[Qt-interest] Adding support for a new video format

[Daniel de Kok]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:46 PM,  <Oliver.Knoll at comit.ch> wrote:
> Fred Bacon wrote on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 5:39 PM:
>
>>> ...
>>> The Phonon backends will try to open your files using the codecs
>>> already present on your OS. ...
>>> ...
>> Okay, so how exactly do I add a new codec?  This is a really simple
>> format.
>
> But "using the codecs  already present on your OS" means that installing such codecs is a
> highly platform/framework-dependent way: For Windows you would look for something like
> "How to install codecs for Video For Windows", or "DirectShow filter". On Mac OS X I
> strongly guess you would "register" your codec using the QuickTime framework. On
> Unix/Linux a good guess would probably be something like "Video4Linux".

I haven't used the Phonon API either, but the following page provides
a good overview per operating system what backend is used:

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/phonon-overview.html#installing-phonon

You'll want to make a plugin/codec for a specific backend.

Take care,
Daniel