QMediaPlayer random start delay
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Qt version: 5.0.0
OS: Linux x86_64I'm writing a Guitar Hero like game (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like Guitar Hero).
When starting the QMediaPlayer I am having ~100ms of delay.
This is alot and causes the audio to run out of sync with the rest (read: events are not aligned with the music; thus ruining the experience).In the constructor I create the QMediaPlayer:
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player = new QMediaPlayer(0, QMediaPlayer::LowLatency);
player->setVolume(3); //set to default volume
connect(player, SIGNAL(mediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus)), this, SLOT(playerMediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus)));
@When the user picked a 'song' I set the url (QString s) as the media:
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QMediaContent content(QUrl::fromLocalFile(s));
player->setMedia(content, 0);
@When the QMediaPlayer::LoadedMedia is emitted I call the play method:
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player->play();
@When The QMediaPlayer::BufferedMedia is emitted I activate the rest of my application.
I used to use the Phonon mediaplayer. It did not have the random delay and worked like a charm.
Since Qt5 does not ship with Phonon by default, I wanted to try the built-in solution.
I also lack the knowledge to include Phonon into my Qt5 project.I posted the source code on "my website":http://evilmail.net23.net/qt5_hero.tar.gz.
You need the alter the audio path in the XML file to an existing one.Thanks in advance.
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I found out that the problem was not the QMediaPlayer, it was the Timer that triggers events.
The solution is to set the timer to be more presice:
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noteTimer->setTimerType(Qt::PreciseTimer);
@Problem solved :)
