Raspberry pi + QtMultimedia + Alsa

[Arthux]

Hi !

I do this tutorial for crosscompiling Qt5.8 for my raspberry pi : https://wiki.qt.io/Raspberry_Pi_Beginners_Guide . Every thing it's ok. But when I cross compile for QtMultimedia, I get this :

~/opt/qt5/qtmultimedia$ /usr/local/qt5pi/bin/qmake 

Running configuration tests...
Done running configuration tests.

Configure summary:

Qt Multimedia:
  ALSA ................................... no
  GStreamer 1.0 .......................... no
  GStreamer 0.10 ......................... no
  Video for Linux ........................ yes
  OpenAL ................................. no
  PulseAudio ............................. no
  Resource Policy (libresourceqt5) ....... no
  DirectShow ............................. no
  Windows Media Foundation ............... no

Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'make install'.
Qt will be installed into '/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi'.

Prior to reconfiguration, make sure you remove any leftovers from
the previous build.

I'd like to use the USB microphone with QAudioInput library, but Qt doesn"t detect the microphone.

I can see the USB microphone in alsamixer program and work well with audacity.

I think the problem is "ALSA ...... no" when I qmake QtMultimedia. And I don't know how to switch to "yes" the line "ALSA".

So my question, how can I pass ALSA to Yes ?

Thank a lot for your help and sorry for my english.

[TioRoy]

You need to install the dev dependencies.

I don't like the method to mount an image to make the crosscompiling.
I prefer to boot the PI, install all dev dependencies on it. rsync files to my linux (to a sysroot dir).

This guide describes the steps. But note this guide compiles Qt with no X11.

[TioRoy]

Some time ago I've cross compile the Qt to my PI (Jessie)

I installed this dev deps. My Idea was to compile ALL Qt modules and plugins.

sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev libdbus-1-dev libfreetype6-dev libudev-dev libicu-dev libsqlite3-dev libxslt1-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev gstreamer-tools gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad libraspberrypi-dev libpulse-dev libx11-dev libglib2.0-dev libcups2-dev freetds-dev libsqlite0-dev libpq-dev libiodbc2-dev libmysqlclient-dev firebird-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg9-dev libgst-dev libxext-dev libxcb1 libxcb1-dev libx11-xcb1 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-image0 libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-shm0 libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-icccm4-dev libxcb-sync0 libxcb-sync1-dev libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxrender-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxi-dev libdrm-dev

[Arthux]

This installation must be done on the raspberry ? Because I installed what you told me on my raspberry to remake my image.

It gives the same thing ...

[TioRoy]

Hum... I'll try to reproduce here.

[Arthux]

It'is in the host pc. Alsa is detected in my virtual 32bits machine, but not in my 64bits machine.

I have an error when i compile qtmultimedia :

make[3] : on entre dans le répertoire « /home/user/opt/qt5/qtmultimedia/src/plugins/alsa »
/home/user/opt/gcc-4.7-linaro-rpi-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ -c -pipe -marm -mfpu=vfp -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -march=armv6zk -mabi=aapcs-linux -mfloat-abi=hard --sysroot=/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs -O2 -std=c++11 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I../../../include/QtMultimedia/5.8.1 -I../../../include/QtMultimedia/5.8.1/QtMultimedia -I../../../include -I../../../include/QtMultimedia -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtGui/5.8.1 -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtGui/5.8.1/QtGui -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtGui -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtCore/5.8.1 -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtCore/5.8.1/QtCore -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtNetwork -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/usr/local/qt5pi/include/QtCore -I.moc -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/opt/vc/include -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads -I/mnt/rasp-pi-rootfs/opt/vc/include/interface/vmcs_host/linux -I/usr/local/qt5pi/mkspecs/devices/linux-rasp-pi-g++ -o .obj/qalsaplugin.o qalsaplugin.cpp
In file included from qalsaplugin.cpp:41:0:
qalsaaudiodeviceinfo.h:55:28: fatal error: alsa/asoundlib.h: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
compilation terminated.
Makefile:850 : la recette pour la cible « .obj/qalsaplugin.o » a échouée
make[3]: *** [.obj/qalsaplugin.o] Erreur 1
make[3] : on quitte le répertoire « /home/user/opt/qt5/qtmultimedia/src/plugins/alsa »
Makefile:94 : la recette pour la cible « sub-alsa-make_first » a échouée
make[2]: *** [sub-alsa-make_first] Erreur 2
make[2] : on quitte le répertoire « /home/user/opt/qt5/qtmultimedia/src/plugins »
Makefile:95 : la recette pour la cible « sub-plugins-make_first » a échouée
make[1]: *** [sub-plugins-make_first] Erreur 2
make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /home/user/opt/qt5/qtmultimedia/src »
Makefile:44 : la recette pour la cible « sub-src-make_first » a échouée
make: *** [sub-src-make_first] Erreur 2

But libasound2-dev is already installed ...

Do you know what can I do ?

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Did you install the ALSA development package for your target ?

[edit: corrected question SGaist]

[Chrizzy87]

Hi everyone! I got the same issues. I'm a beginner in crosscompiling and just followed the tutorial: https://wiki.qt.io/RaspberryPi2EGLFS ; Now i want to capture Audio Data via USB Audio Adapter (ALSA) but cannot use the QtMultimedia library. Would appreciate it very much, if anyone can help and post a little tutorial about the steps which are different to the tutorial for enabling QtMultimedia. Thanks a lot!

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

The same question applies: did you install the ALSA dev packages on your target ?

[Arthux]

Install alsa dev on target and 32bits host machine and it work well. But I don't know for 64bits host machine ...

[SGaist]

It should apply the same for a 64bit host.

Do you mean you have it working properly now or is it still failing ?

[Arthux]

It's working with a 32bits virtual machine, I try the same thing with a 64bits machine

[jsulm]

@Arthux And what is the problem with 64bit machine? You just need to do the same as on 32bit.

[Arthux]

When I do qmake to qtmultimedia folder, QMake doesn't re-check alsa library. So it mark "no" to alsa plugin ...

[Arthux]

So, I finally do this tutorial : https://wiki.qt.io/RaspberryPi2EGLFS

It's perfect on 64bits host machine !

You must to install this libraries on the target (and purhaps on host machine) for alsa support on QtMultimedia before to do the tutorial :

sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev libdbus-1-dev libfreetype6-dev libudev-dev libicu-dev libsqlite3-dev libxslt1-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
libswscale-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev gstreamer-tools gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad libraspberrypi-dev libpulse-dev \
libx11-dev libglib2.0-dev libcups2-dev freetds-dev libsqlite0-dev libpq-dev libiodbc2-dev libmysqlclient-dev firebird-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg9-dev libgst-dev libxext-dev libxcb1 \
libxcb1-dev libx11-xcb1 libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-keysyms1-dev libxcb-image0 libxcb-image0-dev libxcb-shm0 libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-icccm4-dev \
libxcb-sync0 libxcb-sync1-dev libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-render-util0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxrender-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxi-dev libdrm-dev gstreamer0.10-alsa

I prefert to download all Qt Libraries with this repo :

git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git
cd qt5
./init-repository

And I had a little problem with icu and linaro toolchain. You can solve this with add "-no-icu" to configure the qt library.

And thank a lot, men, for your help !

[Chrizzy87]

Hey, thanks for your answers! I made some progress. I installed the dependencies and cloned the repository, Arthux posted. Configured it like described in the tutorial, but now I'm stuck at "sudo make install".

Ich get the following error message, saying that stdc-predef could not be found:

In file included from <command-line>:0:0:
/home/chrizzy/raspi/sysroot/usr/include/stdc-predef.h:59:1: error: one or more PCH files were found, but they were invalid
 #endif
 ^
/home/chrizzy/raspi/sysroot/usr/include/stdc-predef.h:59:1: error: use -Winvalid-pch for more information
/home/chrizzy/raspi/sysroot/usr/include/stdc-predef.h:59:1: fatal error: .pch/Qt5Multimedia: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
compilation terminated.
Makefile:15672: die Regel für Ziel „.obj/qmediacontrol.o“ scheiterte
make[3]: *** [.obj/qmediacontrol.o] Fehler 1
make[3]: Verzeichnis „/home/chrizzy/raspi/qt5complete/qtmultimedia/src/multimedia“ wird verlassen
Makefile:58: die Regel für Ziel „sub-multimedia-install_subtargets“ scheiterte
make[2]: *** [sub-multimedia-install_subtargets] Fehler 2
make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/chrizzy/raspi/qt5complete/qtmultimedia/src“ wird verlassen
Makefile:56: die Regel für Ziel „sub-src-install_subtargets“ scheiterte
make[1]: *** [sub-src-install_subtargets] Fehler 2
make[1]: Verzeichnis „/home/chrizzy/raspi/qt5complete/qtmultimedia“ wird verlassen
Makefile:633: die Regel für Ziel „module-qtmultimedia-install_subtargets“ scheiterte
make: *** [module-qtmultimedia-install_subtargets] Fehler 2

Has anyone an idea how to solve this? Thanks a lot in advance!

[Chrizzy87]

Solved it by adding the following argument to the ./configure call:

-no-pch