Hi guys,
I'm trying to import a movie, get each frame, run some processing on that frame, and then save it in a frame array.
I've got it working without bugs, however, the method i currently use:
http://forum.processing.org/topic/import-whole-video-at-once

requires the draw loop to be active for the frames to be loaded.
Unfortunately this is a big no-no for the program I'm creating, which will use the frames that have been processed for some sprite work after (the clip is a blue-screen with the sprite i need on it).

Question is, is there any way to load all a movies frames without the draw loop running?
I suspect the answer to this question involves some complicated java (threading) which i have no experience with, but that's ok.

here's a small sample of relevent code:

1. public void ProcessMovie(PApplet parent, String movieName) {
2.   this.parent = parent;
   
3.   GSMovie myMovie = new GSMovie(this.parent, movieName);
4.   myMovie.play();
5.   myMovie.read();
   
6.   System.out.println(myMovie.length()); // returns 0 since the movie hasnt yet loaded frame 1.
   
7.   frames = new State[(int)myMovie.length()]; // state is besically [int x, int y, PImage graphic]
   
8.   // following was an attempted mod from the frame by frame example in processing
   
9.   for(int i=0; i!=myMovie.length(); ++i) {
10.     myMovie.play();
11.     myMovie.jump(i);
12.     myMovie.pause();
13.     myMovie.read();
    
14.     frames[i] = extract(myMovie);
15.   }
16. }   

I'm not opposed to using the core movie class instead of GSMovie but as far as i'm aware GSMovie has more functionality.
Any help would be appreciated :D,
Thanks in advance.