videoPlayerExample

Learning Objectives

This example is designed to demonstrate how to play video in openFrameworks.

• How to load a video from the data/ folder
• How to play a video
• How to change the video playback speed
• How to use the mouse speed to control the video playback speed
• How to go to the previous/next frames using arrow keys
• How to iterate through a movie frame's pixels and use the pixel values to control the sizes of circles

Notice how movie.setSpeed(), movie.setPaused(), movie.setPosition(), movie.nextFrame(), movie.prevFrame() can be used to control the movie.

Expected Behavior

When launching this app, you should see a screen with the video we loaded on the left, and a stylized video (black circles with different sizes depending on pixel brightness) on the right.

Instructions for use:

• Try moving your cursor in order to change the video playback speed
• Try pressing the left and right arrow keys to go to the next/previous frame.

Classes used in this example

This example uses the following class:

• ofVideoPlayer