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What's the fastest way to show JPG/JPEG images

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  • R_IrudezuR R_Irudezu

    @sierdzio I will post my code here:

    void MainWindow::showFrames()
    {
        QDirIterator it("/framesPath", QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
    
        it.next();  // Pass first..
        it.next();  // .. two dots
    
        QString nextFirstFile = it.next();
        QImage Img;
    
        Img.load(nextFirstFile);
        Img = Img.scaledToWidth(ui->QLabel1->width(), Qt::SmoothTransformation);
        ui->QLabel1->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Img));
    
        QFile imgFile(nextFirstFile );
        imgFile.remove();
    }
    

    The timer in constructor:

        frameTimer = new QTimer(this);
        connect(frameTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(showFrames()));
        frameTimer->start(35);
        frameTimer->setInterval(45);
    

    I don't know my approach is good or not, i need your help.

    @sierdzio as you say:
    "Lastly, if you can, try steaming the frames from your video source directly to your app."

    I said "I have to do it in this way. Because i'm manipulating frames with another program."

    @J-Hilk
    Dear J.Hilk, i've posted code how i'm trying to do. Maybe you can show me a little code example.

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    jsulm
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    wrote on last edited by
    #8

    @R_Irudezu No need to create QFile instance to delete a file, use http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfile.html#remove-1 instead.
    Use QDir::NoDotAndDotDot in QDirIterator it("/framesPath", QDirIterator::Subdirectories); and remove these two it.next().
    I'm not sure why you create a QImage first and then QPixmap. You can scale QPixmap as well: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qpixmap.html#scaled

    https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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    • R_IrudezuR R_Irudezu

      @sierdzio I will post my code here:

      void MainWindow::showFrames()
      {
          QDirIterator it("/framesPath", QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
      
          it.next();  // Pass first..
          it.next();  // .. two dots
      
          QString nextFirstFile = it.next();
          QImage Img;
      
          Img.load(nextFirstFile);
          Img = Img.scaledToWidth(ui->QLabel1->width(), Qt::SmoothTransformation);
          ui->QLabel1->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Img));
      
          QFile imgFile(nextFirstFile );
          imgFile.remove();
      }
      

      The timer in constructor:

          frameTimer = new QTimer(this);
          connect(frameTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(showFrames()));
          frameTimer->start(35);
          frameTimer->setInterval(45);
      

      I don't know my approach is good or not, i need your help.

      @sierdzio as you say:
      "Lastly, if you can, try steaming the frames from your video source directly to your app."

      I said "I have to do it in this way. Because i'm manipulating frames with another program."

      @J-Hilk
      Dear J.Hilk, i've posted code how i'm trying to do. Maybe you can show me a little code example.

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      sierdzio
      Moderators
      wrote on last edited by
      #9

      @R_Irudezu said in What's the most efficient way to use QLabel as video player:

      I said "I have to do it in this way. Because i'm manipulating frames with another program."

      Yes, but perhaps that other program supports sending the data through a pipe. Or you have some influence on that program and can request streaming support to be added. Et cetera

      (Z(:^

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      • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

        Also reading the additonal information you profided,

        Creating a new QImage/QPixmap via QImage("filepath") is horribly expensive. Holding a Image/Pixmap in memory and changing the bytes, read via QFile; Should be a good bit faster.

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        R_Irudezu
        wrote on last edited by
        #10

        @J.Hilk Can you make simple example. I don't know how to do it with QFile.

        Keizoku wa chikaranari.

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        • R_IrudezuR R_Irudezu

          @J.Hilk Can you make simple example. I don't know how to do it with QFile.

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          J.Hilk
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          wrote on last edited by J.Hilk
          #11

          @R_Irudezu

          this is of course untested. And as the comment says, you have to modfy the QbyteArray to actually get the rgb(a) values you want. You'll have too look that one up. Also the memberImage needs to have the same size as the images you want to load.

          void myWidget::showFrames()
          {
              QDirIterator it("/framesPath", QDir::NoDotAndDotDot, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
          
              memberQFile.setFileName(it.next());
              
              if(memberQFile.exists() && memberQFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)){
                  QByteArray data = memberQFile.readAll();
                  
                  //This will fail, the QByteArray has to be trimmed/changed according to img file/header
                  memcpy(memberImage.bits(),data.data(), data.size());
          
                  memberQFile.remove();//Also automatically closes the file
                  
                  update();//request repaint
              }
          }
          
          void myWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event)
          {
              QWidget::paintEvent(event);
              
              QPainter p(this);
              
              p.drawImage(rect(),memberImage, memberImage.rect());
          }
          

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          • K Offline
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            kuzulis
            Qt Champions 2020
            wrote on last edited by
            #12

            There are no efficient way with QLabel.

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              wrote on last edited by
              #13

              i've just edited the question, seperated with (____)

              Keizoku wa chikaranari.

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              • SGaistS Offline
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                SGaist
                Lifetime Qt Champion
                wrote on last edited by
                #14

                Hi,

                Jpeg decompression is expensive. What size are you images ? What quality ? And to what application are you going to send them ?

                You might want to consider using turbo-jpeg to handle the decompression.

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                Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                • SGaistS SGaist

                  Hi,

                  Jpeg decompression is expensive. What size are you images ? What quality ? And to what application are you going to send them ?

                  You might want to consider using turbo-jpeg to handle the decompression.

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                  wrote on last edited by R_Irudezu
                  #15

                  @SGaist I'm receiving jpeg data and decoding it with GDI+ in quality of between 30-50 (with a native c++ compiled .exe file)

                  long  quality = 50;
                  encoderParameters.Parameter[0].Value = &quality;
                  

                  All images save under a directory. I don't want to use any other decompress handling. Images are about 30-50 Kb and i just want to show them in a Qt item. (QLabel is very useless for this). All images will be shown with a QTimer (40 ms) and will be deleted.

                  Keizoku wa chikaranari.

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                  • SGaistS Offline
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                    SGaist
                    Lifetime Qt Champion
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #16

                    Where are you getting these images from in the first place ?

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                    • SGaistS SGaist

                      Where are you getting these images from in the first place ?

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                      R_Irudezu
                      wrote on last edited by R_Irudezu
                      #17

                      @SGaist I'm getting images from a .exe program written in C. The C program connects a camera, getting images, manipulate them with GDI+ and save them under a specific directory. The program uses some libraries, these libraries are not compatible with any of Qt versions.

                      Keizoku wa chikaranari.

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                        SGaist
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #18

                        Why are they not ?

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