QML Video element on Harmattan

[lostdev]

Hi all,

I have a simple test app:

import QtQuick 1.1
import QtMultimediaKit 1.1
import com.nokia.meego 1.0

Window {
    id: mainWindow

    Rectangle {
        id:           backgroundRectangle
        anchors.fill: parent
        color:        "black"

        MouseArea {
            id:           mouseArea
            anchors.fill: parent

            Video {
                id:           video
                anchors.fill: parent
                source:       "../video/look_around.mp4"
                fillMode:     Video.PreserveAspectFit
            }

            onClicked: {
                video.play();
            }
        }
    }
}

When I run this app on my N950 using Qt Creator (under developer account), this app works just fine - there is a video on the screen, when I press on it, it plays. So far so good. But when I try to run this app by pressing on N950 desktop icon, all I get is a black screen with no video. Tapping on MouseArea doesn't perform anything, still no video. I tried to run this app from user account via ssh (using devel-su user) to debug this strange behaviour, but no luck - if I run this app over ssh, it works just like as using Qt Creator. What should I do to be able to properly run this app by pressing on the desktop icon, or at least to get more information about problem (for example, grab some application output)?

Thanks in advance.

[lostdev]

Oh, false alarm. Just a typo in manifest.aegis

[hassan kassem]

How did you solved the problem?

[vineet.jain]

Well did you specified the correct credentials in manifest.aegis file which are required to play a video?

[hassan kassem]

the manifest file looks like this:

<aegis>
<request>
<credential name="GRP::video" />
<credential name="GRP:ulse-access" />
</request>
</aegis>

[hassan kassem]

I think the problem is with the path of the video because my qml files are within the resource file so I need to add that video to resource in order to reference it and as I conclude resource videos cannot be played

[vineet.jain]

Well you can add a folder in your project & put the video file inside that.Mention the folder path in the .Pro file as well

[hassan kassem]

Ok I've added using:
folder_01.source = qml/myapp/video
folder_01.target = qml
DEPLOYMENTFOLDERS = folder_01

Then how to access it from the main qml file (qml/myapp/main.qml)?

[vineet.jain]

I think this should work:
Video {

...
...
...
source: "video/Videofile.mp4"

[hassan kassem]

That is the problem it didn't work
I also tried to type source:"/opt/myapp/qml/video/videoFile.mp4" and didn't work

[vineet.jain]

see if post#8 helps here:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...layed-on-meego

[hassan kassem]

If I check the source it always add qrc: before my path how to avoid this

[vineet.jain]

Well i think that is because your qml files are inside qrc folder, so giving any path inside qml will append the qrc thing.Why not keep the qml files simpy inside the qml folder, i mean if you see in the project folder then it would be inside qml/myapp

[hassan kassem]

yes I know but in that case your source code is also deployed with the app (that should be published on ovi store) which is not needed.
Now I can access the video through file://opt/myapp/qml/video/videoFile.mp4 but the video element load the file and stop at status = 2 and the video is not shown but the onStopped: function is called

[vineet.jain]

Did you changed the Main() according to what is given in post#11's link (adding QGLWidget ).Also are you playing the video on some event or as soon as the app is launched?