Size constraints for video for QML

SGaist

Why empty ? Its content should be the same as if you would build the resource within your application.
Likely because you were calling it on an empty file.
No, it should go in your application.

abanksdev

@SGaist @abanksdev said in Size constraints for video for QML:

rcc -binary myresource.qrc -o myresource.rcc

running it in my project dir results in the following:

-bash: rcc: command not found

I must be missing something totally obvious

SGaist

How did you install Qt ?

abanksdev

Nevermind I got that working.
Once I have the rcc file should I delete the qrc file that I built it from?
Moreover how do I set the source of a qml object to a rcc file?

I assumed I should use the same path that i registered in QResource::registerResource("/path/to/myresource.rcc"); but when i do that, i don't get any errors, but yet the video im trying to display doesn't show up

SGaist

No you don't, the .qrc file is a part of your sources the same as the rest of your code.

Again, no, use the same path as you would if it was embedded in your application.

abanksdev

So you mean I would use the qrc path 'qrc:/vidoes/filename' ?
Can you give me an example. I'm extremely new to this, I'm not sure what you mean by 'as if it was embedded in your application'

abanksdev

Okay, for clarity's sake, here's how I'm implementing this. Let me know if anything is completely off base.

The file I am trying to embed in my application: myMovie.mov

1.) I add a new resource file called 'videos.qrc' and add myMovie.mov file to it
2.) In the project's directory I register rcc -binary videos.qrc -o videos.rcc
3.) In main.cpp in main() I use QResource::registerResource("C:/Users...qtProject/videos.rcc")
4.) In video.qml:

MediaPlayer {
          id: video
          source: "qrc:/videos/myMovie.mov"
          autoPlay: true
}

VideoOutput{
          source: video

}

SGaist

Might be a silly question but does that video work correctly if you give the full path to it ?

abanksdev

Wow, good catch. It doesn't. Errrr
I tried giving it the qrc url and the local path. Unless it's just taking a long time to load, but I doubt that

SGaist

Rather the QuickTime format is not supported by the backend.