Free and open-source Qt Media Player library based on FFmpeg.
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Designed to decode video/audio/subtitle frames.
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Supports FFmpeg Bitstream Filters and FFmpeg Filters including
filter_complex
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Supports multiple parallel filters for one input (one input frame produces multiple outputs).
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Supports decoding all available streams at the same time.
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Based on Qt platform the video frames are sent using specific hardware context:
VA-API
for Linux: DRM with EGL or X11 with GLX.VDPAU
for Linux.Video Toolbox
for macOS and iOS.D3D11
for Windows.MediaCodec
for Android.
Note: Not all ffmpeg decoders or filters support HW acceleration. In this case software decoders are used.
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It is up to an application to decide how to process the frames.
- But there is experimental support of converting the video frames to QtMultimedia's QVideoFrame for copy-free rendering if possible. Note: Not all Qt's renders support copy-free rendering. Also QtMultimedia does not always provide public API to render the video frames. And, of course, for best performance both decoding and rendering should be accelerated.
- Audio frames could be played by
QAVAudioOutput
which is a wrapper of QtMultimedia's QAudioSink
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Supports accurate seek, it starts playing the closest frame. No weird jumps on pts anymore.
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Supports DASH / mpd:
./qml_video https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8
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It is bundled directly into an app.
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Designed to be as simple and understandable as possible, to share knowledge about creating efficient FFmpeg applications.
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Might be used for media analytics software like qctools or dvrescue.
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Implements and replaces a combination of FFmpeg and FFplay:
ffmpeg -i we-miss-gst-pipeline-in-qt6mm.mkv -filter_complex "qt,nev:er,wanted;[ffmpeg];what:happened" - | ffplay -
but using QML or Qt Widgets:
./qml_video :/valbok "if:you:like[cats];remove[this]"
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QAVPlayer supports playing from an url or QIODevice or from avdevice:
player.setSource("http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4"); player.setSource("/home/lana/The Matrix Resurrections.mov"); // Playing from qrc QSharedPointer<QIODevice> file(new QFile(":/alarm.wav")); file->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly); QSharedPointer<QAVIODevice> dev(new QAVIODevice(file)); player.setSource("alarm", dev); // Getting frames from the camera in Linux player.setSource("/dev/video0"); // Or Windows player.setInputFormat("dshow"); player.setSource("video=Integrated Camera"); // Or MacOS player.setInputFormat("avfoundation"); player.setSource("default"); // Or Android player.setInputFormat("android_camera"); player.setSource("0:0"); player.setInputOptions({{"user_agent", "QAVPlayer"}}); // Using various protocols player.setSource("subfile,,start,0,end,0,,:/root/Downloads/why-qtmm-must-die.mkv");
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Easy getting video and audio frames:
QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &frame) { // QAVVideoFrame is comppatible with QVideoFrame QVideoFrame videoFrame = frame; // QAVVideoFrame can be converted to various pixel formats auto convertedFrame = frame.convert(AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P); // Easy getting data from video frame auto mapped = videoFrame.map(); // downloads data if it is in GPU qDebug() << mapped.format << mapped.size; // The frame might contain OpenGL or MTL textures, for copy-free rendering qDebug() << frame.handleType() << frame.handle(); }, Qt::DirectConnection); // Audio frames could be played using QAVAudioOutput QAVAudioOutput audioOutput; QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::audioFrame, [&](const QAVAudioFrame &frame) { // Access to the data qDebug() << autioFrame.format() << autioFrame.data().size(); audioOutput.play(frame); }, Qt::DirectConnection); QObject::connect(&p, &QAVPlayer::subtitleFrame, &p, [](const QAVSubtitleFrame &frame) { for (unsigned i = 0; i < frame.subtitle()->num_rects; i) { if (frame.subtitle()->rects[i]->type == SUBTITLE_TEXT) qDebug() << "text:" << frame.subtitle()->rects[i]->text; else qDebug() << "ass:" << frame.subtitle()->rects[i]->ass; } }, Qt::DirectConnection);
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Each action is confirmed by a signal:
// All signals are added to a queue and guaranteed to be emitted in proper order. QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::played, [&](qint64 pos) { qDebug() << "Playing started from pos" << pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::paused, [&](qint64 pos) { qDebug() << "Paused at pos" << pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::stopped, [&](qint64 pos) { qDebug() << "Stopped at pos" << pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::seeked, [&](qint64 pos) { qDebug() << "Seeked to pos" << pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::stepped, [&](qint64 pos) { qDebug() << "Made a step to pos" << pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::mediaStatusChanged, [&](QAVPlayer::MediaStatus status) { switch (status) { case QAVplayer::EndOfMedia: qDebug() << "Finished to play, no frames in queue"; break; case QAVplayer::NoMedia: qDebug() << "Demuxer threads are finished"; break; default: break; } });
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Accurate seek:
QObject::connect(&p, &QAVPlayer::seeked, &p, [&](qint64 pos) { seekPosition = pos; }); QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &frame) { seekFrame = frame; }); player.seek(5000) QTRY_COMPARE(seekPosition, 5000); QTRY_COMPARE(seekFrame.pts(), 5.0);
If there is a frame with needed pts, it will be returned as first frame.
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FFmpeg filters:
player.setFilter("crop=iw/2:ih:0:0,split[left][tmp];[tmp]hflip[right];[left][right] hstack"); // Render bundled subtitles player.setFilter("subtitles=file.mkv"); // Render subtitles from srt file player.setFilter("subtitles=file.srt"); // Multiple filters player.setFilters({ "drawtext=text=%{pts\\\\:hms}:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)*(4/5):box=1:[email protected]:fontsize=36[drawtext]", "negate[negate]", "[0:v]split=3[in1][in2][in3];[in1]boxblur[out1];[in2]negate[out2];[in3]drawtext=text=%{pts\\\\:hms}:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)*(4/5):box=1:[email protected]:fontsize=36[out3]" }); // Return frames from 3 filters with 5 outputs
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Step by step:
// Pausing will always emit one frame QObject::connect(&player, &QAVPlayer::videoFrame, [&](const QAVVideoFrame &frame) { receivedFrame = frame; }); if (player.state() != QAVPlayer::PausedState) { // No frames if it is already paused player.pause(); QTRY_VERIFY(receivedFrame); } // Always makes a step forward and emits only one frame player.stepForward(); // the same here but backward player.stepBackward();
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Multiple streams:
qDebug() << "Audio streams" << player.availableAudioStreams().size(); qDebug() << "Current audio stream" << player.currentAudioStreams().first().index() << player.currentAudioStreams().first().metadata(); player.setAudioStreams(player.availableAudioStreams()); // Return all frames for all available audio streams // Reports progress of playing per stream, like current pts, fps, frame rate, num of frames etc for (const auto &s : p.availableVideoStreams()) qDebug() << s << p.progress(s);
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HW accelerations:
QT_AVPLAYER_NO_HWDEVICE can be used to force using software decoding. The video codec is negotiated automatically.
VA-API
andVDPAU
for Linux: the frames are returned with OpenGL textures.Video Toolbox
for macOS and iOS: the frames are returned with Metal Textures.D3D11
for Windows: the frames are returned with D3D11Texture2D textures.MediaCodec
for Android: the frames are returned with OpenGL textures.
- QtMultimedia could be used to render video frames to QML or Widgets. See examples
- Qt 5.12 - 6.x is supported
QtAVPlayer should be directly bundled into an app. Some defines should be provided to opt some features.
QT_AVPLAYER_MULTIMEDIA
- enables support ofQtMultimedia
which requiresQtGUI
,QtQuick
etc.QT_AVPLAYER_VA_X11
- enables support oflibva-x11
for HW acceleration. For linux only.QT_AVPLAYER_VA_DRM
- enables support oflibva-drm
for HW acceleration. For linux only.QT_AVPLAYER_VDPAU
- enables support oflibvdpau
for HW acceleration. For linux only.
Include QtAVPlayer.pri in your pro file:
DEFINES = "QT_AVPLAYER_MULTIMEDIA"
INCLUDEPATH = ../../src/
include(../../src/QtAVPlayer/QtAVPlayer.pri)
FFmpeg on custom path:
$ qmake INCLUDEPATH ="/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/include" LIBS="-L/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/6.0/lib"
Include QtAVPlayer.cmake in your project:
# Path to QtAVPlayer
include_directories(QtAVPlayer/src)
set(QT_AVPLAYER_DIR QtAVPlayer/src/QtAVPlayer)
include(QtAVPlayer/src/QtAVPlayer/QtAVPlayer.cmake)
add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${QtAVPlayer_SOURCES})
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${QtAVPlayer_LIBS})
FFmpeg on custom path:
% cmake ../ -DQT_AVPLAYER_MULTIMEDIA=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/Qt/6.7.1/macos/lib/cmake -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ffmpeg/7.0_1/lib
Some exports could be also used: vars that point to libraries in armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86 and x86_64 target archs.
$ export AVPLAYER_ANDROID_LIB_ARMEABI_V7A=/opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib
$ export AVPLAYER_ANDROID_LIB_ARMEABI_V8A=/opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm64/ffmpeg/lib
$ export AVPLAYER_ANDROID_LIB_X86=/opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-x86/ffmpeg/lib
$ export AVPLAYER_ANDROID_LIB_X86_64=/opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-x86_64/ffmpeg/lib
$ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm64/ffmpeg/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
$ qmake DEFINES ="QT_AVPLAYER_MULTIMEDIA"
Don't forget to set extra libs in pro file for your app:
ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS = /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libavdevice.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libavformat.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libavutil.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libavcodec.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libavfilter.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libswscale.so /opt/mobile-ffmpeg/prebuilt/android-arm/ffmpeg/lib/libswresample.so