QAudioInput "Unknown Error"

smrk007

I'm trying to read audio data from a microphone using the QT API, and have been having some trouble with setting up a QIODevice that will let me read the data into a buffer.

Below is my existing code:

int main() {
QAudioInput *audio;

// Specifying format
QAudioFormat format;
format.setSampleRate(16000);
format.setChannelCount(1);
format.setSampleSize(8);
format.setCodec("audio/pcm");
format.setByteOrder(QAudioFormat::LittleEndian);
format.setSampleType(QAudioFormat::UnSignedInt);

QAudioDeviceInfo info = QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultInputDevice();
qWarning() << "Device being used:" << info.deviceName();

if (!info.isFormatSupported(format)) {
    qWarning() << "Default format not supported, trying to use the nearest.";
    format = info.nearestFormat(format);
}

// Setting up the input
audio = new QAudioInput(format);
qWarning() << "\nAudio initialisation error:" << audio->error();
qWarning() << "Audio initialisation state:" << audio->state() << "\n";


QIODevice *inputStream = audio->start();
qWarning() << "Audio stream start error:" << audio->error();
qWarning() << "Audio stream start state:" << audio->state() << "\n";

if (inputStream->waitForReadyRead(1000) == false) {
    qWarning() << inputStream->errorString();
    exit(1);
}

char input_data[512];
while (true) {
    inputStream->read(input_data,512);
}

return 0;
}

My output when I run is:

Device being used: "Built-in Microphone"

Audio initialisation error: NoError
Audio initialisation state: StoppedState 

QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread
Audio stream start error: NoError
Audio stream start state: IdleState 

"Unknown error"

I'm sure part of the problem is in the QObject::startTimer error, which clearly has to do with something that is happening inside of the QAudioInput object, but I have not been able to trace where this is coming from within the QAudioInput object by looking through the documentation.

In summary, what I'd like to know:

What is happening inside of QAudioInput when I call start(), and why would it cause the warning shown above?
Where could I find the implementation of the start() function so that I can see what's happening under the hood?

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

First thing, your not creating a QCoreApplication as the first step in your application, therefore Qt can't initialise it's internal state. Then you use a blocking loop so Qt wouldn't be able to work since you'd be strangulating the event loop. Finally, you don't start the event loop, so Qt can't do it's work.

The QAudioInput documentation shows some basics to get you started.