3 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect.cpp b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect.cpp
index 83b28c453..cdf5ab300 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect.cpp
@@ -184,16 +184,20 @@ void QSoundEffect::setSource(const QUrl &url)
 /*!
     \qmlproperty int QtMultimedia::SoundEffect::loops
 
-    This property provides a way to control the number of times to repeat the sound on each play().
+    This property holds the number of times the sound is played. A value of 0 or 1 means
+    the sound will be played only once; set to SoundEffect.Infinite to enable infinite looping.
 
-    Set to SoundEffect.Infinite to enable infinite looping.
+    The value can be changed while the sound effect is playing, in which case it will update
+    the remaining loops to the new value.
 */
 
 /*!
     \property QSoundEffect::loops
-    This property provides a way to control the number of times to repeat the sound on each play().
+    This property holds the number of times the sound is played. A value of 0 or 1 means
+    the sound will be played only once; set to SoundEffect.Infinite to enable infinite looping.
 
-    Set to QSoundEffect::Infinite to enable infinite looping.
+    The value can be changed while the sound effect is playing, in which case it will update
+    the remaining loops to the new value.
 */
 
 /*!
@@ -213,8 +217,14 @@ int QSoundEffect::loopCount() const
 */
 
 /*!
-    Set the total number of times to repeat playing this sound effect on each play() call to \a loopCount.
-    Pass \c QSoundEffect::Infinite to repeat until stop() is called.
+    Set the total number of times to play this sound effect to \a loopCount.
+
+    Setting the loop count to 0 or 1 means the sound effect will be played only once;
+    pass \c QSoundEffect::Infinite to repeat indefinitely. The loop count can be changed while
+    the sound effect is playing, in which case it will update the remaining loops to
+    the new \a loopCount.
+
+    \sa loopsRemaining()
 */
 void QSoundEffect::setLoopCount(int loopCount)
 {
diff --git a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_pulse_p.cpp b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_pulse_p.cpp
index ef09cd90a..570870fc9 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_pulse_p.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_pulse_p.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ void QSoundEffectPrivate::setLoopCount(int loopCount)
     if (loopCount == 0)
         loopCount = 1;
     m_loopCount = loopCount;
+    if (m_playing)
+        setLoopsRemaining(loopCount);
 }
 
 qreal QSoundEffectPrivate::volume() const
@@ -647,7 +649,7 @@ void QSoundEffectPrivate::play()
             emptyStream();
             return;
         }
-        m_runningCount = m_loopCount;
+        setLoopsRemaining(m_loopCount);
         playSample();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_qaudio_p.cpp b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_qaudio_p.cpp
index aed8a7aea..2b4359ccf 100644
--- a/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_qaudio_p.cpp
+++ b/src/multimedia/audio/qsoundeffect_qaudio_p.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ void QSoundEffectPrivate::setLoopCount(int loopCount)
     if (loopCount == 0)
         loopCount = 1;
     d->m_loopCount = loopCount;
-    d->m_runningCount = loopCount;
+    if (d->m_playing)
+        setLoopsRemaining(loopCount);
 }
 
 qreal QSoundEffectPrivate::volume() const
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ QSoundEffect::Status QSoundEffectPrivate::status() const
 void QSoundEffectPrivate::play()
 {
     d->m_offset = 0;
-    d->m_runningCount = d->m_loopCount;
+    setLoopsRemaining(d->m_loopCount);
 #ifdef QT_QAUDIO_DEBUG
     qDebug() << this << "play";
 #endif
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ void QSoundEffectPrivate::setPlaying(bool playing)
 
 void QSoundEffectPrivate::setLoopsRemaining(int loopsRemaining)
 {
-    if (!d->m_runningCount && loopsRemaining)
+    if (d->m_runningCount == loopsRemaining)
         return;
 #ifdef QT_QAUDIO_DEBUG
     qDebug() << this << "setLoopsRemaining " << loopsRemaining;