Canvas blowing up (was Re: JavaFX Media issues)

[John Hendrikx]

On 9/08/2013 20:15, Richard Bair wrote:
>> Also the proposed clear() or empty() option only applies to Canvas correct?
>> i.e. WritableImages don't suffer from these kind of issues and don't require such methods?
> That is correct (WritableImage we don't provide a 2D API to use to fill the buffer, you just bash the pixels yourself however you like, so we don't have to buffer anything up).
Hm, I didn't realize WritableImage had the same kind PixelWriter 
interface.  For my usecase, where I just render full frames to a 
PixelWriter so JavaFX can display them in some fashion, why should I not 
use a WriteableImage instead?

Looking at the docs, I see that one limitation is that the WritableImage 
cannot be resized after construction (something that I do use with 
Canvas), but I think I could work around that by just recreating the 
Image when its size changes... I could just wrap a class around it that 
does this transparently.

Going to take a look if I can rip out the Canvas code and replace it 
with a resizable WritableImage and see what the results are for full 
screen video playback...

--John