Jmf video encoding vista/linux

Question

Hello.
I tried to run AviCreator example in this topic: [http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=28&threadID=514583|http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=28&threadID=514583]
I modified this example to be able print all processor's supported formats:
p.setContentDescriptor(new ContentDescriptor(FileTypeDescriptor.MSVIDEO));
// Query for the processor for supported formats.
// Then set it on the processor.
TrackControl tcs[] = p.getTrackControls();
Format f[] = tcs[0].getSupportedFormats();
// My modification:
for(int i=0; i<f.lenght; i++) {
     System.out.println(i + " " + f);
If i run it on windows I get following output:0 RGB, 16-bit, Masks=31744:992:31, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped, LittleEndian
1 RGB, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
2 RGB, 32-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
3 YUV Video Format: Size = null MaxDataLength = -1 DataType = class [B yuvType = 2 StrideY = -1 StrideUV = -1 OffsetY = -1 OffsetU = -1 OffsetV = -1
4 IYUV
5 CVID
6 XVID
7 YV12
8 MJPG 28 extra bytes
9 H263
{code}
But if I run it on linux, I get this output:
0 RGB, 16-bit, Masks=31744:992:31, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped, LittleEndian
1 RGB, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
2 RGB, 32-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
3 YUV Video Format: Size = null MaxDataLength = -1 DataType = class [B yuvType = 2 StrideY = -1 StrideUV = -1 OffsetY = -1 OffsetU = -1 OffsetV = -1
4 MJPG 28 extra bytes
5 H263
6 RGB, 16-bit, Masks=31744:992:31, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped, LittleEndian
7 RGB, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
8 RGB, 32-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=-1, LineStride=-1, Flipped
9 YUV Video Format: Size = null MaxDataLength = -1 DataType = class [B yuvType = 2 StrideY = -1 StrideUV = -1 OffsetY = -1 OffsetU = -1 OffsetV = -1I mainly interested in CVID and XVID on linux and as I read here: [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/formats.html|http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/formats.html]
there is no support for this format's encoding on linux.
Could you give me advise how to provide CVID and DIVX encoding on linux? Is there any plugin for JMF or perhaps another and better framework for java?
Thanks a lot Standa

Answer 1

compbry, the fundamental problem is that Vista is 3 years old and the latest releast of JMF is like, 5 or 6 years old. So, there's nothing in the realm of "Vista compatibility" for JMF.
That said, to my knowledge no one has ever gotten JMF to capture video from inside an applet in Vista, JMF installed on the computer or not.
However, if you have JMF installed, you can easily run a JMF web-start app that will work just fine in Vista, that would allow you to do whatever it is you're needing to do.
But if you're going in a different direction, I'd suggest looking at the Adobe Flex API. It's free and from what I've researched about it, it makes webcam and microphone capture damn easy. If you've got a decent web server that will allow you to do ColdFusion or (can't remember the term for it, but you can write Java code that will run on-demand on the web host that your Flex application can talk to to do stuff like upload the images, etc...), it should be a relatively easy and short as far as LOC is concerned, minus of course the learning curve associated with learning something new (which is why I've only researched it, but I would've played with it too had I had a "decent webserver" ;-)