Seamlessly Concatenate (Stream) a list of MOV files

I have three questions:
1) Is there a way to seamlessly play a list of MOV files? For example, input would be a list of URLs for MOV files, and the output would be the MOV files displayed sequentially without any pauses or blips. The MOV files would be streamed to the screen and concatenated on the fly.
I have tried this:
1) Set the setMediaLocation to a MOV location
2) start the mediaPlayer
3) wait until the getState of the mediaPlayer is no longer playing
4) reset the setMediaLocation and play the next file.
This way has annoying pause in between each MOV video clip. This is probably because the movies are not prefetched beforehand.
2) Is there a way to seamlessly stream a MOV files when they become available? For example, if I have a list of 5 MOV files and only the first one is created, when the URL for the next MOV file becomes available, is there a way to play the next file without a pause or blip?
3) Is there any way to get rid of the pink background that occurs when you move the frame that contains an MOV file? A windowListener maybe?
Thanks! Any help in answering these three questions would be VERY MUCH appreciated!
~Joe

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=568154&tstart=0
this might help me, but if anyone has a better solution for this problem I would be very grateful!

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