QtMobility QMediaplayer::SetMedia()

[archerabi]

Hello,
So i have been experimenting with QMediaplayer from the QtMobility project.

i was able to play local files just fine.
I am trying to either provide a remote file or try providing QBuffer to SetMEdia() , but if i do that the player is stuck in the Loading state.
The docs for the QMediaplayer::setmedia dont exist .So reading the source points to the setmedia() function in QMediaPlayercontrol.But the QMediaplayercontrol.cpp class doesnt provide the source for the setMedia function.
SO my question is there a way to stream audio from a remote location or provide our own QIOdevice to QMediaplayer.

Thanks.

[lukiluuk]

Hi
I also tried to make streaming with QMediaplayer work. But I didn't succeed. So I cannot help you in that point. I now do it with the Phonon Framework and it works fine. So if you are not restricted to QMediaplayer, use Phonon.

Cheers, Lukas

[Zombieisme]

Hi lukiluuk !

Which Operating System do you use with Phonon ? Is it Symbian ?

[lukiluuk]

Yes, it is symbian.

[archerabi]

@lukiluuk i did try using phonon before and i wasn't able to give it a QIODevice .

QFile file("c:\\data\\images\\123.mp3");
    file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);

    QByteArray array =file.read(512*1024);
    QBuffer* buffer = new QBuffer(&array);
    buffer->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);

    mediaObject->setCurrentSource( Phonon::MediaSource(buffer));
    mediaObject->play();

but this wasnt able to play any audio.
Do you have any sample code that plays buffers or Streams from a URL?
That would be very helpful.
Thank you.

[lukiluuk]

You don't need to create an QIODevice. Simply open the file directly in the Mediasource constructor:

mediaObject->setCurrentSource( Phonon::MediaSource("c:\\data\\images\\123.mp3"));

This should work.

Cheers

[Shubz]

Hi

I have been trying to make an internet radio App for S60/Symbian^3 devices and I have tried various things. What I need to do is process the input stream (which basically contains mp3 data and some additional info) I parse the input string before passing the mp3 file to a QBuffer. I need to pass this QBuffer to an output device. I tried QAudioOutput in the beginning but i relaized that it supports only PCM and nothing else. QMediaPlayer can read MP3 files but we can't pass a QBuffer containing the same data and make it play it. I tried the above method but faced the same issue.

I then tried Phonon and got it to work in the Desktop (WinXP) environment. But when I build the same application for the Symbian platform, it fails to play it. I tried passing a mp3 file as lukiluuk mentioned. It plays when we pass a .mp3 file but not when we pass a QBuffer. How do I work this out. I have searched everywhere in the net without much success.

Plz Help