[Interest] Using QCamera on a QML VideoOutput

[Jason H]

> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11:35 AM
> From: "Nuno Santos" <nunosantos at imaginando.pt>
> To: "interestqt-project.org" <interest at qt-project.org>
> Subject: [Interest] Using QCamera on a QML VideoOutput
>
> Hi,
> 
> I’m learning for the first time about Qt Multimedia Video capabilities and API.
> 
> I’ve been looking to the declarative examples for video and I have also browsed around the C++ classes correspondents. 
> 
> I’m trying to create a camera manager that lives on the C++ side, and that when a camera is selected, it display the camera output on the QML side, for instance, on a VideoOutput.
> 
> It seems that a VideoOutput qml element is not able to display a source that is a QCamera instance. However, using a Camera qml type as source of VideoOutput works perfectly. 
> 
> What am I missing? What’s the meeting point for both worlds?
> 
> My final goal is to have a source of video that I select in C++ side, I get access to it’s content for processing and then display it on the Qml side.
> 
> Maybe someone with more experience using Qt video capabilities could lead me in the right direction.


Not exactly sure I understand, but I think what you're looking for is a member property called "mediaObject" ?