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How to access Metadata from audio files

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    Nisha_R
    wrote on 30 Dec 2016, 06:39 last edited by
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    @p3c0 Thank you ,
    i have tried with the below code, could you suggest if there are any changes to be made.

    Window {
        visible: true
        width: 640
        height: 480
         title: qsTr("Hello World")
    
         MouseArea {
            anchors.fill: parent
            onClicked: {
               a.play()
                console.log(a.title)
                                }
                                }
          MediaPlayer{
              id:a
    
              source: musicfile path
            readonly property string title: !!metaData.author && !!metaData.year  ? qsTr("%1 - %2").arg(metaData.author).arg(metaData.year): metaData.author && metaData.year && source}
    
    
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      wrote on 30 Dec 2016, 06:43 last edited by
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      @Nisha_R

      console.log(a.title)

      Shouldn't that be a.metaData.title ?

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        Nisha_R
        wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 05:30 last edited by
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        Thank you @p3c0
        still the output remains undefined!!

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          wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 05:41 last edited by
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          @Nisha_R Are you sure the media file contains metadata ?
          I just tried this example and in onPressed, console.log(playMusic.metaData.title) printed the title as expected.

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            Nisha_R
            wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 05:43 last edited by
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            @p3c0 i am sure the song contains the metadata because i have edited it online.
            could you please share the code you have worked on?

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              wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 05:47 last edited by
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              @Nisha_R Thats strange. Try following:

              import QtQuick 2.6
              import QtMultimedia 5.6
              
              Item {
                  width: 400
                  height: 400
              
                  Text {
                       text: "Click Me!";
                       font.pointSize: 24;
                       width: 150; height: 50;
              
                       MediaPlayer {
                           id: playMusic
                           source: "MySong.mp3"
                       }
                       MouseArea {
                           id: playArea
                           anchors.fill: parent
                           onPressed:  {
                               playMusic.play()
                               console.log(playMusic.metaData.title)
                               console.log(playMusic.metaData.albumTitle)
                               console.log(playMusic.metaData.genre)
                               console.log(playMusic.metaData.year)
                           }
                       }
                   }
              }
              
              

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                Nisha_R
                wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 08:42 last edited by
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                @p3c0 thank you.

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                  Nisha_R
                  wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 09:14 last edited by
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                  @p3c0 Thank you again,
                  i have got it right when i set the relative path for the mp3 file i,e the source , but when i try to access the mp3 files from resources it is still undefined.

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                    wrote on 2 Jan 2017, 09:26 last edited by
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                    @Nisha_R How did you set the source ?

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                      Nisha_R
                      wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 05:02 last edited by Nisha_R 1 Mar 2017, 05:03
                      #12

                      @p3c0 ,
                      i had initially dumped the mp3 files in resources folder and tried to access those in my code.

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                        wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 05:06 last edited by
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                        @Nisha_R No. I meant to say the source url. What does it look like? Can you post it ? Checking if the url from resource is correct.

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                          Nisha_R
                          wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 06:45 last edited by Nisha_R 1 Mar 2017, 06:54
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                          @p3c0 this is what i have given.
                          Audio {
                          id: playMusic
                          source: "qrc:/music/2.mp3;"
                          }
                          music being the folder in resources.

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                            wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 07:14 last edited by
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                            @Nisha_R Why the extra semicolon at the end in source ?
                            Does the Application Output show any errors ?

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                              Nisha_R
                              wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 07:23 last edited by
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                              @p3c0 there is no error with respect to the semicolon .
                              setting its path with respect to resources shows undefined, but when its relative path is set the metadata is displayed.

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                                wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 07:26 last edited by
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                                @Nisha_R Did you try removing the semicolon ?
                                Also are you sure the file is present at the same location in the resource ?

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                                  Nisha_R
                                  wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 09:46 last edited by
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                                  @p3c0
                                  yes , i have tried, still undefined.

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                                    wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 10:10 last edited by
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                                    @Nisha_R Does it play from resources ? Can you post a complete minimal example with this Audio element here?

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                                      Nisha_R
                                      wrote on 3 Jan 2017, 10:18 last edited by Nisha_R 1 Mar 2017, 12:00
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                                      @p3c0 okay that will be helpful.

                                      MediaPlayer{
                                                  id: player;
                                                  playlist: Playlist {
                                                      id: playlist
                                                      PlaylistItem { source: "qrc:/music/4.mp3"}
                                                      PlaylistItem { source: "qrc:/music/5.mp3"}
                                                  }
                                              }
                                       ListView {
                                                  model: playlist;
                                                  delegate: Text {
                                                      font.pixelSize: 16;
                                                      text: player.metaData.title+"\n"+player.metaData.albumArtist+"\n"+player.metaData.author;
                                                  }
                                              }
                                      Rectangle {
                                                  id: rectangle2
                                                  x: 182
                                                  y: 224
                                                  width: 78
                                                  height: 51
                                                  color: "#b35e5e"
                                                  MouseArea {
                                                      anchors.fill: parent;
                                                      onPressed: {
                                                          if (player.playbackState != Audio.PlayingState) {
                                                              player.play() }
                                                          else {
                                                              player.pause();
                                                                   }
                                                                            }
                                                          }
                                         }
                                      
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