Playing videos with JavaFX

Question

Hello,
I'm trying to add a new functionality to an existent Java application which allows playing local videos.
First I tried with JMF but I have read in the next web that it's better to do this with JavaFX.
[http://javatrack.blogspot.com/2009/08/video-in-java-no-more-jmf-please-use.html|http://javatrack.blogspot.com/2009/08/video-in-java-no-more-jmf-please-use.html]
I want to do this if it's easier than JMF but I was not able to call a JavaFX script from mi Java code.
Anybody knows if this is posible and relatively easy?
Thank you very much!

Answer 1

Have you tried getting info on an affected file (click on a movie file and click Command-I on the keyboard) and then changing the application to open that file type in the Info window? (In the "Open with" section, select Quicktime - navigate to the Quicktime application on your hard drive if necessary.)
That's the standard Mac method to set what app opens any particular file type (e.g. HTML, PDF, MP3, etc.)
If the file is on your hard drive rather than a CD, the procedure is to do the above, then click on "Change All" if you want all files of that type to be opened with that application from then on. If it's on a CD, it doesn't allow that, which is fine in this case - it asks if you want to open all files of that type with Quicktime. In that case, click on Continue and you should be all set.
Do this for each file type (.avi, .mov, and so on) that you want to open with Quicktime. It should stick for all files of that type after you've done this with one file of that type.
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