Availability of JavaFX build incorporating JDK-8366217 fix

[Kevin Rushforth]

It will likely be in this week's JavaFX 26-ea build 8. Once it is, you 
can download it from jdk.java.net using the URL Nir sent.

Btw, Alexander Matveev can comment on the likelihood of the GStreamer 
update fixing your problem. It seems unlikely to me, but let's see what 
he says.

-- Kevin


On 9/17/2025 4:03 AM, Bryon Dunkley-Smith wrote:
>
> Thank you for your guidance Nir.
>
> At this stage building JavaFX is beyond me. So I’ll just monitor the 
> progress of early releases and test once a build contains the fix of 
> interest.
>
> *From:*Nir Lisker <nlisker at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 September 2025 3:40 PM
> *To:* Bryon Dunkley-Smith <bdunkley-smith at bigpond.com>
> *Cc:* openjfx-dev at openjdk.org
> *Subject:* Re: Availability of JavaFX build incorporating JDK-8366217 fix
>
> Hi Bryon,
>
> The fastest ways are building JavaFX and testing it immediately, or 
> waiting a bit until the early-access build contains that fix 
> (https://jdk.java.net/javafx26/).
>
> - Nir
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM Bryon Dunkley-Smith 
> <bdunkley-smith at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     Apologies in advance if the terminology in my question is
>     incorrect as I’m somewhat out of my depth here.
>
>     I have been monitoring https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8305842
>     (Video sometimes does not start when reinitializing in Windows 11)
>     for progress with interest because I have a legacy JavaFX based
>     application which has functioned flawlessly for several years, but
>     since upgrading from Win10 to Win1, there has been
>     intermittent/random failures of videos playing with a
>     ERROR_MEDIA_INVALID being thrown, even though I’ve used the same
>     “media” with success previously and it often runs without error.
>
>     So when I saw https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8366217 (Update
>     GStreamer to 1.26.5), I wondered if the update to GStreamer may
>     resolve my issue of intermittent/random failures of videos.
>
>     I see that “This pull request has now been integrated.” and being
>     ignorant of how this finds its way into a release of JavaFX, could
>     someone advise me of how I would know if a version (early
>     release?) is available incorporating this “fix” and where I can
>     download it from.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Bryon
>
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