> > If not is there a specific reason not > > to offer this functionality independently of a player? > > There were plans, there were also issues as we don't have a Java based mp4 > parser so we're relying on the underlying platforms (e.g. QTKit, > AVFoundation, etc..) to provide that data, which basically means we're > creating a player at the native level anyways. If you're using the horribly > outdated FXM format you get the benefit of a Java > > Deferring to native code absolutely makes sense but I didn't think that you > needed to create a player to obtain duration, width and height in > AVFoundation either.
No, but for the lack of a separate interface for metadata retrieval. In hindsight there were a number of things that should have been done differently :/ -DrD-
