Here is an example of how to play an RTSP stream using libmpv in Qt:
First, you need to install the libmpv library in your system.
In your Qt project, add the libmpv library to your .pro file:
LIBS += -lmpv
Create a QWidget (e.g., QFrame) to act as a container for the video player.
In the constructor of your QWidget subclass, create an instance of libmpv and set its options:
#include <mpv/client.h>
#include <mpv/render_gl.h>
class VideoPlayer : public QFrame {
Q_OBJECT
public:
VideoPlayer(QWidget *parent = 0);
~VideoPlayer();
private:
mpv_handle *mpv;
};
VideoPlayer::VideoPlayer(QWidget *parent)
: QFrame(parent)
{
mpv = mpv_create();
mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "vo", "gpu");
mpv_set_option_string(mpv, "hwdec", "auto");
mpv_initialize(mpv);
}
- To play the RTSP stream, use the mpv_command function with the
loadfile
command and the URL of the stream:
void VideoPlayer::play(const QString &url)
{
const char *cmd[] = {"loadfile", url.toUtf8().constData(), NULL};
mpv_command(mpv, cmd);
}
- Finally, create a GL widget (e.g., QOpenGLWidget) to display the video output and attach it to the libmpv instance:
class VideoOutput : public QOpenGLWidget {
Q_OBJECT
public:
VideoOutput(QWidget *parent = 0);
~VideoOutput();
protected:
virtual void paintGL();
private:
mpv_handle *mpv;
mpv_opengl_cb_context *mpv_gl;
};
VideoOutput::VideoOutput(QWidget *parent)
: QOpenGLWidget(parent)
{
mpv = ((VideoPlayer*) parentWidget())->mpv;
mpv_gl = mpv_get_sub_api(mpv, MPV_SUB_API_OPENGL_CB);
mpv_opengl_cb_set_update_callback(mpv_gl, VideoOutput::onUpdate, this);
}
void VideoOutput::paintGL()
{
mpv_opengl_cb_draw(mpv_gl, defaultFramebufferObject(), width(), -height());
}
- Connect the widget to the player UI:
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
Q_OBJECT
public:
MainWindow();
private slots:
void onPlay();
void onStop();
private:
VideoPlayer *player;
QLineEdit *urlInput;
QPushButton *playButton;
};
MainWindow::MainWindow()
{
player = new VideoPlayer(this);
urlInput = new QLineEdit(this);
playButton = new QPushButton("Play", this);
QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout();
layout->addWidget(player);
layout->addWidget(urlInput);
layout->addWidget(playButton);
QWidget *widget = new QWidget(this);
widget->setLayout(layout);
}
void MainWindow::onPlay()
{
QString url = urlInput->text();
player->play(url);
}
void MainWindow::onStop()
{
mpv_command(player->mpv, (const char*[]){"stop", NULL});
}
That’s it! Now you can use the MainWindow
class to create a window with a video player that can play RTSP streams using libmpv.