QAudioDeviceInfo¶

The QAudioDeviceInfo class provides an interface to query audio devices and their functionality. More…

Synopsis¶

Functions¶

def __eq__ (other)
def __ne__ (other)
def deviceName ()
def isFormatSupported (format)
def isNull ()
def nearestFormat (format)
def preferredFormat ()
def realm ()
def supportedByteOrders ()
def supportedChannelCounts ()
def supportedCodecs ()
def supportedSampleRates ()
def supportedSampleSizes ()
def supportedSampleTypes ()

Static functions¶

def availableDevices (mode)
def defaultInputDevice ()
def defaultOutputDevice ()

Detailed Description¶

QAudioDeviceInfo lets you query for audio devices–such as sound cards and USB headsets–that are currently available on the system. The audio devices available are dependent on the platform or audio plugins installed.

A QAudioDeviceInfo is used by Qt to construct classes that communicate with the device–such as QAudioInput , and QAudioOutput .

You can also query each device for the formats it supports. A format in this context is a set consisting of a specific byte order, channel, codec, frequency, sample rate, and sample type. A format is represented by the QAudioFormat class.

The values supported by the device for each of these parameters can be fetched with supportedByteOrders() , supportedChannelCounts() , supportedCodecs() , supportedSampleRates() , supportedSampleSizes() , and supportedSampleTypes() . The combinations supported are dependent on the platform, audio plugins installed and the audio device capabilities. If you need a specific format, you can check if the device supports it with isFormatSupported() , or fetch a supported format that is as close as possible to the format with nearestFormat() . For instance:
QAudioFormat format;
format.setSampleRate(44100);
// ... other format parameters
format.setSampleType(QAudioFormat::SignedInt);

QAudioDeviceInfo info(QAudioDeviceInfo::defaultOutputDevice());

if (!info.isFormatSupported(format))
    format = info.nearestFormat(format);
The static functions defaultInputDevice() , defaultOutputDevice() , and availableDevices() let you get a list of all available devices. Devices are fetched according to the value of mode this is specified by the QAudio ::Mode enum. The QAudioDeviceInfo returned are only valid for the QAudio ::Mode.

For instance:
const auto deviceInfos = QAudioDeviceInfo::availableDevices(QAudio::AudioOutput);
for (const QAudioDeviceInfo &deviceInfo : deviceInfos)
    qDebug() << "Device name: " << deviceInfo.deviceName();
In this code sample, we loop through all devices that are able to output sound, i.e., play an audio stream in a supported format. For each device we find, we simply print the deviceName() .

See also

QAudioOutput QAudioInput

class PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo¶

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo(other)

param other:

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo

Constructs an empty QAudioDeviceInfo object.

Constructs a copy of other .

static PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.availableDevices(mode)¶

Parameters:: mode – Mode
Return type:

Returns a list of audio devices that support mode .

static PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.defaultInputDevice()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo

Returns the information for the default input audio device. All platform and audio plugin implementations provide a default audio device to use.

static PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.defaultOutputDevice()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo

Returns the information for the default output audio device. All platform and audio plugin implementations provide a default audio device to use.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.deviceName()¶

Return type:: str

Returns the human readable name of the audio device.

Device names vary depending on the platform/audio plugin being used.

They are a unique string identifier for the audio device.

eg. default, Intel, U0x46d0x9a4

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.isFormatSupported(format)¶

Parameters:: format – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioFormat
Return type:: bool

Returns true if the supplied settings are supported by the audio device described by this QAudioDeviceInfo .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.isNull()¶

Return type:: bool

Returns whether this QAudioDeviceInfo object holds a valid device definition.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.nearestFormat(format)¶

Parameters:: format – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioFormat
Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioFormat

Returns the closest QAudioFormat to the supplied settings that the system supports.

These settings are provided by the platform/audio plugin being used.

They are also dependent on the QAudio ::Mode being used.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.__ne__(other)¶

Parameters:: other – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo
Return type:: bool

Returns true if this QAudioDeviceInfo class represents a different audio device than other

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.__eq__(other)¶

Parameters:: other – PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo
Return type:: bool

Returns true if this QAudioDeviceInfo class represents the same audio device as other .

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.preferredFormat()¶

Return type:: PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioFormat

Returns the default audio format settings for this device.

These settings are provided by the platform/audio plugin being used.

They are also dependent on the QAudio ::Mode being used.

A typical audio system would provide something like:

Input settings: 8000Hz mono 8 bit.
Output settings: 44100Hz stereo 16 bit little endian.

PySide2.QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.realm()¶

Return type:: str

Returns the key that represents the audio plugin.

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