[SailfishDevel] Video playback in application

[AL13N]

Op maandag 17 februari 2014 00:23:32 schreef Mohammed Hassan:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:08:10PM +0100, AL13N wrote:
> > Op zondag 16 februari 2014 19:34:29 schreef Mohammed Hassan:
> > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 04:31:24PM +0100, Ove Kåven wrote:
> > > > Den 16. feb. 2014 11:32, skrev AL13N:
> > > > >Hi, but then... how is the gallery video playback working??? it uses
> > > > >VideoOutput as well...
> > > > 
> > > > If you mean the Jolla Gallery, then it apparently uses
> > > > GStreamerVideoOutput, not VideoOutput.
> > > 
> > > On the phone there is sailfish-components-media-qt5 RPM
> > > 
> > > do rpm -ql sailfish-components-media-qt5 and check
> > > /usr/lib/qt5/qml/Sailfish/Media/VideoPlayer.qml
> > > 
> > > Beware it's also a private API which might break in future updates.
> > > 
> > > It should be drop in replacement for VideoOutput but I really don't know
> > > much about that.
> > 
> > well...
> > 
> > on the phone, i found:
> > 
> > /usr/lib/qt5/qml/com/jolla/mediaplayer/VideoPlayer.qml
> > 
> > Therein VideoOutput is used (not GStreamerVideoOutput)... doesn't this
> > mean
> > the gallery app is using the VideoOutput?
> > 
> > oh wait... i just realized this is not the gallery, it's the media
> > player,... which currently only does Music... because VideoOutput doesn't
> > work?
> VideoOutput will simply not work.
> Please check /usr/lib/qt5/qml/Sailfish/Media/VideoPlayer.qml and use it as
> an example to get video working with your app. VideoOutput from
> QtMultimedia will simply not work.
> 
> I really told you all I know about the video playback WRT QML/QtMultimedia.
> I don't think I can add anything more.

No, i understand completely... in fact, this last lines were a realisation 
that i was wrong in thinking VideoOutput was working in gallery, since i was 
looking at the mediaplayer and not the gallery...