QMediaService

The QMediaService class provides a common base class for media service implementations. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaService

Detailed Description

Media services provide implementations of the functionality promised by media objects, and allow multiple providers to implement a QMediaObject .

To provide the functionality of a QMediaObject media services implement QMediaControl interfaces. Services typically implement one core media control which provides the core feature of a media object, and some number of additional controls which provide either optional features of the media object, or features of a secondary media object or peripheral object.

A pointer to media service’s QMediaControl implementation can be obtained by passing the control’s interface name to the requestControl() function.

QMediaPlayerControl *control = qobject_cast<QMediaPlayerControl *>(
        mediaService->requestControl("org.qt-project.qt.mediaplayercontrol/5.0"));

Media objects can use services loaded dynamically from plug-ins or implemented statically within an applications. Plug-in based services should also implement the QMediaServiceProviderPlugin interface. Static services should implement the QMediaServiceProvider interface. In general, implementing a QMediaService is outside of the scope of this documentation and support on the relevant mailing lists or IRC channels should be sought.

class PySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaService(parent)
param parent:

PySide2.QtCore.QObject

Construct a media service with the given parent . This class is meant as a base class for Multimedia services so this constructor is protected.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaService.releaseControl(control)
Parameters:

controlPySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaControl

Releases a control back to the service.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaService.requestControl(name)
Parameters:

name – str

Return type:

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QMediaControl

Returns a pointer to the media control implementing interface .

If the service does not implement the control, or if it is unavailable a null pointer is returned instead.

Controls must be returned to the service when no longer needed using the releaseControl() function.