Most Efficient Video Playback

sgrigg

Hi everyone. thanks in advance for the help. I am trying to run videos (multiple different videos for multiple different projects) in the background of a simple processing animation and I need them to loop seamlessly. I have tried multiple approaches with multiple codecs. I just want to see if anyone has any tips on making processing play well with video. Codecs I have tried without being able to get seamless loop :MPEG-2, Photo-JPEG, Animation, H.264, Pro-Res

static final String FILE = "video", EXT = ".mov";
static final String RENDERER = JAVA2D;
static final int FPS = 30;
Movie vid;

import processing.video.*;


void settings() {

  size(1920, 1080, RENDERER);
  noSmooth();
}

void setup() {
  frameRate(FPS);
  println(width, height);
  vid = new Movie(this, FILE + EXT);
  vid.loop();
}

void draw() {
  image(vid, 0, 0);
}

void movieEvent(Movie m) {
  m.read();
}

I have also tried using frame images and playing them one at a time, this works well for a 128 frame video but not for a 1800 frame video

static final String FILE = "videoFrame-", EXT = ".png";
static final String RENDERER = JAVA2D;
static final int FPS = 30;
PImage[] fireworx = new PImage[128];
int currentImage = 0;


void settings() {
  size(1920, 1080, RENDERER);
  fullScreen(RENDERER);
  noSmooth();
  for(int i=0;i<=127;i++){
    fireworx[i] = loadImage(FILE + i + EXT );
  }
}

void setup() {
  frameRate(FPS);
  println(width, height);
}

void draw() {
  image(fireworx[currentImage], 0, 0);
  if(currentImage < 127){
    currentImage++;
  }else{
    currentImage = 0;
  }
}

Any advice on looping video seamlessly with Processing is super welcome! Also if I am just barking up the wrong solution tree let me know! Again thanks for any help!