libphonon4qt5-dev 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu3 / usr / include / phonon4qt5 / phonon / backendcapabilities.h

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#ifndef Phonon_BACKENDCAPABILITIES_H
#define Phonon_BACKENDCAPABILITIES_H

#include "phonon_export.h"
#include "objectdescription.h"

#include <QtCore/QObject>


#ifdef __QT_SYNCQT__
// Tell syncqt that the BackendCapabilities namespace should be treated like a class
#pragma qt_class(Phonon::BackendCapabilities)
#pragma qt_sync_stop_processing
#endif

template<class T> class QList;
class QStringList;

namespace Phonon
{

/**
 * Collection of functions describing the capabilities of the Backend.
 *
 * \ingroup BackendInformation
 * \author Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
 */
namespace BackendCapabilities
{
    /** \class Notifier backendcapabilities.h phonon/BackendCapabilities
     * Notifications about backend capabilities.
     *
     * \ingroup BackendInformation
     */
    class Notifier : public QObject
    {
        Q_OBJECT
        Q_SIGNALS:
            /**
             * This signal is emitted if the capabilities have changed. This can
             * happen if the user has requested a backend change.
             */
            void capabilitiesChanged();

            /**
             * This signal is emitted when audio output devices were plugged or
             * unplugged.
             *
             * Check BackendCapabilities::availableAudioOutputDevices to get the
             * current list of available devices.
             */
            void availableAudioOutputDevicesChanged();

#ifndef PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE
            /**
             * This signal is emitted when audio capture devices were plugged or
             * unplugged.
             *
             * Check BackendCapabilities::availableAudioCaptureDevices to get the
             * current list of available devices.
             */
            void availableAudioCaptureDevicesChanged();
#endif //PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE

#ifndef PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE
            /**
             * This signal is emitted when video capture devices were plugged or
             * unplugged.
             *
             * Check BackendCapabilities::availableVideoCaptureDevices to get the
             * current list of available devices.
             */
            void availableVideoCaptureDevicesChanged();
#endif //PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE
    };

    /**
     * Use this function to get a QObject pointer to connect to one of the Notifier signals.
     *
     * \return a pointer to a QObject.
     *
     * To connect to the signal do the following:
     * \code
     * QObject::connect(BackendCapabilities::notifier(), SIGNAL(capabilitiesChanged()), ...
     * \endcode
     *
     * \see Notifier::capabilitiesChanged()
     * \see Notifier::availableAudioOutputDevicesChanged()
     * \see Notifier::availableAudioCaptureDevicesChanged()
     * \see Notifier::availableVideoCaptureDevicesChanged()
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT Notifier *notifier();

    /**
     * Returns a list of mime types that the Backend can decode.
     *
     * \see isMimeTypeAvailable()
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QStringList availableMimeTypes();

    /**
     * Often all you want to know is whether one given MIME type can be
     * decoded by the backend. Use this method in favor of availableMimeTypes()
     * as it can give you a negative answer without having a backend loaded.
     *
     * \see availableMimeTypes();
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT bool isMimeTypeAvailable(const QString &mimeType);

    /**
     * Returns the audio output devices the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of AudioOutputDevice objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported audio output device.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QList<AudioOutputDevice> availableAudioOutputDevices();

#ifndef PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE
    /**
     * Returns the audio capture devices the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of AudioCaptureDevice objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported audio capture device.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QList<AudioCaptureDevice> availableAudioCaptureDevices();
#endif //PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE

    /**
     * Returns the video output devices the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of VideoOutputDevice objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported video output device.
     */
//    PHONON_EXPORT QList<VideoOutputDevice> availableVideoOutputDevices();

#ifndef PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE
    /**
     * Returns the video capture devices the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of VideoCaptureDevice objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported video capture device.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QList<VideoCaptureDevice> availableVideoCaptureDevices();
#endif //PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE

    /**
     * Returns the video capture devices that have audio capture capabilities
     * that the backend supports. In effect, these are both video and audio
     * capture devices and one can connect them to both a VideoWidget and an
     * AudioOutput, for example.
     *
     * The resulting VideoCaptureDevices have a "hasaudio" property to true.
     *
     * \note These devices appear both in availableVideoCaptureDevices() and
     * availableAudioCaptureDevices()
     *
     * \warning Creating two separate MediaObject instances for the same capture
     * device, one for video and the other for audio, most probably doesn't work.
     * But, if there are two separate devices, use Experimental::AVCapture.
     *
     * \see availableVideoCaptureDevices()
     * \see availableAudioCaptureDevices()
     * \see Experimental::AVCapture
     */
#if !defined(PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE) && !defined(PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE)
    PHONON_EXPORT QList<VideoCaptureDevice> availableAVCaptureDevices();
#endif // NOT PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE AND NOT PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE

    /**
     * Returns the visualization effects the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of VisualizationEffect objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported visualization effect.
     */
//    PHONON_EXPORT QList<VisualizationDescription> availableVisualizations();

#ifndef QT_NO_PHONON_EFFECT
    /**
     * Returns descriptions for the audio effects the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of AudioEffectDescription objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported audio effect.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QList<EffectDescription> availableAudioEffects();
#endif //QT_NO_PHONON_EFFECT

//X     /**
//X      * Returns descriptions for the video effects the backend supports.
//X      *
//X      * \return A list of VideoEffectDescription objects that give a name and
//X      * description for every supported video effect.
//X      */
//X     PHONON_EXPORT QList<EffectDescription> availableVideoEffects();

    /**
     * Returns descriptions for the audio codecs the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of AudioCodec objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported audio codec.
     */
//    PHONON_EXPORT QList<AudioCodecDescription> availableAudioCodecs();

    /**
     * Returns descriptions for the video codecs the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of VideoCodec objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported video codec.
     */
//    PHONON_EXPORT QList<VideoCodecDescription> availableVideoCodecs();

    /**
     * Returns descriptions for the container formats the backend supports.
     *
     * \return A list of ContainerFormat objects that give a name and
     * description for every supported container format.
     */
//    PHONON_EXPORT QList<ContainerFormatDescription> availableContainerFormats();
} // namespace BackendCapabilities
} // namespace Phonon


#endif // Phonon_BACKENDCAPABILITIES_H
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