Canvas blowing up (was Re: JavaFX Media issues)

[John Hendrikx]

On 10/08/2013 05:46, John Hendrikx wrote:
> 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...
>
Foiled before I even could get started :/

I need the scaleX and scaleY properties of Canvas as well... basically, 
my input video data is always decoded at native size (say 1920x1080) and 
then scaled down or up to fit the screen.  Since I offer a feature that 
can switch to a different attached monitor at any time, even during 
playback, I cannot tell my video source to scale the video for me (it 
does not offer a way to alter this after playback starts).  I haven't 
given up entirely on WritableImage, but this complicates sufficiently 
that I cannot just create a drop-in replacement for Canvas that suits my 
usecase.

--John