1. the revision number:
0135 Beta (also tried 0145 )
2. # what operating system you're using, and on what kind of hardware:
Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Java: 1.5.0 (Mac OS X Default)
Eclipse: 3.3.2

I've been working w/ Processing in Eclipse.
I keep running into the same problem while running a simple application
that reads in a movie and plays it in an applet. I copied the example movie
(File > Examples > Libraries > Movie > loop) along w/ the .mov file into an
Eclipse project. When I 'run it as an applet', 20% of the time, the movie
plays, while the other 80% it does not.

I consulted a colleague better versed in Java Threading w/ this issue, and
we agree that this behavior is a Java Threading problem.

I downloaded the source code and looked in the Movie.java file. On line 46
(could be a different line number), the 'runner' is defined as:

Thread runner;

This, I believe, is part of the problem. The variable should be declared as
"volatile Thread runner;"

In the Movie constructor (line 267), reflection is used:

movieEventMethod = parent.getClass().getMethod("movieEvent", new Class[] {
Movie.class });

followed by (line 275):

runner = new Thread(this);
runner.start();

Since my above-mentioned problem happens when the movie is 'read' before
its drawn, the 'runner' not being 'volatile' seems to be the culprit.

Interestingly, when I run the example via Processing, it works fine. I did
notice, though, that via Eclipse, the applet is started in
sun.applet.AppletViewer while via Processing, it is started in
processing.core.PApplet.

I hope that this helps.

I will try 2 things:
1. in Eclipse, make the applet run in processing.core.PApplet.
2. download the latest source, compile it locally and try the example
application again; in Eclipse using the sun.applet.AppletViewer.

Thanks for looking into this, and let me know what you find. Movie
threading hasn't been dealt with in a while and could probably use a tune up.

I tried making the 'runner' thread 'volatile', recompiled (source in both
0144 and 0135), but still the issue persists.

The interesting thing, again, is that the processing sketch (File >
Examples > Libraries > Video > Loop) runs fine in Processing but I cannot
get the 'same' program to run via Eclipse.

In my frustration, I asked a friend to download and try my 'exercise' on
his Mac; thinking that what I've been experiencing is due to a problem w/
my machine. He experienced the same problem.

My guess is that there is something w/ the macs & quicktime.

As much as I like Processing, I've switched to opencv on Ubuntu.

--MA

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Got it, well, I'll try to take a look into it sometime soon. I'll be doing
some video work in the upcoming weeks.

closing this bug, because we'll be replacing the current video library with
another sometime later this summer. as such, i won't be doing any more bug
fixes on the current video library. in the meantime, we recommend using
gsvideo, opencv, or one of the other video libraries that are available.