QMediaRecorder

The QMediaRecorder class is used for encoding and recording a capture session. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder

Synopsis

Functions

Slots

Signals

Detailed Description

The QMediaRecorder class is a class for encoding and recording media generated in a QMediaCaptureSession .

session = QMediaCaptureSession()
audioInput = QAudioInput()
session.setAudioInput(input)
recorder = QMediaRecorder()
session.setMediaRecorder(recorder)
recorder.setQuality(QMediaRecorder.HighQuality)
recorder.setOutputLocation(QUrl.fromLocalFile("test.mp3"))
recorder.record()
class PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder([parent=None])
Parameters

parentPySide6.QtCore.QObject

Constructs a media recorder which records the media produced by a microphone and camera. The media recorder is a child of parent.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.Quality

Enumerates quality encoding levels.

Constant

Description

QMediaRecorder.VeryLowQuality

QMediaRecorder.LowQuality

QMediaRecorder.NormalQuality

QMediaRecorder.HighQuality

QMediaRecorder.VeryHighQuality

New in version 6.1.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.EncodingMode

Enumerates encoding modes.

Constant

Description

QMediaRecorder.ConstantQualityEncoding

Encoding will aim to have a constant quality, adjusting bitrate to fit.

QMediaRecorder.ConstantBitRateEncoding

Encoding will use a constant bit rate, adjust quality to fit.

QMediaRecorder.AverageBitRateEncoding

Encoding will try to keep an average bitrate setting, but will use more or less as needed.

QMediaRecorder.TwoPassEncoding

The media will first be processed to determine the characteristics, and then processed a second time allocating more bits to the areas that need it.

New in version 6.1.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.RecorderState

Constant

Description

QMediaRecorder.StoppedState

The recorder is not active.

QMediaRecorder.RecordingState

The recording is requested.

QMediaRecorder.PausedState

The recorder is paused.

New in version 6.1.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.Error

Constant

Description

QMediaRecorder.NoError

No Errors.

QMediaRecorder.ResourceError

Device is not ready or not available.

QMediaRecorder.FormatError

Current format is not supported.

QMediaRecorder.OutOfSpaceError

No space left on device.

QMediaRecorder.LocationNotWritable

The output location is not writable.

New in version 6.1.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.actualLocation()
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

This property holds The actual location of the last media content..

The actual location is usually available after recording starts, and reset when new location is set or new recording starts.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.actualLocationChanged(location)
Parameters

locationPySide6.QtCore.QUrl

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.addMetaData(metaData)
Parameters

metaDataPySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioBitRate()
Return type

int

Returns the bit rate of the compressed audio stream in bits per second.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioBitRateChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioChannelCount()
Return type

int

Returns the number of audio channels.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioChannelCountChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioSampleRate()
Return type

int

Returns the audio sample rate in Hz.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.audioSampleRateChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.captureSession()
Return type

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaCaptureSession

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.duration()
Return type

int

This property holds the recorded media duration in milliseconds..

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.durationChanged(duration)
Parameters

duration – int

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.encoderSettingsChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.encodingMode()
Return type

EncodingMode

Returns the encoding mode.

See also

setEncodingMode() EncodingMode

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.encodingModeChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.error()
Return type

Error

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.errorChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.errorOccurred(error, errorString)
Parameters
  • errorError

  • errorString – str

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.errorString()
Return type

str

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.isAvailable()
Return type

bool

Returns true if media recorder service ready to use.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.mediaFormat()
Return type

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaFormat

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.mediaFormatChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.metaData()
Return type

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.metaDataChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.outputLocation()
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

This property holds the destination location of media content..

Setting the location can fail, for example when the service supports only local file system locations but a network URL was passed. If the operation fails an errorOccured() signal is emitted.

The output location can be relative or empty; in the latter case the recorder uses the system specific place and file naming scheme.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.pause()

Pauses recording.

The recorder state is changed to PausedState .

Depending on the platform, pausing recording may be not supported. In this case the recorder state is unchanged.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.quality()
Return type

Quality

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.qualityChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.record()

Start recording.

While the recorder state is changed immediately to c{ RecordingState }, recording may start asynchronously.

If recording fails error() signal is emitted with recorder state being reset back to QMediaRecorder::StoppedState.

Note

On mobile devices, recording will happen in the orientation the device had when calling record and is locked for the duration of the recording. To avoid artifacts on the user interface, we recommend to keep the user interface locked to the same orientation as long as the recording is ongoing using the contentOrientation property of QWindow and unlock it again once the recording is finished.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.recorderState()
Return type

RecorderState

This property holds The current state of the media recorder..

The state property represents the user request and is changed synchronously during record() , pause() or stop() calls. Recorder state may also change asynchronously when recording fails.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.recorderStateChanged(state)
Parameters

stateRecorderState

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setAudioBitRate(bitRate)
Parameters

bitRate – int

Sets the audio bitRate in bits per second.

See also

audioBitRate()

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setAudioChannelCount(channels)
Parameters

channels – int

Sets the number of audio channels.

A value of -1 indicates the recorder should make an optimal choice based on what is available from the audio source and the limitations of the codec.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setAudioSampleRate(sampleRate)
Parameters

sampleRate – int

Sets the audio sampleRate in Hz.

A value of -1 indicates the recorder should make an optimal choice based on what is available from the audio source, and the limitations of the codec.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setEncodingMode(arg__1)
Parameters

arg__1EncodingMode

Sets the encoding mode setting.

If ConstantQualityEncoding is set, the quality encoding parameter is used and bit rates are ignored, otherwise the bitrates are used.

See also

encodingMode() EncodingMode

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setMediaFormat(format)
Parameters

formatPySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaFormat

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setMetaData(metaData)
Parameters

metaDataPySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setOutputLocation(location)
Parameters

locationPySide6.QtCore.QUrl

This property holds the destination location of media content..

Setting the location can fail, for example when the service supports only local file system locations but a network URL was passed. If the operation fails an errorOccured() signal is emitted.

The output location can be relative or empty; in the latter case the recorder uses the system specific place and file naming scheme.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setQuality(quality)
Parameters

qualityQuality

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setVideoBitRate(bitRate)
Parameters

bitRate – int

Sets the video bitRate in bits per second.

See also

videoBitRate()

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setVideoFrameRate(frameRate)
Parameters

frameRate – float

Sets the video frameRate.

A value of 0 indicates the recorder should make an optimal choice based on what is available from the video source and the limitations of the codec.

See also

videoFrameRate()

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setVideoResolution(width, height)
Parameters
  • width – int

  • height – int

Sets the width and height of the resolution of the encoded video.

This is an overloaded function.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.setVideoResolution(arg__1)
Parameters

arg__1PySide6.QtCore.QSize

Sets the resolution of the encoded video to size.

Pass an empty QSize to make the recorder choose an optimal resolution based on what is available from the video source and the limitations of the codec.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.stop()

Stops recording.

The recorder state is changed to StoppedState .

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoBitRate()
Return type

int

Returns the bit rate of the compressed video stream in bits per second.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoBitRateChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoFrameRate()
Return type

float

Returns the video frame rate.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoFrameRateChanged()
PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoResolution()
Return type

PySide6.QtCore.QSize

Returns the resolution of the encoded video.

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaRecorder.videoResolutionChanged()