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| author | Michael Goddard <michael.goddard@nokia.com> | 2012-06-05 16:36:35 +1000 |
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| committer | Qt by Nokia <qt-info@nokia.com> | 2012-06-07 07:01:42 +0200 |
| commit | a8ec84e3ca3abec75f99801db9128bf9ea490e31 (patch) | |
| tree | 904b0cc2236f89d9c4ca5f3a561252d3228e026b /src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp | |
| parent | 32337e544082d30ebdd25a95c5b0ccccb4a9daf0 (diff) | |
Clarify the metadata functionality of QMediaPlayer.
By linking to QMediaObject functions. Also clean that up a bit so it's
a bit more useful for people looking for higher level functionality.
Change-Id: Ie452122c4d55f88326a7b71c5882dfe38f489791
Reviewed-by: Angus Cummings <angus.cummings@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ling Hu <ling.hu@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmytro Poplavskiy <dmytro.poplavskiy@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kovacic <daniel.kovacic@nokia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp | 23 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp b/src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp index dfb7a46e2..e9a620bb8 100644 --- a/src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp +++ b/src/multimedia/qmediaobject.cpp @@ -85,17 +85,20 @@ void QMediaObjectPrivate::_q_availabilityChanged() \ingroup multimedia \ingroup multimedia_core + It provides some basic functionality that is common to other high level classes + like \l QMediaPlayer, \l QAudioDecoder and \l QCamera, including availability + and meta-data functionality, as well as functionality to connect media objects + with support classes like QMediaPlaylist. - QMediaObject derived classes provide access to the functionality of a - QMediaService. Each media object hosts a QMediaService and uses the - QMediaControl interfaces implemented by the service to implement its - API. Most media objects when constructed will request a new - QMediaService instance from a QMediaServiceProvider, but some like - QMediaRecorder will share a service with another object. + The higher level QMediaObject derived classes provide the actual multimedia + functionality, by internally using a QMediaService. Each media object + hosts a QMediaService and uses the QMediaControl interfaces implemented by the service to implement its + API. These controls can be accessed from the media object if necessary, but in general + the useful functionality can be accessed from the higher level classes. - QMediaObject itself provides an API for accessing a media - service's \l {metaData()}{meta-data} and a means of connecting other media objects, - and peripheral classes like QVideoWidget and QMediaPlaylist. + Most media objects when constructed will request a new + QMediaService instance, but some like + QMediaRecorder and QAudioRecorder will share a service with another object. \sa QMediaService, QMediaControl */ @@ -338,6 +341,8 @@ bool QMediaObject::isMetaDataAvailable() const /*! Returns the value associated with a meta-data \a key. + + See the list of predefined \l {QtMultimedia::MetaData}{meta-data keys}. */ QVariant QMediaObject::metaData(const QString &key) const { |