[Qt-interest] do we have ffmpeg like in qt/qt-modules

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Thanks Karol Krizka,
I understood the Phonon now.
So do we have 'ffmpeg' like tool in Qt?
Does Qt has ffmpeg like module?
Or any plan to incorporate it into the Qt?
Thank you.



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Karol Krizka<kkrizka at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 16:06 +0530, _h_ wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Does Qt has ffmpeg like class or module?
>> Can anybody explain what is the difference between Phonon and ffmpeg?
>> Is it right Phonon is a wrapper around GStreamer on Linux ?
>>
> That's basically right. Phonon is just a wrapper around some decoding
> library. So on Linux, you can wrap around GStreamer or Xine. On Windows,
> you wrap around DirectShow. On Mac, you wrap around QuickTime.
>
> The idea is that Phonon does not have any functionality to play a video,
> instead it provides a common API for accessing the best available
> library, which varies from platform to platform. So as a result, it
> sucks at least as much as the available library in terms of support, not
> less.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Karol Krizka