Play video in qt without codec dependency

[Bharathi]

How to play a video using qt without dependency of video codec???

[mrjj]

Hi
Most video are made with codecs and its required to play it back.
You can play gif animations directly but most format needs some sort of
codec.

So it comes to what platform and what format you use.

[Bharathi]

@mrjj I need to play video in raspberry pi.Is there any possible to include omxplayer in qt code??

[mrjj]

@Bharathi
hi, it would take a lot of work to run it inside Qt but you
can include it as extern app and simply run it via QProcess if
loose integration is acceptable.

Alternatively, u can use the VLC lib
https://github.com/vlc-qt/vlc-qt

[Bharathi]

@mrjj Same procedure is applicable for integrating VLC Player in qt???

[mrjj]

@Bharathi
well its a library so it would be embedded into your app.
Not besides it. Its far more work than using QProcess
to remote control omxplayer .

[Bharathi]

After integrating vlc libraries to the qt libraries,What are the further steps to embed vlc in app???

[mrjj]

@Bharathi
Hi , maybe this can provide more info
https://github.com/vlc-qt/vlc-qt/blob/master/tests/widgets/TestPlayer.cpp
You will need to some code to make small player.
Remember its not a player - its a lib for playing videos.
But it seems to have widgets to make it easy.