSaludo.stop();
                mediaView.setMediaPlayer(mpLogo);
                mpLogo.play();
        mLogo.setOnError(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                logger.severe("Error en Media mLogo");
        mSaludo.setOnError(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                logger.severe("Error en Media mSaludo");
        mpLogo.setOnError(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                logger.severe("Error en MediaPlayer mpLogo");
        mpSaludo.setOnError(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                logger.severe("Error en MediaPlayer mpSaludo");
        mediaView.setOnError(new EventHandler<MediaErrorEvent>() {
            public void handle(MediaErrorEvent t) {
                logger.severe("Error en MediaView mediaView");
                logger.severe(t.getMediaError().getMessage());
        root.getChildren().addAll(mediaView);
        scene = new Scene(root, 300, 250);
        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
        mpLogo.play();
    public String myGetResource(String path) {
        return (this.getClass().getResource(path).toString());
}My video saludo.flv hangs up.
Here is the content of the log file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE log SYSTEM "logger.dtd">
<log>
<record>
<date>2011-12-12T12:03:53</date>
<millis>1323702233578</millis>
<sequence>0</sequence>
<logger>pruebafx.pruebafx</logger>
<level>INFO</level>
<class>pruebafx.PruebaFX</class>
<method>start</method>
<thread>12</thread>
*<message>Starting PruebaFX</message>*
</record>
<record>
<date>2011-12-12T12:04:06</date>
<millis>1323702246109</millis>
<sequence>1</sequence>
<logger>pruebafx.pruebafx</logger>
<level>SEVERE</level>
<class>pruebafx.PruebaFX$6</class>
<method>run</method>
<thread>12</thread>
*<message>Error en MediaPlayer mpSaludo</message>*
</record>
<record>
<date>2011-12-12T12:04:06</date>
<millis>1323702246109</millis>
<sequence>2</sequence>
<logger>pruebafx.pruebafx</logger>
<level>SEVERE</level>
<class>pruebafx.PruebaFX$4</class>
<method>run</method>
<thread>12</thread>
*<message>Error en Media mSaludo</message>*
</record>
</log>
Do you know when will be available the 2.0.2 version???
I have to finish my application!!!
Thanks.
Noelia