Solved Playing mp3s from a qrc .py file using PyQt5.QtMultimedia?

[Shawn Driscoll]

With PyQt4, I was able to use Phonon to play ':/sound/track1.mp3' stored inside of a qrc .py file made from pyrcc4. Is something like this still do-able using QtMultimedia from PyQt5? Or does QtMultimedia only work for localfilename mp3s?

[SGaist]

It's not a local file. Use something like:

QMediaContent(QUrl("qrc:/sound/track1.mp3"))

[SGaist]

Hi,

IIRC, QtMultimedia will copy the file to a temporary file so the system can play if it can't do otherwise so it should work.

[Shawn Driscoll]

I get:

DirectShowPlayerService::doSetUrlSource: Unresolved error code 0x8007007b (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.)

When I try it.
I'm using:

QMediaContent(QUrl.fromLocalFile(':/sound/track1.mp3'))

And I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't be using QUrl for my content path.

[SGaist]

It's not a local file. Use something like:

QMediaContent(QUrl("qrc:/sound/track1.mp3"))

[Shawn Driscoll]

@SGaist Cool. It's playing now. Thank you.

[SGaist]

You're welcome !

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