QMediaPlayer Class
The QMediaPlayer class allows the playing of a media source. More...
Header: | #include <QMediaPlayer> |
qmake: | QT += multimedia |
Inherits: | QMediaObject |
Public Types
enum | Error { NoError, ResourceError, FormatError, NetworkError, AccessDeniedError, ServiceMissingError } |
enum | Flag { LowLatency, StreamPlayback, VideoSurface } |
flags | Flags |
enum | MediaStatus { UnknownMediaStatus, NoMedia, LoadingMedia, LoadedMedia, StalledMedia, …, InvalidMedia } |
enum | State { StoppedState, PlayingState, PausedState } |
Properties
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Public Functions
QMediaPlayer(QObject *parent = nullptr, QMediaPlayer::Flags flags = Flags()) | |
virtual | ~QMediaPlayer() |
QAudio::Role | audioRole() const |
int | bufferStatus() const |
QMediaContent | currentMedia() const |
QNetworkConfiguration | currentNetworkConfiguration() const |
QString | customAudioRole() const |
qint64 | duration() const |
QMediaPlayer::Error | error() const |
QString | errorString() const |
bool | isAudioAvailable() const |
bool | isMuted() const |
bool | isSeekable() const |
bool | isVideoAvailable() const |
QMediaContent | media() const |
QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus | mediaStatus() const |
const QIODevice * | mediaStream() const |
qreal | playbackRate() const |
QMediaPlaylist * | playlist() const |
qint64 | position() const |
void | setAudioRole(QAudio::Role audioRole) |
void | setCustomAudioRole(const QString &audioRole) |
void | setVideoOutput(QVideoWidget *output) |
void | setVideoOutput(QGraphicsVideoItem *output) |
void | setVideoOutput(QAbstractVideoSurface *surface) |
QMediaPlayer::State | state() const |
QList<QAudio::Role> | supportedAudioRoles() const |
QStringList | supportedCustomAudioRoles() const |
int | volume() const |
Reimplemented Public Functions
virtual QMultimedia::AvailabilityStatus | availability() const override |
Public Slots
void | pause() |
void | play() |
void | setMedia(const QMediaContent &media, QIODevice *stream = nullptr) |
void | setMuted(bool muted) |
void | setNetworkConfigurations(const QList<QNetworkConfiguration> &configurations) |
void | setPlaybackRate(qreal rate) |
void | setPlaylist(QMediaPlaylist *playlist) |
void | setPosition(qint64 position) |
void | setVolume(int volume) |
void | stop() |
Signals
void | audioAvailableChanged(bool available) |
void | audioRoleChanged(QAudio::Role role) |
void | bufferStatusChanged(int percentFilled) |
void | currentMediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media) |
void | customAudioRoleChanged(const QString &role) |
void | durationChanged(qint64 duration) |
void | error(QMediaPlayer::Error error) |
void | mediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media) |
void | mediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status) |
void | mutedChanged(bool muted) |
void | networkConfigurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &configuration) |
void | playbackRateChanged(qreal rate) |
void | positionChanged(qint64 position) |
void | seekableChanged(bool seekable) |
void | stateChanged(QMediaPlayer::State state) |
void | videoAvailableChanged(bool videoAvailable) |
void | volumeChanged(int volume) |
Static Public Members
QMultimedia::SupportEstimate | hasSupport(const QString &mimeType, const QStringList &codecs = QStringList(), QMediaPlayer::Flags flags = Flags()) |
Detailed Description
The QMediaPlayer class is a high level media playback class. It can be used to playback such content as songs, movies and internet radio. The content to playback is specified as a QMediaContent object, which can be thought of as a main or canonical URL with additional information attached. When provided with a QMediaContent playback may be able to commence.
player = new QMediaPlayer; connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(positionChanged(qint64))); player->setMedia(QUrl::fromLocalFile("/Users/me/Music/coolsong.mp3")); player->setVolume(50); player->play();
QVideoWidget can be used with QMediaPlayer for video rendering and QMediaPlaylist for accessing playlist functionality.
playlist = new QMediaPlaylist; playlist->addMedia(QUrl("http://example.com/movie1.mp4")); playlist->addMedia(QUrl("http://example.com/movie2.mp4")); playlist->addMedia(QUrl("http://example.com/movie3.mp4")); playlist->setCurrentIndex(1); player = new QMediaPlayer; player->setPlaylist(playlist); videoWidget = new QVideoWidget; player->setVideoOutput(videoWidget); videoWidget->show(); player->play();
Since QMediaPlayer is a QMediaObject, you can use several of the QMediaObject functions for things like:
- Accessing the currently playing media's metadata (QMediaObject::metaData() and predefined meta-data keys)
- Checking to see if the media playback service is currently available (QMediaObject::availability())
See also QMediaObject, QMediaService, QVideoWidget, and QMediaPlaylist.
Member Type Documentation
enum QMediaPlayer::Error
Defines a media player error condition.
Constant | Value | Description |
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QMediaPlayer::NoError | 0 | No error has occurred. |
QMediaPlayer::ResourceError | 1 | A media resource couldn't be resolved. |
QMediaPlayer::FormatError | 2 | The format of a media resource isn't (fully) supported. Playback may still be possible, but without an audio or video component. |
QMediaPlayer::NetworkError | 3 | A network error occurred. |
QMediaPlayer::AccessDeniedError | 4 | There are not the appropriate permissions to play a media resource. |
QMediaPlayer::ServiceMissingError | 5 | A valid playback service was not found, playback cannot proceed. |
enum QMediaPlayer::Flag
flags QMediaPlayer::Flags
Constant | Value | Description |
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QMediaPlayer::LowLatency | 0x01 | The player is expected to be used with simple audio formats, but playback should start without significant delay. Such playback service can be used for beeps, ringtones, etc. |
QMediaPlayer::StreamPlayback | 0x02 | The player is expected to play QIODevice based streams. If passed to QMediaPlayer constructor, the service supporting streams playback will be chosen. |
QMediaPlayer::VideoSurface | 0x04 | The player is expected to be able to render to a QAbstractVideoSurface output. |
The Flags type is a typedef for QFlags<Flag>. It stores an OR combination of Flag values.
enum QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus
Defines the status of a media player's current media.
Constant | Value | Description |
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QMediaPlayer::UnknownMediaStatus | 0 | The status of the media cannot be determined. |
QMediaPlayer::NoMedia | 1 | The is no current media. The player is in the StoppedState. |
QMediaPlayer::LoadingMedia | 2 | The current media is being loaded. The player may be in any state. |
QMediaPlayer::LoadedMedia | 3 | The current media has been loaded. The player is in the StoppedState. |
QMediaPlayer::StalledMedia | 4 | Playback of the current media has stalled due to insufficient buffering or some other temporary interruption. The player is in the PlayingState or PausedState. |
QMediaPlayer::BufferingMedia | 5 | The player is buffering data but has enough data buffered for playback to continue for the immediate future. The player is in the PlayingState or PausedState. |
QMediaPlayer::BufferedMedia | 6 | The player has fully buffered the current media. The player is in the PlayingState or PausedState. |
QMediaPlayer::EndOfMedia | 7 | Playback has reached the end of the current media. The player is in the StoppedState. |
QMediaPlayer::InvalidMedia | 8 | The current media cannot be played. The player is in the StoppedState. |
enum QMediaPlayer::State
Defines the current state of a media player.
Constant | Value | Description |
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QMediaPlayer::StoppedState | 0 | The media player is not playing content, playback will begin from the start of the current track. |
QMediaPlayer::PlayingState | 1 | The media player is currently playing content. |
QMediaPlayer::PausedState | 2 | The media player has paused playback, playback of the current track will resume from the position the player was paused at. |
Property Documentation
audioAvailable : const bool
This property holds the audio availabilty status for the current media.
As the life time of QMediaPlayer can be longer than the playback of one QMediaContent, this property may change over time, the audioAvailableChanged signal can be used to monitor it's status.
Access functions:
bool | isAudioAvailable() const |
Notifier signal:
void | audioAvailableChanged(bool available) |
audioRole : QAudio::Role
This property holds the role of the audio stream played by the media player.
It can be set to specify the type of audio being played, allowing the system to make appropriate decisions when it comes to volume, routing or post-processing.
The audio role must be set before calling setMedia().
customAudioRole is cleared when this property is set to anything other than QAudio::CustomRole.
This property was introduced in Qt 5.6.
Access functions:
QAudio::Role | audioRole() const |
void | setAudioRole(QAudio::Role audioRole) |
Notifier signal:
void | audioRoleChanged(QAudio::Role role) |
See also supportedAudioRoles().
bufferStatus : const int
This property holds the percentage of the temporary buffer filled before playback begins or resumes, from 0
(empty) to 100
(full).
When the player object is buffering; this property holds the percentage of the temporary buffer that is filled. The buffer will need to reach 100% filled before playback can start or resume, at which time mediaStatus() will return BufferedMedia or BufferingMedia. If the value is anything lower than 100
, mediaStatus() will return StalledMedia.
Access functions:
int | bufferStatus() const |
Notifier signal:
void | bufferStatusChanged(int percentFilled) |
See also mediaStatus().
currentMedia : const QMediaContent
This property holds the current active media content being played by the player object. This value could be different from QMediaPlayer::media property if a playlist is used. In this case currentMedia indicates the current media content being processed by the player, while QMediaPlayer::media property contains the original playlist.
Access functions:
QMediaContent | currentMedia() const |
Notifier signal:
void | currentMediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media) |
See also QMediaContent and media().
customAudioRole : QString
This property holds the role of the audio stream played by the media player.
It can be set to specify the type of audio being played when the backend supports audio roles unknown to Qt. Specifying a role allows the system to make appropriate decisions when it comes to volume, routing or post-processing.
The audio role must be set before calling setMedia().
audioRole is set to QAudio::CustomRole when this property is set.
This property was introduced in Qt 5.11.
Access functions:
QString | customAudioRole() const |
void | setCustomAudioRole(const QString &audioRole) |
Notifier signal:
void | customAudioRoleChanged(const QString &role) |
See also supportedCustomAudioRoles().
duration : const qint64
This property holds the duration of the current media.
The value is the total playback time in milliseconds of the current media. The value may change across the life time of the QMediaPlayer object and may not be available when initial playback begins, connect to the durationChanged() signal to receive status notifications.
Access functions:
qint64 | duration() const |
Notifier signal:
void | durationChanged(qint64 duration) |
error : const QString
This property holds a string describing the last error condition.
Access functions:
QString | errorString() const |
See also error().
media : QMediaContent
This property holds the active media source being used by the player object.
The player object will use the QMediaContent for selection of the content to be played.
By default this property has a null QMediaContent.
Setting this property to a null QMediaContent will cause the player to discard all information relating to the current media source and to cease all I/O operations related to that media.
Access functions:
QMediaContent | media() const |
void | setMedia(const QMediaContent &media, QIODevice *stream = nullptr) |
Notifier signal:
void | mediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media) |
See also QMediaContent and currentMedia().
mediaStatus : const MediaStatus
This property holds the status of the current media stream.
The stream status describes how the playback of the current stream is progressing.
By default this property is QMediaPlayer::NoMedia
Access functions:
QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus | mediaStatus() const |
Notifier signal:
void | mediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status) |
See also state.
muted : bool
This property holds the muted state of the current media.
The value will be true if the playback volume is muted; otherwise false.
Access functions:
bool | isMuted() const |
void | setMuted(bool muted) |
Notifier signal:
void | mutedChanged(bool muted) |
playbackRate : qreal
This property holds the playback rate of the current media.
This value is a multiplier applied to the media's standard play rate. By default this value is 1.0, indicating that the media is playing at the standard pace. Values higher than 1.0 will increase the rate of play. Values less than zero can be set and indicate the media will rewind at the multiplier of the standard pace.
Not all playback services support change of the playback rate. It is framework defined as to the status and quality of audio and video while fast forwarding or rewinding.
Access functions:
qreal | playbackRate() const |
void | setPlaybackRate(qreal rate) |
Notifier signal:
void | playbackRateChanged(qreal rate) |
playlist : QMediaPlaylist*
This property holds the media playlist being used by the player object.
The player object will use the current playlist item for selection of the content to be played.
By default this property is set to null.
If the media playlist is used as a source, QMediaPlayer::currentMedia is updated with a current playlist item. The current source should be selected with QMediaPlaylist::setCurrentIndex(int) instead of QMediaPlayer::setMedia(), otherwise the current playlist will be discarded.
Access functions:
QMediaPlaylist * | playlist() const |
void | setPlaylist(QMediaPlaylist *playlist) |
See also QMediaContent.
position : qint64
This property holds the playback position of the current media.
The value is the current playback position, expressed in milliseconds since the beginning of the media. Periodically changes in the position will be indicated with the signal positionChanged(), the interval between updates can be set with QMediaObject's method setNotifyInterval().
Access functions:
qint64 | position() const |
void | setPosition(qint64 position) |
Notifier signal:
void | positionChanged(qint64 position) |
seekable : const bool
This property holds the seek-able status of the current media
If seeking is supported this property will be true; false otherwise. The status of this property may change across the life time of the QMediaPlayer object, use the seekableChanged signal to monitor changes.
Access functions:
bool | isSeekable() const |
Notifier signal:
void | seekableChanged(bool seekable) |
state : const State
This property holds the media player's playback state.
By default this property is QMediaPlayer::Stopped
Access functions:
QMediaPlayer::State | state() const |
Notifier signal:
void | stateChanged(QMediaPlayer::State state) |
See also mediaStatus(), play(), pause(), and stop().
videoAvailable : const bool
This property holds the video availability status for the current media.
If available, the QVideoWidget class can be used to view the video. As the life time of QMediaPlayer can be longer than the playback of one QMediaContent, this property may change over time, the videoAvailableChanged signal can be used to monitor it's status.
Access functions:
bool | isVideoAvailable() const |
Notifier signal:
void | videoAvailableChanged(bool videoAvailable) |
See also QVideoWidget and QMediaContent.
volume : int
This property holds the current playback volume.
The playback volume is scaled linearly, ranging from 0
(silence) to 100
(full volume). Values outside this range will be clamped.
By default the volume is 100
.
UI volume controls should usually be scaled nonlinearly. For example, using a logarithmic scale will produce linear changes in perceived loudness, which is what a user would normally expect from a volume control. See QAudio::convertVolume() for more details.
Access functions:
int | volume() const |
void | setVolume(int volume) |
Notifier signal:
void | volumeChanged(int volume) |
Member Function Documentation
QMediaPlayer::QMediaPlayer(QObject *parent = nullptr, QMediaPlayer::Flags flags = Flags())
Construct a QMediaPlayer instance parented to parent and with flags.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::audioAvailableChanged(bool available)
Signals the availability of audio content has changed to available.
Note: Notifier signal for property audioAvailable.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::audioRoleChanged(QAudio::Role role)
Signals that the audio role of the media player has changed.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.
Note: Notifier signal for property audioRole.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::bufferStatusChanged(int percentFilled)
Signal the amount of the local buffer filled as a percentage by percentFilled.
Note: Notifier signal for property bufferStatus.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::currentMediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media)
Signals that the current playing content has been changed to media.
Note: Notifier signal for property currentMedia.
See also currentMedia() and mediaChanged().
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::customAudioRoleChanged(const QString &role)
Signals that the audio role of the media player has changed.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.11.
Note: Notifier signal for property customAudioRole.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::durationChanged(qint64 duration)
Signal the duration of the content has changed to duration, expressed in milliseconds.
Note: Notifier signal for property duration.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::error(QMediaPlayer::Error error)
Signals that an error condition has occurred.
Note: Signal error is overloaded in this class. To connect to this signal by using the function pointer syntax, Qt provides a convenient helper for obtaining the function pointer as shown in this example:
connect(mediaPlayer, QOverload<QMediaPlayer::Error>::of(&QMediaPlayer::error), [=](QMediaPlayer::Error error){ /* ... */ });
See also errorString().
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::mediaChanged(const QMediaContent &media)
Signals that the media source has been changed to media.
Note: Notifier signal for property media.
See also media() and currentMediaChanged().
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::mediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status)
Signals that the status of the current media has changed.
Note: Notifier signal for property mediaStatus.
See also mediaStatus().
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::mutedChanged(bool muted)
Signal the mute state has changed to muted.
Note: Notifier signal for property muted.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::networkConfigurationChanged(const QNetworkConfiguration &configuration)
Signal that the active in use network access point has been changed to configuration and all subsequent network access will use this configuration.
[slot]
void QMediaPlayer::pause()
Pause playing the current source.
[slot]
void QMediaPlayer::play()
Start or resume playing the current source.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::playbackRateChanged(qreal rate)
Signals the playbackRate has changed to rate.
Note: Notifier signal for property playbackRate.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::positionChanged(qint64 position)
Signal the position of the content has changed to position, expressed in milliseconds.
Note: Notifier signal for property position.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::seekableChanged(bool seekable)
Signals the seekable status of the player object has changed.
Note: Notifier signal for property seekable.
[slot]
void QMediaPlayer::setMedia(const QMediaContent &media, QIODevice *stream = nullptr)
Sets the current media source.
If a stream is supplied; media data will be read from it instead of resolving the media source. In this case the media source may still be used to resolve additional information about the media such as mime type. The stream must be open and readable.
Setting the media to a null QMediaContent will cause the player to discard all information relating to the current media source and to cease all I/O operations related to that media.
Note: This function returns immediately after recording the specified source of the media. It does not wait for the media to finish loading and does not check for errors. Listen for the mediaStatusChanged() and error() signals to be notified when the media is loaded and when an error occurs during loading.
Since Qt 5.12.2, the url scheme gst-pipeline
provides custom pipelines for the GStreamer backend.
player = new QMediaPlayer; player->setMedia(QUrl("gst-pipeline: videotestsrc ! autovideosink")); player->play();
If the pipeline contains a video sink element named qtvideosink
, current QVideoWidget can be used to render the video.
If the pipeline contains appsrc element, it will be used to push data from stream.
QImage img("images/qt-logo.png"); img = img.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32); QByteArray ba(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(img.bits()), img.sizeInBytes()); QBuffer buffer(&ba); buffer.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); player = new QMediaPlayer; player->setMedia(QUrl("gst-pipeline: appsrc blocksize=4294967295 ! \ video/x-raw,format=BGRx,framerate=30/1,width=200,height=147 ! \ coloreffects preset=heat ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=I420 ! jpegenc ! rtpjpegpay ! \ udpsink host=127.0.0.1 port=5000"), &buffer); player->play(); QMediaPlayer *receiver = new QMediaPlayer; videoWidget = new QVideoWidget; receiver->setVideoOutput(videoWidget); receiver->setMedia(QUrl("gst-pipeline: udpsrc port=5000 ! \ application/x-rtp,encoding-name=JPEG,payload=26 ! rtpjpegdepay ! jpegdec ! \ xvimagesink name=qtvideosink")); receiver->play(); // Content will be shown in this widget. videoWidget->show();
Note: Setter function for property media.
See also media().
[slot]
void QMediaPlayer::setNetworkConfigurations(const QList<QNetworkConfiguration> &configurations)
Sets the network access points for remote media playback. configurations contains, in ascending preferential order, a list of configuration that can be used for network access.
This will invalidate the choice of previous configurations.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::stateChanged(QMediaPlayer::State state)
Signal the state of the Player object has changed.
Note: Notifier signal for property state.
[slot]
void QMediaPlayer::stop()
Stop playing, and reset the play position to the beginning.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::videoAvailableChanged(bool videoAvailable)
Signal the availability of visual content has changed to videoAvailable.
Note: Notifier signal for property videoAvailable.
[signal]
void QMediaPlayer::volumeChanged(int volume)
Signal the playback volume has changed to volume.
Note: Notifier signal for property volume.
[virtual]
QMediaPlayer::~QMediaPlayer()
Destroys the player object.
[override virtual]
QMultimedia::AvailabilityStatus QMediaPlayer::availability() const
Reimplements: QMediaObject::availability() const.
QNetworkConfiguration QMediaPlayer::currentNetworkConfiguration() const
Returns the current network access point in use. If a default contructed QNetworkConfiguration is returned this feature is not available or that none of the current supplied configurations are in use.
QMediaPlayer::Error QMediaPlayer::error() const
Returns the current error state.
[static]
QMultimedia::SupportEstimate QMediaPlayer::hasSupport(const QString &mimeType, const QStringList &codecs = QStringList(), QMediaPlayer::Flags flags = Flags())
Returns the level of support a media player has for a mimeType and a set of codecs.
The flags argument allows additional requirements such as performance indicators to be specified.
const QIODevice *QMediaPlayer::mediaStream() const
Returns the stream source of media data.
This is only valid if a stream was passed to setMedia().
See also setMedia().
void QMediaPlayer::setVideoOutput(QVideoWidget *output)
Attach a QVideoWidget video output to the media player.
If the media player has already video output attached, it will be replaced with a new one.
void QMediaPlayer::setVideoOutput(QGraphicsVideoItem *output)
Attach a QGraphicsVideoItem video output to the media player.
If the media player has already video output attached, it will be replaced with a new one.
void QMediaPlayer::setVideoOutput(QAbstractVideoSurface *surface)
Sets a video surface as the video output of a media player.
If a video output has already been set on the media player the new surface will replace it.
QList<QAudio::Role> QMediaPlayer::supportedAudioRoles() const
Returns a list of supported audio roles.
If setting the audio role is not supported, an empty list is returned.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.
See also audioRole.
QStringList QMediaPlayer::supportedCustomAudioRoles() const
Returns a list of supported custom audio roles. An empty list may indicate that the supported custom audio roles aren't known. The list may not be complete.
This function was introduced in Qt 5.11.
See also customAudioRole.
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