Qt Multimedia on Linux using the Wayland compositor

This page covers the availability of Qt Multimedia features on Linux with Wayland compositor.

Limitations

The screen capture feature requires the installation of:

The ScreenCast service supported via XDG Desktop Portal.
{https://pipewire.org/}{PipeWire} (0.3).

Due to restrictions of the Wayland protocol, the current screen can only be selected through the wizard displayed by the operation system when QScreenCapture instance is activated. For additional details, refer to the QScreenCapture class documentation.

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