[Interest] QML Video with Phonon

[Mehmet İpek]

You can look for the file if exists with some other code (maybe with
QFileInfo) before setting it as source to qml item.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Robert Voinea <rvoinea at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi list
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> I have tried to create a QML Item for video playback using phonon. For
> that I am creating a video widget and display it in a QDeclarativeItem via
> a QGraphicsProxyWidget.
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> This is the tutorial I have used for inspiration
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> http://www.meegoexperts.com/2011/09/phonon-video-player-qml/
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> Everything works OK if the video is local or if the network path to the
> video source is OK (eg: reachable and not too slow).
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> If the network path is NOT ok (eg: video source is not available or
> network is slow) then the GUI freezes until the video is available... or a
> timeout is reached. This is unacceptable for my project.
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> I have been using for testing a local file AND a network webcam via RTSP
> protocol. Phonon backend vlc.
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> In the phonon documenation it is said that:
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> "Note also that most of the functions in this class are asynchronous. For
> instance, a media source may not play immediately after you call the play<http://doc.qt.digia.com/qt/phonon-videoplayer.html#play>()
> function."
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> Do you have some hints on how to make the GUI not to freeze if the media
> cannot be reached?... or while the media is loading?...
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> (As a backup I could be using QX11Embed and vlc... although I could not
> find the wid command line parameter for vlc...)
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> Thank you in advance! :)
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> Robert Voinea
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