Remove some very out of date information.

The module overview still needs a lot of work.

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/*! /*!
\group multimedia \group multimedia
\title QtMobility Multimedia \title QtMultimedia
APIs to play and record media, and manage a collection of media content. APIs to play and record sound, play videos, access camera and radio hardware, and manage media playlists.
*/ */
/*! /*!
\page multimedia.html \page multimedia.html
\title Multimedia \title Multimedia
\brief Provides a set of APIs to play and record media, and manage a \brief Provides a set of APIs to play and record sound, play videos, access camera and radio hardware, and manage media playlists.
collection of media content.
\ingroup mobility
Multimedia provides a set of APIs that allow the developer to play, record Multimedia provides a set of APIs that allow the developer to play, record
and manage a collection of media content. It is dependent on the and manage a collection of media content. It also allows access and control to camera
QtMultimedia module. QtMultimedia is the recommended API to build multimedia or analog radio hardware.
applications using Qt. The Phonon API is no longer recommended.
\tableofcontents \tableofcontents
\section1 No Special Namespace
Unlike the other APIs in QtMobility, the Multimedia API is \i not in the
\i QtMobility namespace.
\section1 Overview \section1 Overview
This API delivers an easy to use interface to multimedia functions. The This API delivers an easy to use interface to multimedia functions. The
developer can use the API to display an image, or a video, record sound or play a developer can use the API to display an image, or a video, record sound or play a
multimedia stream. multimedia stream.
There are several benefits this API brings to Qt. Firstly, the
developer can now implement fundamental multimedia functions with minimal
code, mostly because they are already implemented. Also there is a great
deal of flexibility with the media source or the generated multimedia. The
source file does not need to be local to the device, it could be streamed
from a remote location and identified by a URL. Finally, many different
codecs are supported 'out
of the box'.
The supplied \l {qtmultimedia examples}{examples} give a good idea at the ease of use of the API. When The supplied \l {qtmultimedia examples}{examples} give a good idea at the ease of use of the API. When
the supporting user interface code is ignored we can see that functionality the supporting user interface code is ignored we can see that functionality
is immediately available with minimal effort. is immediately available with minimal effort.