(Youtube-) Video in a Swing GUI

[avalancha]

Hey everyone,

I'm currently trying to get a video playable in my Swing GUI but I just can't seem to do it, I really need your help please.
With google and the JMF I got this far:

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.media.CannotRealizeException;
import javax.media.Manager;
import javax.media.NoPlayerException;
import javax.media.Player;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
 
public class MediaPanel extends JFrame {
 
    public MediaPanel() {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout()); // use a BorderLayout
 
        // Use lightweight components for Swing compatibility
        Manager.setHint(Manager.LIGHTWEIGHT_RENDERER, true);
        
        URL mediaURL = null;
        
        try {
            mediaURL = new URL("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_Z_mQUBa8");
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            System.err.println(ex);
        }
        try {
            // create a player to play the media specified in the URL
            Player mediaPlayer = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(mediaURL);
 
            // get the components for the video and the playback controls
            Component video = mediaPlayer.getVisualComponent();
            Component controls = mediaPlayer.getControlPanelComponent();
 
            if (video != null) {
                add(video, BorderLayout.CENTER); // add video component
            }
            if (controls != null) {
                add(controls, BorderLayout.SOUTH); // add controls
            }
            mediaPlayer.start(); // start playing the media clip
        } // end try
        catch (NoPlayerException noPlayerException) {
            System.err.println("No media player found");
        } // end catch
        catch (CannotRealizeException cannotRealizeException) {
            System.err.println("Could not realize media player");
        } // end catch
        catch (IOException iOException) {
            System.err.println("Error reading from the source");
        } // end catch
    } // end MediaPanel constructor
}

But all I get when I run this is

Warning: The URL may not exist. Please check URL
No media player found

I have really spent a lot of time playing around with this, other links, other formats, other code, but this is the farthest I got and I need a couple of trained eyes to look at this I guess...

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Best regards,
Patrick

[Norm]

You should add a call to the printStackTrace() method in the catch blocks for better error information.

[avalancha]

You should add a call to the printStackTrace() method in the catch blocks for better error information.

Well the underlaying problem here is - I think - that it doesn't even go into one of my catch blocks!
I have tried this out with a couple more "System.out.println("I'm here");

Warning: The URL may not exist. Please check URL

is not triggered by one of those

Where would you place the calls?

[Norm]

Where would you place the calls?

in the catch blocks