JavaFX animation slow moving image - javafx

Question

I'm trying to make a scrolling background; the hope is to connect it end to tail, so that it rotates the same "ribbon" around, and I place this at the back of my game.
I've been seeking the right way to achieve animating this. I can use an AnimationTimer as per my example, or a TimeLine. However, I want to move the animation speed much slower, and delaying updates to the timer causes jerking. I did add an int variable, which returns if less than "x" millis has passed, but it didn't look good.
What is a better way to accomplish this task?
import javafx.animation.AnimationTimer;
import javafx.scene.canvas.Canvas;
import javafx.scene.canvas.GraphicsContext;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
class ImageContainer extends VBox {
int w, h;
int sectionScrollWidth = 1;
int sections;
int sectionCounter = 0;
Image image;
Canvas canvas;
public ImageContainer() {
setVisible(true);
load();
w = (int) image.getWidth();
h = (int) image.getHeight();
canvas = new Canvas(w, h);
getChildren().add(canvas);
sections = w / sectionScrollWidth;
GraphicsContext gc = canvas.getGraphicsContext2D();
canvas.setVisible(true);
gc.drawImage(image, 0, 0, w, h);
setPrefSize(w, h);
final long startNanoTime = System.nanoTime();
new AnimationTimer() {
public void handle(long currentNanoTime) {
sectionCounter = sectionCounter - sectionScrollWidth;
canvas.setTranslateX(sectionCounter);
}
}.start();
// KeyValue kv1 = new KeyValue(canvas.translateXProperty(), 0);
// KeyValue kv2 = new KeyValue(canvas.translateXProperty(), 2000);
// KeyFrame kf1 = new KeyFrame(Duration.millis(3000), kv1, kv2);
// Timeline translate = new Timeline();
// translate.getKeyFrames().add(kf1);
// translate.play();
}
public void load() {
Path imagePath = Paths.get("./src/main/resources/ribbonImages/clouds.png");
File f = imagePath.toFile();
assert f.exists();
image = new Image(f.toURI().toString());
}
}

Answer 1

if (((System.nanoTime()-startNanoTime)/1000000000.0)<0.05) {
return;
}
else {
startNanoTime = System.nanoTime();
}
Added to the handle() method will force it to return if less than 0.05 secs have passed. Fairly obvious answer, but I didn't want to just delete my own question, in case this helps someone else.