Phonon minimum needs to play a video

Phonon minimum needs to play a video.

The documentation about Phonon [doc.qt.nokia.com] provided by Qt doesn’t give you an “out of the box” explanation on how to play a video using Phonon in Qt. That’s why I write this down in order to help a little.

Before you start testing, make sure that you have the right programs and or libs installed on your computer. Look here [doc.qt.nokia.com] for the setup you need.

You need only 4 items to get a video to play.

1. You need to have a Phonon::MediaObject [doc.qt.nokia.com]
2. You need to have a Phonon::VideoWidget [doc.qt.nokia.com]
3. You need to have a Phonon::AudioOutput [doc.qt.nokia.com]
4. add your .pro file with “+= phonon”

Then the code:

That’s all there is.

• Note: This code only works on local video files. I didn’t have YouTube videos and mms streaming working yet. When I do, I will edit this page.

It’s off course also possible for others to edit a working code.

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