Tarik

In Java, after I've created a jit.movie, with: 

JitterObject movie = new JitterObject("jit.movie");

...I can't query its dimensions. If I'd write:

Querying other attributes is no problem at all, but dims specifically is weird.

Is this the expected behaviour? How do I find out the dimensions of my movie?

Hi,
In Java, after I've created a jit.movie, with: 
JitterObject movie = new JitterObject("jit.movie");

...I can't query its dimensions. If I'd write:
dims = movie.getAttr("dim");
then dims just becomes null.

Querying other attributes is no problem at all, but dims specifically is weird.
Is this the expected behaviour? How do I find out the dimensions of my movie?

Hi,
In Java, after I've created a jit.movie, with: 
JitterObject movie = new JitterObject("jit.movie");
...I can't query its dimensions. If 

how-to-get-dimension-of-jit-movie-in-javamxj

I think the dimensions are an array. So it should be something like: int dims [] = movie.getAttr("dim"); . Also I believe you can also use the function: movie.getDim();

Yes, the dimensions should be an array. When I run the .getAttr("dim") or indeed the .getDim() method on a JitterMatrix, I get the expected result. However, this doesn't work for JitterObject objects within Java.

Thanks Timo,
Yes, the dimensions should be an array. When I run the .getAttr("dim") or indeed the .getDim() method on a JitterMatrix, I get the expected result. However, this doesn't work for JitterObject objects within Java.

I'm not entirely sure, but maybe you can do something like this:

JitterMatrix mat = new JitterMatrix();
mat.frommatrix(movie);
int dim[] = mat.getDim();

Thanks, I think somewhere along such lines I could find a solution indeed. Unfortunate though that this involves reading in a movie twice:

once using the JitterMatrix to determine its dimensions.

once using the JitterObject referring to a "jit.movie" to actually play it.

but if this is the only way, I'll use an alternate (equally ugly, but more cpu friendly) solution: scripting the creation of a jit.movie in the parent patcher of my mxj and controlling/querying it through send and receive.

If anyone knows why accessing dimensions in an internal jit.movie is impossible, they're very welcome to enlighten us!

Thanks, I think somewhere along such lines I could find a solution indeed. Unfortunate though that this involves reading in a movie twice:

once using the JitterMatrix to determine its dimensions.
once using the JitterObject referring to a "jit.movie" to actually play it.

use the "moviedim" attribute. this will give native file dimensions at file load time.

How to get dimension of jit.movie in Java/MXJ?