Not sure how to go about it. (play video on key press)

Sborgia

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how I would go about creating a code that will trigger a video when I hit a certain key on the keyboard. the key doesn't have to be specific, I have found various other example codes that trigger other things when you hit a key but not ones that integrate a video. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Ater

I don't know, try something like this

import processing.video.*;
Movie myMovie;
boolean playing = false;

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

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

void keyPressed(){
if (playing){
myMovie.pause();
playing = false;
} else {
myMovie.play();
  }
}

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

Sborgia

So this code didn't show any errors, but when I run it the widow pops up and a press a key and no video plays. I made sure to replace the .mov file with mine. but I'm still at a loss as to what could be keeping this code from working... :(

G_D

Can't test this right now. But maybe try commenting out myMovie.pause(); in setup. You will also need to adjust keyPressed() - as the boolean value 'playing' is set to false when the key is first pressed, but it is never again to be true.

void keyPressed(){
if (playing){
myMovie.pause();
playing = false;
} else {
myMovie.play();
playing = true; //added
  }
}

You might want to also just try the example at https://processing.org/reference/libraries/video/Movie.html to see if you can even get video playing