This app is Gambas 3.18, I'm trying to "recreate" the MediaView1.State which is not until 3.19 by using a couple of timers and 2 valueboxes. The timer in the code below compares the 2 valueboxes and if they are equal then mediaview1 must be paused. Otherwise mediaview is playing. Believe it or not it actually works fairly well, the problem I'm having is when I exit the app or close the form I get an invalid object error. I've tried stopping the timers, stopping mediaview and I still get the error. I think I must have my error handling wrong? Can some advise on how to better handle the error?

 It's the use of Wait.

When you call Wait the event loop runs and closes the window making the objects invalid in the next bit of code.

try not using Wait

BruceSteers said

It's the use of Wait.

When you call Wait the event loop runs and closes the window making the objects invalid in the next bit of code.

try not using Wait

Ah. Damn. Wait is how I am getting if the value boxes are different essentially telling me if mediaview is paused or playing. Thanks Bruce. Looks like I need to come up with something different.

maybe something like this…

Or just remove gb.media.form component from the project properties and add the later version to your projects .src folder

from here comp/src/gb.media.form/.src · master · Gambas / gambas · GitLab

download these 3 files
FMediaPlayer.form
FMediaPlayer.class
MediaView.class

then you will have…

1. the latest MediaView regardless of the gambas version.
2. the MediaView source code in your own project you can tweak to your hearts content

BruceSteers said

Or just remove gb.media.form component from the project properties and add the later version source to your projects .src folder

from here comp/src/gb.media.form/.src · master · Gambas / gambas · GitLab

download these 3 files
FmediaPlayer.form
FMediaPlayer.class
MediaView.class

then you will have…

1. the latest MediaView regardless of the gambas version.
2. the MediaView source code in your own project you can tweak to your hearts content

I think I'll try this. Thanks Bruce!

BruceSteers said

Or just remove gb.form.media from the project properties and add the later version to your projects .src folder

from here comp/src/gb.media.form/.src · master · Gambas / gambas · GitLab

download these 3 files
FmediaPlayer.form
FMediaPlayer.class
MediaView.class

then you will have…

1. the latest MediaView regardless of the gambas version.
2. the MediaView source code in your own project you can tweak to your hearts content

Hey Bruce, before I get ahead of myself….the mediaview1.state is what I'm looking for, right? That basically tells me if mediaview is playing, paused or stopped? Just want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction.

 Yes, MediaView.State did not exist until i requested it a couple of years ago when i made the MPRIS stuff.

MediaView.State will show a value that corresponds to Media.Playing , Media.Paused , Media.Stopped etc.

BruceSteers said

Yes, MediaView.State did not exist until i requested it a couple of years ago when i made the MPRIS stuff.

MediaView.State will show a value that corresponds to Media.Playing , Media.Paused , Media.Stopped etc.

Thanks Bruce!

 Hey Bruce, I tried your timer code in my current project but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This form has the given video start at form open, your code sometimes takes 10-15 seconds before it tells me the mediaview is playing. I'll try to figure out why. As for your other suggestion, I created a fresh app (3.18) and downloaded the files to experiment with that. I put those 3 files in the .src directory and gb.media.form is NOT in the project properties. Right from the start I get "unknow identifier: MediaPlayer" on line 9 of FMediaPlayer.class. Did I miss a step? Your instructions seem fairly clear.

rj71 said

Hey Bruce, I tried your timer code in my current project but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This form has the given video start at form open, your code sometimes takes 10-15 seconds before it tells me the mediaview is playing. I'll try to figure out why. As for your other suggestion, I created a fresh app (3.18) and downloaded the files to experiment with that. I put those 3 files in the .src directory and gb.media.form is NOT in the project properties. Right from the start I get "unknow identifier: MediaPlayer" on line 9 of FMediaPlayer.class. Did I miss a step? Your instructions seem fairly clear.

This is strange. I just did 10 consecutive tests with your timer code. It worked just fine. I do not know why I had trouble with it initially. That issue "appears" to be solved   I would like to still play around with getting the new Mediaview code in a 3.18 app though.

MediaPlayer is from gb.media

you must still add gb.media for the MediaPlayer.class that MediaView uses.

just remove gb.media.form that is the now imported MediaView.class

then we can forget the Timer function

BruceSteers said

MediaPlayer is from gb.media

you must still add gb.media for the MediaPlayer.class that MediaView uses.

just remove gb.media.form that is the now imported MediaView.class

then we can forget the Timer function

Thanks Bruce. I should have realized that  

 Sorry to bother you again Bruce. I feel really silly about this but I don't understand how to play a video with this mediaview control. The code looks way more complex than what I've done with playing videos. Normally I would have 'MediaView1.URL = "path/to/some/file" then MediaView1.Play. I assume there is more to it?

 I don't know what you mean?

The code is what MediaView is.
You should not be using (modifying) the actual MediaView code to just play stuff.

by adding the component code to your project you are simply importing your own version of MediaView.

usage of a MediaView in your project is then the same as normal.

BruceSteers said

I don't know what you mean?

The code is what MediaView is.
You should not be using (modifying) the actual MediaView code to just play stuff.

by adding the component code to your project you are simply importing your own version of MediaView.

usage of a MediaView in your project is then the same as normal.

Thanks Bruce. I'll recheck to see what I did wrong. I'm actually working on another thing at the moment. I think I finally understand how to use a background task!