Stop Playing a Video from QMediaPlayer at Position X












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I am new to Qt and I am using QMediaPlayer in one of my GUI projects and I want to stop the loaded video at a certain position X (input from user on a Line Edit) how would I be able to do this? I know I am able to set a starting position just by doing player->setPosition(Y) where Y is an integer but what about an ending position?










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    I am new to Qt and I am using QMediaPlayer in one of my GUI projects and I want to stop the loaded video at a certain position X (input from user on a Line Edit) how would I be able to do this? I know I am able to set a starting position just by doing player->setPosition(Y) where Y is an integer but what about an ending position?










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      I am new to Qt and I am using QMediaPlayer in one of my GUI projects and I want to stop the loaded video at a certain position X (input from user on a Line Edit) how would I be able to do this? I know I am able to set a starting position just by doing player->setPosition(Y) where Y is an integer but what about an ending position?










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      I am new to Qt and I am using QMediaPlayer in one of my GUI projects and I want to stop the loaded video at a certain position X (input from user on a Line Edit) how would I be able to do this? I know I am able to set a starting position just by doing player->setPosition(Y) where Y is an integer but what about an ending position?







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          One lesser option would be to use position() which returns the current position as a qint64 - if you call the play() method for your QMediaPlayer then use something like



            while (player.position() < input) {}
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();


          it will wait until the input position is reached. But the drawback to that approach is the blocking while loop and without knowing the intended application I don't know if that would be appropriate. It is probably better to use the QMediaPlayer::positionChanged signal (which is emitted based on the QMediaPlayer's notifyInterval), something like



            connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(checkPosition());


          where it is assumed this is the receiver and both player and input are scoped such that they are available to the slot checkPosition(). checkPosition() then looks something like



            checkPosition() {
          if (player.position() > input()) {
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();
          }
          }


          Of course you can also pass the player and the input to the checkPosition() slot but I neglected that for simplicity. Hope this helps.






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          • I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

            – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
            Nov 26 '18 at 4:38











          • This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 26 '18 at 8:23











          • The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 27 '18 at 0:11











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          One lesser option would be to use position() which returns the current position as a qint64 - if you call the play() method for your QMediaPlayer then use something like



            while (player.position() < input) {}
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();


          it will wait until the input position is reached. But the drawback to that approach is the blocking while loop and without knowing the intended application I don't know if that would be appropriate. It is probably better to use the QMediaPlayer::positionChanged signal (which is emitted based on the QMediaPlayer's notifyInterval), something like



            connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(checkPosition());


          where it is assumed this is the receiver and both player and input are scoped such that they are available to the slot checkPosition(). checkPosition() then looks something like



            checkPosition() {
          if (player.position() > input()) {
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();
          }
          }


          Of course you can also pass the player and the input to the checkPosition() slot but I neglected that for simplicity. Hope this helps.






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          • I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

            – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
            Nov 26 '18 at 4:38











          • This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 26 '18 at 8:23











          • The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 27 '18 at 0:11
















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          One lesser option would be to use position() which returns the current position as a qint64 - if you call the play() method for your QMediaPlayer then use something like



            while (player.position() < input) {}
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();


          it will wait until the input position is reached. But the drawback to that approach is the blocking while loop and without knowing the intended application I don't know if that would be appropriate. It is probably better to use the QMediaPlayer::positionChanged signal (which is emitted based on the QMediaPlayer's notifyInterval), something like



            connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(checkPosition());


          where it is assumed this is the receiver and both player and input are scoped such that they are available to the slot checkPosition(). checkPosition() then looks something like



            checkPosition() {
          if (player.position() > input()) {
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();
          }
          }


          Of course you can also pass the player and the input to the checkPosition() slot but I neglected that for simplicity. Hope this helps.






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          • I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

            – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
            Nov 26 '18 at 4:38











          • This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 26 '18 at 8:23











          • The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 27 '18 at 0:11














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          One lesser option would be to use position() which returns the current position as a qint64 - if you call the play() method for your QMediaPlayer then use something like



            while (player.position() < input) {}
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();


          it will wait until the input position is reached. But the drawback to that approach is the blocking while loop and without knowing the intended application I don't know if that would be appropriate. It is probably better to use the QMediaPlayer::positionChanged signal (which is emitted based on the QMediaPlayer's notifyInterval), something like



            connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(checkPosition());


          where it is assumed this is the receiver and both player and input are scoped such that they are available to the slot checkPosition(). checkPosition() then looks something like



            checkPosition() {
          if (player.position() > input()) {
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();
          }
          }


          Of course you can also pass the player and the input to the checkPosition() slot but I neglected that for simplicity. Hope this helps.






          share|improve this answer













          One lesser option would be to use position() which returns the current position as a qint64 - if you call the play() method for your QMediaPlayer then use something like



            while (player.position() < input) {}
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();


          it will wait until the input position is reached. But the drawback to that approach is the blocking while loop and without knowing the intended application I don't know if that would be appropriate. It is probably better to use the QMediaPlayer::positionChanged signal (which is emitted based on the QMediaPlayer's notifyInterval), something like



            connect(player, SIGNAL(positionChanged(qint64)), this, SLOT(checkPosition());


          where it is assumed this is the receiver and both player and input are scoped such that they are available to the slot checkPosition(). checkPosition() then looks something like



            checkPosition() {
          if (player.position() > input()) {
          player.stop(); // Or player.pause();
          }
          }


          Of course you can also pass the player and the input to the checkPosition() slot but I neglected that for simplicity. Hope this helps.







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          • I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

            – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
            Nov 26 '18 at 4:38











          • This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 26 '18 at 8:23











          • The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 27 '18 at 0:11



















          • I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

            – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
            Nov 26 '18 at 4:38











          • This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 26 '18 at 8:23











          • The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

            – patelvrajn
            Nov 27 '18 at 0:11

















          I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

          – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
          Nov 26 '18 at 4:38





          I was just about to suggest this. using position() was the only thing I could think of also.

          – cecil merrel aka bringrainfire
          Nov 26 '18 at 4:38













          This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

          – patelvrajn
          Nov 26 '18 at 8:23





          This helped alot, thank you! However, in case it leads to a segment fault which I have to fix now.

          – patelvrajn
          Nov 26 '18 at 8:23













          The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

          – patelvrajn
          Nov 27 '18 at 0:11





          The segment fault was caused by not disconnecting the positionChanged(qint64) signal from the checkPosition() slot after pausing/stopping the video in the checkPosition() slot function.

          – patelvrajn
          Nov 27 '18 at 0:11




















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