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authorLars Knoll <lars.knoll@qt.io>2021-09-20 16:06:18 +0200
committerQt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>2021-09-21 17:42:58 +0000
commit304f4f7f3f645ef076995e81ee0af2163b8ba6f2 (patch)
tree898255ff35804cbae691c233ecddbb1d24a73853 /src/multimedia/doc/src/qt6-changes.qdoc
parent869936597b673cd5b659689c2f4eb0e439395451 (diff)
Various fixes to our overview doc pages
Correct various mistakes in our overview documentation and add some more detail in various places. Change-Id: Iff26e7f13646a7a421be49dcb473f64732367558 Reviewed-by: Nicholas Bennett <nicholas.bennett@qt.io> (cherry picked from commit 10733a6a8371d88af5f418dcae1a405f92ed2873) Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
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@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ Qt 5 can be ported with limited effort.
There are a number of new features in Qt Multimedia:
\list
\li QMediaCaptureSession class is the central object for media capture.
- \li QMediaRecorder class is now an abstract class for audio/video
- functionality. It handles encoding of data produced in a capture session.
+ \li QMediaRecorder class is now a class limited to recording audio and video.
+ It handles encoding of data produced in a capture session.
\li Using QMediaFormat and QMediaRecorder, setting up the desired encoding
when recording has changed significantly.
+ \li You can now also monitor the audio recorded by a capture session.
\li Support for selection of audio, video and subtitle tracks when playing
back media files has been added.
\li QAudioDecoder is now supported on all platforms.
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@ There are a number of new features in Qt Multimedia:
resolution and frame rate the camera should be using.
\row
\li QMediaContent
- \li The class has been removed. Use QMediaPlayList for playlists and
- QUrl for individual media files instead.
+ \li The class has been removed. Use QUrl for individual media files instead.
\row
\li QSound
\li Use QSoundEffect instead.
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ There are a number of new features in Qt Multimedia:
\section1 Changed features
-A number of classes previously offered in Qt Multimedia or Qt Multimedia Kit have
+A number of classes previously offered in Qt Multimedia have
changed in ways that may affect previously written code. The following table
highlights these changes.
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ highlights these changes.
\row
\li QCameraImageCapture renamed QImageCapture
\li None
+ \row
+ \li Audio inputs and outputs
+ \li QMediaPlayer and QMediaCaptureSession (and the corresponding QML types MediaPlayer and
+ CaptureSession) are not connected to any audio devices by default. Explicitly connect them
+ to a QAudioInput/AudioInput or QAudioOutput/AudioOutput to capture or play back audio.
+ \row
+ \li Capturing video
+ \li A capture session is by default not connected to a Camera. Connect it to a QCamera object
+ (Camera item) to be able to capture video or still images.
\endtable
*/