Mouse Event Listeners with Full Screen JMF

Question

I am trying to call the mouseClicked function from JMFs addMouseListner API in order to stop a media file when a user clicks the mouse button (or a key) like in a screensaver
I am able to access the function just before the player is started but once the media file begins to play I am not?
Here is the code I am using for the player and listener:
public static void main(String[] argv) {
JMF myFrame = new JMF("Java Media Framework Project");
myFrame.setUndecorated(true);
myFrame.show();
Dimension screenDim =Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
myFrame.setSize(screenDim.width, screenDim.height);
myFrame.setResizable(false);
myFrame.addMouseListener(
new MouseAdapter(){
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("Mouse was clicked");
System.exit(0);
myFrame.play();
Are there any other methods to get around this? Is it possible to embed a JMF application in a window that I can then monitor mouse events from??

Answer 1

I passed the player object to a Listener class and I can get it to work ok with keyboard controls so Im sure the thread is not being blocked...but my problem still exists in being able to monitor mouse events within the JMF display while the media is being played at full screen. (i.e. in order to stop the media)
Maybe I can use the ControllerListener within the JMF player to monitor mouse events? Any ideas on how I do this?
Is it possible to layer the display with a transparent window from which I can monitor mouse events from?
You mentioned asynchronical playback...I am looking into this idea, are there any examples of this on the web I can look at?
Thanks for your speedy reply also!!
Regards,
Joe
public static void main(String[] argv) {
JMF myFrame = new JMF("Java Media Framework Project");
myFrame.setUndecorated(true);
myFrame.show();
Dimension screenDim =Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
myFrame.setSize(screenDim.width, screenDim.height);
myFrame.setResizable(false);
myFrame.new Listener(myFrame);
myFrame.play();
public class Listener implements KeyListener,
MouseListener,
MouseMotionListener,
WindowListener {
private JMF owner;
Listener(JMF w) {
owner = w;
owner.addMouseListener(this);
owner.addKeyListener(this);
owner.addMouseMotionListener(this);
//owner.addWindowListener(this);
private void stop() { owner.stop(); }
//---------- KeyListener Implementation ------------------
public void keyPressed (KeyEvent evt) { stop(); System.out.println("key pressed");}
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent evt) { stop(); }
public void keyTyped (KeyEvent evt) { stop(); }
//---------- MouseListener Implementation ----------------
public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e) { stop(); System.out.println("Mouse clicked");}
public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e) { stop(); }
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { stop(); }
public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e) { }
//---------- MouseMotionListener Implementation ----------
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseMoved (MouseEvent e) {
if (oldMouse == null)
oldMouse = new Point(e.getX(), e.getY());
else if (e.getX() != oldMouse.x
|| e.getY() != oldMouse.y)
stop();
Point oldMouse;
//---------- WindowListener Implementation ---------------
public void windowOpened (WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowClosing (WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowClosed (WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowIconified (WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowDeiconified(WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowActivated (WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
public void windowDeactivated(WindowEvent e) { stop(); }
}