# Large image loading and display consider slow
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/large-image-loading-and-display-consider-slow/21016
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/large-image-loading-and-display-consider-slow/21016 "2020-05-18T13:19:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@IvanOi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/IvanOi)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/large-image-loading-and-display-consider-slow/21016/1 "2020-05-18T13:19:47Z")
Hi,
Currently, Iām using VLCJ for image loading and display process. I found out
Processing way slow in this area. Hopefully, Processing can take a lot into VLC
how they load the image and display. I would say quite fast.
[www.videolan.org](http://www.videolan.org)
Look like faster than OpenGL.
Thanks š
Ivan
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### Author:  [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/large-image-loading-and-display-consider-slow/21016/2 "2020-05-20T19:34:26Z")
Hi @IvanOi ā welcome to the forum.
What does using VLC have to do with using Processing? Sorry I am not understanding. What kind of sketch were you trying to make that you ended up using VLC instead? Were you trying to implement a VLC clone in Processing?
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### Author:  [@IvanOi](https://discourse.processing.org/u/IvanOi)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/large-image-loading-and-display-consider-slow/21016/3 "2020-05-20T23:57:38Z")
HI,
Sorry. Iām doing a comparison š
I need to load and view a 10MB picture.
Then I found out VLC much faster. Iām not sure what is behind the VLC can make it so fast. So, hope that Processing can figure it out and improve next time š
Thanks