The video player

In the previous section, we have learned how to create an audio player. In this chapter, we will further improvise our program and create a video player using Qt and C++.

Designing a user interface for video players

The next example is that of the video player. Since QMediaPlayer also supports video output, we can use the same user interface and C++ code from the previous audio player example, and just make some minor changes to it.

1. First, open project file (.pro) and add in another keyword, called multimediawidgets:

QT += core gui multimedia multimediawidgets

2. Then, open up mainwindow.ui and add a Horizontal Layout (name it as movieLayout) above the timeline slider. After that, right-click on the layout and select Morph into | QFrame. We then set its sizePolicy property to Expanding, Expanding:

3. After that, we set the QFrame's background to black color by setting its styleSheet property, like so:

background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 

4. The user interface should look something like the following...