Play sound in ubuntu linux suggestion

alexandros

Hello developers :)
QSound apparently doesn't work for linux because it requires NAS or something like this that it's not default and I don't want dependencies like this...

So, I've seen some libraries such as QtMultimedia or QAudioOutput that look really interesting (I don't want to use phonon because it is huge and I just want to play an audio file, nothing more) but they are not available (maybe available only for mobile programming if correct?)!
Why is this? What do you suggest me to do?
I run this version of Qt:
Qt 2.1.0 based on Qt 4.7.2 (32 bit)
and, as always, thanks in advance for any answers :) :)

dangelog

They ARE available even on desktop. You could just include the QtMultimedia module (QT += multimedia), but it's a much better idea to use the one available from QtMobility.

dialingo

Use QMediaPlayer!
It is part of Mobility. Ubuntu users find it in package qtmobility-dev

Mobility comes with a media player example.

alexandros

Hey, thanks, I have already tried including QT += multimedia in the project file but I got
@/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lQtMultimedia@ so I assumed it's not available :/

dialingo

Since mobility lives outside Qt the build system integration does not work reliably. It all depends on where Mobility is located.

If you have good luck this works:
@CONFIG += mobility
MOBILITY = multimedia@

If not do not despair. Simply add two includepathes (to QtMulitmediaKit and QtMobility) and a link path.

alexandros

Thanks, the last one worked fine :)