Hello.

I'm a bit of a rookie on Processing and am having trouble even playing a movie. I've read the explanation again and again but am having the same problem. I have my Quicktime movie in a "data" folder in the same folder as my sketch but when I lauch i get:

"The file "video2" is missing or inaccessible, make sure the URL is valid or that the file has been added to your sketch and is readable."

Why is this?
Here is my sketch, it is the one I have taken from this website:

import processing.video.*;
Movie myMovie;

void setup() {
 size(200, 200);
 myMovie = new Movie(this, "video2");
 myMovie.loop();
}

void draw() {
 tint(255, 20);
 image(myMovie, mouseX, mouseY);
}

// Called every time a new frame is available to read
void movieEvent(Movie m) {
 m.read();
}

I need to run this vid for a university degree project and am getting a bit stressed so any help would be very welcome.
Thank you for you time

Thank you JohnG but still no luck. I've also tried:

import processing.video.*;
Movie myMovie;

void setup() {
 size(200, 200);
 frameRate(30);
 myMovie = new Movie(this, "tree.mov");
 myMovie.speed(4.0);
 myMovie.loop();
}

void draw() {
 if(myMovie.available()) {
   myMovie.read();
 }
 image(myMovie, 0, 0);
}

But I am getting the same thing. I've tried all video types too.
Is the movie meant to be in a "data" folder in the folder of the sketch or next to the sketch itself?
Cheers.

no, it needs to be in the data folder. and "data/" should *not* be specified when loading the file.

i'm guessing that johng is correct, or maybe even that an extension needs to be added. right-click on the movie in explorer and do "get info" to get the full name of the file.. or turn extensions on in explorer.

fry wrote on May 17^th, 2008, 5:54pm:

Well, I am sorry to insist but it works perfectly well for me with the files sitting directly next to the pde source.

Now, you may be right on the second part: IF they are in the data folder, then maybe the path does not have to be added. That would mean that processing is checking by default both next to the pde and in the data folder if any.