Testing Random Access and other speeds ofQuickTimePlayer vs ofQTKitPlayer

main.cpp

#include "ofMain.h"
#include "testApp.h"
#include "ofAppGlutWindow.h"

//========================================================================
int main( ){
    ofAppGlutWindow window;
	ofSetupOpenGL(&window, 1024,768, OF_WINDOW);			// <-------- setup the GL context

	// this kicks off the running of my app
	// can be OF_WINDOW or OF_FULLSCREEN
	// pass in width and height too:
	ofRunApp( new testApp());

}

testApp.cpp

#include "testApp.h"

//--------------------------------------------------------------
void testApp::setup(){
	ofBackground(255, 255, 255);
    
    ofSetVerticalSync(true);
    
    int numReps = 10;
    cout << "uh" << endl;
    for(int i = 0; i < numReps; i++) {
        unsigned long now = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
        randomAccess();
        unsigned long then = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
        cout << "\tTotal: " << (then - now) << endl;
        cout << "------" << endl;
    }

    
}

void testApp::randomAccess() {
//    ofQuickTimePlayer player; // switch this on the branch
    ofQTKitPlayer player;
    
    
    unsigned long t0 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
    player.loadMovie("movies/fingers.mov");
    unsigned long t1 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();

    unsigned long t3 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
    for(int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
        player.setFrame(i);
    }
    unsigned long t4 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
    
    unsigned long t5 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
    player.close();
    unsigned long t6 = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
    
    cout << "Elapsed Micros For Load: " << (t1 - t0) << " Random Access: " << (t4-t3) << " Close: " << (t6-t5) << endl;

}


//--------------------------------------------------------------
void testApp::draw(){
}

testApp.h

#pragma once

#include "ofMain.h"

class testApp : public ofBaseApp {

	public:

    void setup();
    void draw();

    void loadFrames();
    void randomAccess();

};