<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html><head><title>QAudioOutput Class Reference</title><style>h3.fn,span.fn { margin-left: 1cm; text-indent: -1cm } a:link { color: #004faf; text-decoration: none } a:visited { color: #672967; text-decoration: none } td.postheader { font-family: sans-serif } tr.address { font-family: sans-serif } body { background: #ffffff; color: black; } </style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">  </td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="index.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a> · <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a> · <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QAudioOutput Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtmultimedia.html">QtMultimedia</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QAudioOutput class provides an interface for sending audio data to an audio output device. <a href="#details">More...</a></p> <p>Inherits <a href="qobject.html">QObject</a>.</p><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#QAudioOutput">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QAudioFormat <i>format</i> = QAudioFormat(), QObject <i>parent</i> = None)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#QAudioOutput-2">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QAudioDeviceInfo <i>audioDevice</i>, QAudioFormat <i>format</i> = QAudioFormat(), QObject <i>parent</i> = None)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#bufferSize">bufferSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#bytesFree">bytesFree</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#elapsedUSecs">elapsedUSecs</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QAudio.Error <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QAudioFormat <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#format">format</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#notifyInterval">notifyInterval</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#periodSize">periodSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />int <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#processedUSecs">processedUSecs</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#reset">reset</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#resume">resume</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#setBufferSize">setBufferSize</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int <i>bytes</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#setNotifyInterval">setNotifyInterval</a></b> (<i>self</i>, int <i>milliSeconds</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QIODevice <i>device</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QIODevice <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#start-2">start</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" />QAudio.State <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#stop">stop</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#suspend">suspend</a></b> (<i>self</i>)</li></ul><h3>Qt Signals</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" />void <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#notify">notify</a></b> ()</li><li><div class="fn" />void <b><a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a></b> (QAudio::State)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QAudioOutput class provides an interface for sending audio data to an audio output device.</p> <p>You can construct an audio output with the system's <a href="qaudiodeviceinfo.html#defaultOutputDevice">default audio output device</a>. It is also possible to create QAudioOutput with a specific <a href="qaudiodeviceinfo.html">QAudioDeviceInfo</a>. When you create the audio output, you should also send in the <a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> to be used for the playback (see the <a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> class description for details).</p> <p>To play a file:</p> <p>Starting to play an audio stream is simply a matter of calling <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() with a <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>. QAudioOutput will then fetch the data it needs from the io device. So playing back an audio file is as simple as:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type"><a href="qfile.html">QFile</a></span> inputFile; <span class="comment">// class member.</span> <span class="type">QAudioOutput</span> <span class="operator">*</span>audioOutput; <span class="comment">// class member.</span> ... <span class="type">void</span> startPlaying() { inputFile<span class="operator">.</span>setFileName(<span class="string">"/tmp/test.raw"</span>); inputFile<span class="operator">.</span>open(<span class="type"><a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>ReadOnly); <span class="type"><a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a></span> format; <span class="comment">// Set up the format, eg.</span> format<span class="operator">.</span>setFrequency(<span class="number">8000</span>); format<span class="operator">.</span>setChannels(<span class="number">1</span>); format<span class="operator">.</span>setSampleSize(<span class="number">8</span>); format<span class="operator">.</span>setCodec(<span class="string">"audio/pcm"</span>); format<span class="operator">.</span>setByteOrder(<span class="type"><a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>LittleEndian); format<span class="operator">.</span>setSampleType(<span class="type"><a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>UnSignedInt); <span class="type"><a href="qaudiodeviceinfo.html">QAudioDeviceInfo</a></span> info(<span class="type"><a href="qaudiodeviceinfo.html">QAudioDeviceInfo</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>defaultOutputDevice()); <span class="keyword">if</span> (<span class="operator">!</span>info<span class="operator">.</span>isFormatSupported(format)) { <a href="qtcore.html#qWarning">qWarning</a>()<span class="operator"><</span><span class="operator"><</span><span class="string">"raw audio format not supported by backend, cannot play audio."</span>; <span class="keyword">return</span>; } audioOutput <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="type">QAudioOutput</span>(format<span class="operator">,</span> <span class="keyword">this</span>); connect(audioOutput<span class="operator">,</span>SIGNAL(stateChanged(<span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>State))<span class="operator">,</span>SLOT(finishedPlaying(<span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>State))); audioOutput<span class="operator">-</span><span class="operator">></span>start(<span class="operator">&</span>inputFile); } </pre> <p>The file will start playing assuming that the audio system and output device support it. If you run out of luck, check what's up with the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() function.</p> <p>After the file has finished playing, we need to stop the device:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type">void</span> finishedPlaying(<span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>State state) { <span class="keyword">if</span> (state <span class="operator">=</span><span class="operator">=</span> <span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>IdleState) { audioOutput<span class="operator">-</span><span class="operator">></span>stop(); inputFile<span class="operator">.</span>close(); <span class="keyword">delete</span> audioOutput; } } </pre> <p>At any given time, the QAudioOutput will be in one of four states: active, suspended, stopped, or idle. These states are described by the <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.State</a> enum. State changes are reported through the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal. You can use this signal to, for instance, update the GUI of the application; the mundane example here being changing the state of a <tt>play/pause</tt> button. You request a state change directly with <a href="qaudiooutput.html#suspend">suspend</a>(), <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stop">stop</a>(), <a href="qaudiooutput.html#reset">reset</a>(), <a href="qaudiooutput.html#resume">resume</a>(), and <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>().</p> <p>While the stream is playing, you can set a notify interval in milliseconds with <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setNotifyInterval">setNotifyInterval</a>(). This interval specifies the time between two emissions of the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#notify">notify</a>() signal. This is relative to the position in the stream, i.e., if the QAudioOutput is in the SuspendedState or the IdleState, the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#notify">notify</a>() signal is not emitted. A typical use-case would be to update a <a href="qslider.html">slider</a> that allows seeking in the stream. If you want the time since playback started regardless of which states the audio output has been in, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#elapsedUSecs">elapsedUSecs</a>() is the function for you.</p> <p>If an error occurs, you can fetch the <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">error type</a> with the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() function. Please see the <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.Error</a> enum for a description of the possible errors that are reported. When an error is encountered, the state changes to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.StoppedState</a>. You can check for errors by connecting to the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal:</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type">void</span> stateChanged(<span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>State newState) { <span class="keyword">switch</span> (newState) { <span class="keyword">case</span> <span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>StoppedState: <span class="keyword">if</span> (audioOutput<span class="operator">-</span><span class="operator">></span>error() <span class="operator">!</span><span class="operator">=</span> <span class="type"><a href="qaudio.html">QAudio</a></span><span class="operator">.</span>NoError) { <span class="comment">// Perform error handling</span> } <span class="keyword">else</span> { <span class="comment">// Normal stop</span> } <span class="keyword">break</span>; </pre><hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QAudioOutput" />QAudioOutput.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> <i>format</i> = QAudioFormat(), <a href="qobject.html">QObject</a> <i>parent</i> = None)</h3><p>The <i>parent</i> argument, if not None, causes <i>self</i> to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.</p><p>Construct a new audio output and attach it to <i>parent</i>. The default audio output device is used with the output <i>format</i> parameters.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="QAudioOutput-2" />QAudioOutput.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qaudiodeviceinfo.html">QAudioDeviceInfo</a> <i>audioDevice</i>, <a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> <i>format</i> = QAudioFormat(), <a href="qobject.html">QObject</a> <i>parent</i> = None)</h3><p>The <i>parent</i> argument, if not None, causes <i>self</i> to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.</p><p>Construct a new audio output and attach it to <i>parent</i>. The device referenced by <i>audioDevice</i> is used with the output <i>format</i> parameters.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="bufferSize" />int QAudioOutput.bufferSize (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the audio buffer size in bytes.</p> <p>If called before <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>(), returns platform default value. If called before <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() but <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setBufferSize">setBufferSize</a>() was called prior, returns value set by <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setBufferSize">setBufferSize</a>(). If called after <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>(), returns the actual buffer size being used. This may not be what was set previously by <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setBufferSize">setBufferSize</a>().</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setBufferSize">setBufferSize</a>().</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="bytesFree" />int QAudioOutput.bytesFree (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the free space available in bytes in the audio buffer.</p> <p>NOTE: returned value is only valid while in <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.ActiveState</a> or <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.IdleState</a> state, otherwise returns zero.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="elapsedUSecs" />int QAudioOutput.elapsedUSecs (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the microseconds since <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() was called, including time in Idle and Suspend states.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="error" /><a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.Error</a> QAudioOutput.error (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the error state.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="format" /><a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> QAudioOutput.format (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the <a href="qaudioformat.html">QAudioFormat</a> being used.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="notifyInterval" />int QAudioOutput.notifyInterval (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the notify interval in milliseconds.</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#setNotifyInterval">setNotifyInterval</a>().</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="periodSize" />int QAudioOutput.periodSize (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the period size in bytes.</p> <p>Note: This is the recommended write size in bytes.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="processedUSecs" />int QAudioOutput.processedUSecs (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the amount of audio data processed by the class since <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() was called in microseconds.</p> <p>Note: The amount of audio data played can be determined by subtracting the microseconds of audio data still in the systems audio buffer.</p> <pre class="cpp"> <span class="type"><a href="qtcore.html#qint64-typedef">long</a></span> bytesInBuffer <span class="operator">=</span> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#bufferSize">bufferSize</a>() <span class="operator">-</span> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#bytesFree">bytesFree</a>(); <span class="type"><a href="qtcore.html#qint64-typedef">long</a></span> usInBuffer <span class="operator">=</span> (<span class="type"><a href="qtcore.html#qint64-typedef">long</a></span>)(<span class="number">1000000</span>) <span class="operator">*</span> bytesInBuffer <span class="operator">/</span> ( channels() <span class="operator">*</span> sampleSize() <span class="operator">/</span> <span class="number">8</span> ) <span class="operator">/</span> frequency(); <span class="type"><a href="qtcore.html#qint64-typedef">long</a></span> usPlayed <span class="operator">=</span> processedUSecs() <span class="operator">-</span> usInBuffer; </pre> <h3 class="fn"><a name="reset" />QAudioOutput.reset (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Drops all audio data in the buffers, resets buffers to zero.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="resume" />QAudioOutput.resume (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Resumes processing audio data after a <a href="qaudiooutput.html#suspend">suspend</a>().</p> <p>Sets <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.NoError</a>. Sets <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.ActiveState</a> if you previously called start(<a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>*). Sets <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.IdleState</a> if you previously called <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>(). emits <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal.</p> <p>Note: signal will always be emitted during execution of the resume() function.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="setBufferSize" />QAudioOutput.setBufferSize (<i>self</i>, int <i>bytes</i>)</h3><p>Sets the audio buffer size to <i>value</i> in bytes.</p> <p>Note: This function can be called anytime before <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>(), calls to this are ignored after <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>(). It should not be assumed that the buffer size set is the actual buffer size used, calling <a href="qaudiooutput.html#bufferSize">bufferSize</a>() anytime after <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() will return the actual buffer size being used.</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#bufferSize">bufferSize</a>().</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="setNotifyInterval" />QAudioOutput.setNotifyInterval (<i>self</i>, int <i>milliSeconds</i>)</h3><p>Sets the interval for <a href="qaudiooutput.html#notify">notify</a>() signal to be emitted. This is based on the <i>ms</i> of audio data processed not on actual real-time. The minimum resolution of the timer is platform specific and values should be checked with <a href="qaudiooutput.html#notifyInterval">notifyInterval</a>() to confirm actual value being used.</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qaudiooutput.html#notifyInterval">notifyInterval</a>().</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="start" />QAudioOutput.start (<i>self</i>, <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> <i>device</i>)</h3><p>Uses the <i>device</i> as the <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> to transfer data. Passing a <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> allows the data to be transferred without any extra code. All that is required is to open the <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>.</p> <p>If able to successfully output audio data to the systems audio device the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.ActiveState</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.NoError</a> and the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal is emitted.</p> <p>If a problem occurs during this process the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.OpenError</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.StoppedState</a> and <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal is emitted.</p> <p>In either case, the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal may be emitted either synchronously during execution of the start() function or asynchronously after start() has returned to the caller.</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="start-2" /><a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> QAudioOutput.start (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns a pointer to the <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> being used to handle the data transfer. This <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a> can be used to write() audio data directly.</p> <p>If able to access the systems audio device the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.IdleState</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.NoError</a> and the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal is emitted.</p> <p>If a problem occurs during this process the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.OpenError</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() is set to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.StoppedState</a> and <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal is emitted.</p> <p>In either case, the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal may be emitted either synchronously during execution of the <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() function or asynchronously after <a href="qaudiooutput.html#start">start</a>() has returned to the caller.</p> <p><b>See also</b> <a href="qiodevice.html">QIODevice</a>.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="state" /><a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.State</a> QAudioOutput.state (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Returns the state of audio processing.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="stop" />QAudioOutput.stop (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Stops the audio output, detaching from the system resource.</p> <p>Sets <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.NoError</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.StoppedState</a> and emit <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal.</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="suspend" />QAudioOutput.suspend (<i>self</i>)</h3><p>Stops processing audio data, preserving buffered audio data.</p> <p>Sets <a href="qaudiooutput.html#error">error</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#Error-enum">QAudio.NoError</a>, <a href="qaudiooutput.html#state">state</a>() to <a href="qaudio.html#State-enum">QAudio.SuspendedState</a> and emit <a href="qaudiooutput.html#stateChanged">stateChanged</a>() signal.</p> <hr /><h2>Qt Signal Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="notify" />void notify ()</h3><p>This is the default overload of this signal.</p><p>This signal is emitted when x ms of audio data has been processed the interval set by setNotifyInterval(x).</p> <h3 class="fn"><a name="stateChanged" />void stateChanged (QAudio::State)</h3><p>This is the default overload of this signal.</p><p>This signal is emitted when the device <i>state</i> has changed. This is the current state of the audio output.</p> <address><hr /><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr class="address"><td align="left" width="25%">PyQt 4.10.3 for X11</td><td align="center" width="50%">Copyright © <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.com">Riverbank Computing Ltd</a> and <a href="http://www.qtsoftware.com">Nokia</a> 2012</td><td align="right" width="25%">Qt 4.8.5</td></tr></table></div></address></body></html>