get rgb values from getSnapshot()

[arnoldcruz]

hi,

i have this code snippet:

byte snap[] = videoControl.getSnapshot("encoding=png");
Image img = Image.createImage(snap, 0, snap.length);

int pixelValues[] = new int[img.getWidth * img.getHeight);
img.getRGB(pixelValues, ...);

in which the array pixelValues[] will have the RGB data of each pixel in the image. the problem is that my application slows down at createImage(), considering that this snippet loops. i don't really need to display the image.

i know that snap[] contains the data of the image encoded in png format.

my question is, is there a way to obtain the RGB pixel values straight from snap[] without using createImage()? code would be very much appreciated.

advance thanks!