Load a second video into an applet: resize - stretch problem

Question

Hello!
I have an applet that loads a movie (call it film_a.mov). The size of the movie is 320 x 240. Since I want to show it bigger, I use a BorderLayout that stretches the video depending on the size given by
the applet. In my case I set the applet parameter to "<applet code=Simple.class width=640 height=510>". Anyway, this display area is bigger than the actuell video size, so the video will be stretched.
Everytime a user clicks with the mouse pointer onto the video area the second movie (call it film_b.mov) replace the first movie. The setup for the BorderLayout has not be chance. I close the player before loading the second movie with a function called loadNewMovie(). I even call this.removeAll(), player.close() and player.removeControllerListener(this).
The problem is that if the second movie is loaded and placed into the vido display area it is not alway stretched to the possible BorderLayout.CENTER area. Sometimes it is stretched sometimes it is not streched. I really do not understand such behavior. It seems to me that I forget to call a update function that tells to stretch alway any video displayed.
Both movies have the same size. I tried to solve this problem by using setSize, setBounds, etc. on the visualComponent but this does not solve the problem. If you want to try out, here come the code:
mport java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
import java.lang.String;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.media.*;
// import com.sun.media.util.JMFSecurity;
* This is a Java Applet that demonstrates how to create a simple media player
* with a media event listener. It will play the media clip right away and
* continuously loop.
* <applet code=Simple.class width=640 height=510> <param
* name=file1 value="auto.mov"> <param name=file2 value="hongkong.mov">
public class Simple extends Applet implements ControllerListener {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     // media Player
     Player player = null;
     // component in which video is playing
     Component visualComponent = null;
     // controls gain, position, start, stop
     Component controlComponent = null;
     // displays progress during download
     Component progressBar = null;
     boolean firstTime = true;
     long CachingSize = 0L;
     int controlPanelHeight = 0;
     int videoWidth = 0;
     int videoHeight = 0;
     MediaLocator mrl = null;
     String mediaFile1 = null;
     String mediaFile2 = null;
     boolean closed = false;
      * Read the applet file parameter and create the media player.
     public void init() {
          // $ System.out.println("Applet.init() is called");
          setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          setBackground(Color.red);
          if ((mediaFile1 = getParameter("FILE1")) == null)
               Fatal("Invalid media file parameter");
          if ((mediaFile2 = getParameter("FILE2")) == null)
               Fatal("Invalid media file parameter");
      * Start media file playback. This function is called the first time that
      * the Applet runs and every time the user re-enters the page.
     public void start() {
          // $ System.out.println("Applet.start() is called");
          // Call start() to prefetch and start the player.
          getMedia(mediaFile1);
          if (player != null)
               player.start();
          setVisible(true);
      * Stop media file playback and release resource before leaving the page.
     public void stop() {
          // $ System.out.println("Applet.stop() is called");
          if (player != null) {
               player.stop();
               player.deallocate();
     public void destroy() {
          // $ System.out.println("Applet.destroy() is called");
          player.close();
     public void getMedia(String mediaFile) {
          URL url = null;
          try {
               url = new URL(getDocumentBase(), mediaFile);
               mediaFile = url.toExternalForm();
          } catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
          try {
               // Create a media locator from the file name
               if ((mrl = new MediaLocator(mediaFile)) == null)
                    Fatal("Can't build URL for " + mediaFile);
               // Create an instance of a player for this media
               try {
                    player = Manager.createPlayer(mrl);
               } catch (NoPlayerException e) {
                    System.out.println(e);
                    Fatal("Could not create player for " + mrl);
               // Add ourselves as a listener for a player's events
               player.addControllerListener(this);
          } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
               Fatal("Invalid media file URL!");
          } catch (IOException e) {
               Fatal("IO exception creating player for " + mrl);
      * This controllerUpdate function must be defined in order to implement a
      * ControllerListener interface. This function will be called whenever there
      * is a media event
     public synchronized void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent event) {
          // If we're getting messages from a dead player,
          // just leave
          if (player == null)
               return;
          // When the player is Realized, get the visual
          // and control components and add them to the Applet
          if (event instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent) {
               if (progressBar != null) {
                    remove(progressBar);
                    progressBar = null;
               if ((controlComponent = player.getControlPanelComponent()) != null) {
                    controlPanelHeight = controlComponent.getPreferredSize().height;
                    add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, controlComponent);
                    validate();
               if ((visualComponent = player.getVisualComponent()) != null) {
                    add(BorderLayout.CENTER, visualComponent);
                    validate();
                    visualComponent
                              .addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
                                   public void mousePressed(
                                             java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
                                        System.out
                                                  .println("MovieStreaming: mousePressed");
                                        loadNewMovie(mediaFile2);
                                   public void mouseReleased(
                                             java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
                                   public void mouseEntered(
                                             java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
                                   public void mouseExited(
                                             java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
          } else if (event instanceof CachingControlEvent) {
               if (player.getState() > Controller.Realizing)
                    return;
               // Put a progress bar up when downloading starts,
               // take it down when downloading ends.
               CachingControlEvent e = (CachingControlEvent) event;
               CachingControl cc = e.getCachingControl();
               // Add the bar if not already there ...
               if (progressBar == null) {
                    if ((progressBar = cc.getControlComponent()) != null) {
                         add(progressBar);
                         setSize(progressBar.getPreferredSize());
                         validate();
          } else if (event instanceof EndOfMediaEvent) {
               // We've reached the end of the media; rewind and
               // start over
               player.setMediaTime(new Time(0));
               player.start();
          } else if (event instanceof ControllerErrorEvent) {
               // Tell TypicalPlayerApplet.start() to call it a day
               player = null;
               Fatal(((ControllerErrorEvent) event).getMessage());
          } else if (event instanceof ControllerClosedEvent) {
               closed = true;
     public void closePlayer() {
          synchronized (this) {
               player.close();
               while (!closed) {
                    try {
                         wait(100);
                    } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
               player.removeControllerListener(this);
               System.out.println("player is shutdown");
               closed = false;
     public void loadNewMovie(String mediaFile) {
          // remove all components
          closePlayer();
          removeAll();
          getMedia(mediaFile);
          if (player != null)
               player.start();
          setVisible(true);
     void Fatal(String s) {
          // Applications will make various choices about what
          // to do here. We print a message
          System.err.println("FATAL ERROR: " + s);
          throw new Error(s); // Invoke the uncaught exception
          // handler System.exit() is another
          // choice.
}As you may notice this code is basicly the SimplePlayerApplet example which I modified a bit.
Thank you for your Help
Matt2

Answer 1

Sorry,
Can you tell me how do you solve it because I have got the same problem.
Can you indicate me the topic where did you find solution.
Thank in advance.