title: A simple way of embedding a video in my Swing GUI
body: <p>I've been looking for a while now for a dead simple way of embedding a video into my Java Swing GUI. Am I chasing after the wind? Ideally, I would love to have something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>VideoPlayer video = new VideoPlayer("filename");
  frame.getContentPane().add(video);
  video.play();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I searching for something that doesn't exist? I've developing mainly for linux but with windows in mind as I might try and make my application cross platform in the future.</p>
  
  <p>Addtional information:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I've looked at JMF before and was unpleased at the amount of code needed before a video could actually be displayed and played. I might visit it again.</li>
  <li>I thought of an embedded browser that would play a video using VLC, but again not the easiest thing ever.</li>
  <li>I have complete control on the format of the videos to be played. They are fixed in number and can be recoded if needed.</li>
  </ul>