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posit labs

Reputation: 9431

Processing createGraphics fails outside of setup method

Here is a link to the code that I'm working with. https://github.com/positlabs/lpl-processor/blob/master/lpl_processor/lpl_processor.pde

The problem is that I would like to infer the movie dimensions, but I need to wait until the first frame of the movie is read. When I try to call createGraphics() anywhere except setup(), it fails.

Here is a condensed test-case.

    import processing.video.*;

    Movie movie;
    PGraphics graphics;

    void setup() 
    {
      size(800, 600);

      movie = new Movie(this, "sparkle.mov");
      movie.play();

      graphics = createGraphics(800, 600); // succeess graphic!
    }

    void movieEvent(Movie m) {
      m.read();
      graphics = createGraphics(m.width, m.height); // failure grahic!!
    }


And here is the stack trace.



`
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at processing.core.PApplet.makeGraphics(PApplet.java:1916)
    at processing.core.PApplet.createGraphics(PApplet.java:1872)
    at processing.core.PApplet.createGraphics(PApplet.java:1791)
    at sketch_141206a.movieEvent(sketch_141206a.java:35)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at processing.video.Movie.fireMovieEvent(Unknown Source)
    at processing.video.Movie.invokeEvent(Unknown Source)
    at processing.video.Movie$2.rgbFrame(Unknown Source)
    at org.gstreamer.elements.RGBDataAppSink$AppSinkNewBufferListener.newBuffer(RGBDataAppSink.java:162)
    at org.gstreamer.elements.AppSink$2.callback(AppSink.java:184)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at com.sun.jna.CallbackReference$DefaultCallbackProxy.invokeCallback(CallbackReference.java:455)
    at com.sun.jna.CallbackReference$DefaultCallbackProxy.callback(CallbackReference.java:485)
error, disabling movieEvent() for sparkle.mov
`

Upvotes: 0

Views: 294

Answers (1)

posit labs
posit labs

Reputation: 9431

The correct way to do this is in the draw function, but it makes initialization a little funky.

Upvotes: 0

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