Applet that buffers, then streams images

[jav-talker2]

Hi,

I've been given a difficult Java applet project and need some advice on how to best implement it.

I need to create an applet that will read and display a series of jpeg images in a sequence. When viewed in the right order, and at a rate of approx 12 images per second, the applet will act like a movie player.
I think this application would work best if a set number of images were read first and buffered before they were displayed.

I need to know whether there is something similar already available on open source. If not, are there any classes that can deal with image buffering?

Thanks

[Kram]

this method can be tricky to implement so here is a good page for it:

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=30419