Hi, I am currently using roImageCanvas to display multiple images simultaneously. The images are being pulled from the internet itself(they are not local) , the
logic(not the exact code) goes like this :
Main.brs
Sub Main()
'some code before
image_canvas=createObject("roImageCanvas")
images=get_images()
while true
msg=wait(0,msg_port)
if type(msg) = "roImageCanvasEvent" then '1 roImageCanvasEvent
if (msg.isRemoteKeyPressed()) then '2 is remote key pressed
'logic to check if direction keys are pressed
'if appropriate direction key is pressed
img_array=images.get_next_image(direction_key_index) 'here img_array is an roArray of roAssociativeArray
image_canvas.setLayer(1,img_array)
end if
end while
'some code afterwards
End Sub
image_all.brs
Function get_images() as Object
this={}
this.get_next_image=Function(direction_key_index as integer) as Object
url1=www.some-domain-name.com/image-name?+a_random_string_to_prevent_retrieving_image_from_cache
url2=www.some-domain-name.com/image-name?+a_random_string_to_prevent_retrieving_image_from_cache
img_aa_url1=associative_array_metadata_for_url_1
img_aa_url2=associative_array_metadata_for_url_2
images_a=[]
images_a.Append([img_aa_url1])
images_a.Append([img_aa_url2])
return images_a
end function
End Function
Although the things are working pretty okayish, but it takes atleast 40 seconds for the images on the screen to change after the direction keys are pressed. My internet speed currently is limited to 512Kbits/sec, could this be a problem due to my internet speed or is it due to image format or the ImageCanvas is not meant to pull images faster from the internet ? The images are not more than 80 Kbytes.. is there an efficient way to do this? to increase the speed so as to make the user experience seamless?
