Add a file documenting what has changed from previous versions of MM.
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OTHER_FILES += \
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doc/src/cameraoverview.qdoc \
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doc/src/changes.qdoc \
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doc/src/multimediabackend.qdoc \
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doc/src/multimedia.qdoc \
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/****************************************************************************
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** Copyright (C) 2012 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/
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** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
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** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:FDL$
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** GNU Free Documentation License
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** Documentation License version 1.3 as published by the Free Software
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** $QT_END_LICENSE$
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****************************************************************************/
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/*!
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\page changes.html
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\title Changes in QtMultimedia
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\brief A description of changes in this version of QtMultimedia
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The QtMultimedia module in Qt 5 is a combination of the QtMultimedia module
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in Qt 4.x and the QtMultimediaKit module of QtMobility. It replaces both
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of these modules by combining the code. If you've previously used QtMultimedia
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there are not too many changes required for existing code, but there are some
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larger changes required for porting code that used QtMultimediaKit (most notably
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the namespace and header file prefix has changed, and the QMake pro file changes
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needed to enable QtMultimedia).
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One other change of note is that widget related classes (like \l QVideoWidget)
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are now in a new library (QtMultimediaWidgets).
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\section1 New features in 5.0
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There are a number of new features in QtMultimedia 5.0:
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\list
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\o Expanded QML API
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\o New \l QAudioRecorder class
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\o Volume support for QAudioOutput and QAudioInput
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\o More examples and documentation
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\o QML \l Torch class
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\o QSound moved from QtGui to QtMultimedia
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\o QSoundEffect available to C++ now, as well as QML
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\o FM Radio Data System classes and elements now available (\l QRadioData, \l RadioData)
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\o Various other API improvements and bugfixes
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\endlist
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\section1 Removed features
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A number of classes or features previously offered in QtMultimedia or QtMultimediaKit have
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been removed.
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\table 70%
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\header
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\o Removed feature
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\o Notes
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\row
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\o QMediaImageViewer
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\o This class (and related controls and services) were removed since
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their functionality was not suitable for many applications
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\endtable
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\section1 Changed features
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A number of classes previously offered in QtMultimedia or QtMultimediaKit have
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changed in ways that may affect previously written code. There may be other
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changes (like new features) that will not affect previously written code, and
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they are documented elsewhere.
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\table 70%
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\header
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\o Changed feature
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\o Notes
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\row
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\o QMake .pro file changes
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\o If you've used QtMultimediaKit in the past, you needed to put
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\code
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CONFIG += mobility
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MOBILITY += multimedia
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\endcode
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in your .pro file. Now you need to use:
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\code
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QT += multimedia
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\endcode
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or
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\code
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QT += multimedia multimediawidgets
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\endcode
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if you need to use the widget classes.
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\row
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\o Namespace changes
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\o For QtMultimediaKit the majority of the classes were in the
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normal Qt namespace (usually nothing, unless built specially). There
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was a QtMultimediaKit namespace for several enumerations. This namespace
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has now changed to QtMultimedia, so if you've used one of the
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\c SupportEstimate, \c EncodingQuality, \c EncodingMode or \c AvailabilityError
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enumerations you'll need to change your code. In fact, running a global
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search and replace on QtMultimediaKit (to replace it with QtMultimedia) will
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go a long way with porting your code.
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\row
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\o Meta-data enumeration changes
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\o In QtMultimediaKit the available meta-data keys were in an enumeration
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in the QtMultimediaKit namespace. These meta-data keys have been changed
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to string literals in the QtMultimedia::MetaData namespace - generally your
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source code will mostly be compatible unless you have created variables or
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parameters with the QtMultimedia::MetaData type - you should replace these
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with QStrings.
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\row
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\o Meta-data method changes
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\o In QtMultimediaKit the available meta-data was split between methods to
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access standard, pre-defined keys, and methods to access extensible free
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form key meta-data. These have been combined into a single method to
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access meta-data given a string key, and a list of pre-defined keys. If
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you've used the \c extendedMetaData method of any class, you will need
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to change your code to combine the standard and extended metadata methods.
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\row
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\o Qt Metatype registration
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\o In QtMultimedia 5.0 we've tried to make sure that we register any classes
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or types that would be useful to use in cross process signals or in
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QVariants. If you've previously added Q_DECLARE_METATYPE macros for any
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QtMultimedia class you will probably need to remove them.
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\row
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\o Video QML element
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\o If you've previously used the Video QML element you may be excited
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to learn that it should still work as expected, but you also have
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the choice of using the new MediaPlayer and VideoOutput elements
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together for more flexible and advanced use cases.
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\row
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\o QSoundEffect
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\o The SoundEffect QML element was public and accessible in QtMultimedaKit,
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and now the C++ version is also available. If you managed to use the
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private class previously, you'll need to update your code.
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\row
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\o Camera controls
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\o A large number of the camera controls (QCameraImageProcessingControl,
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QCameraFocusControl etc) have been updated to address a number of
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design flaws. If you have previously been using these classes, you
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should check the new design. In particular, a number of discrete
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accessor methods have been collapsed into parametrized methods, and
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the range or data type of some parameters has been adjusted.
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\endtable
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*/
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@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ For developers wishing to access some platform specific settings,
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or to port the Qt Multimedia APIs to a new platform or technology,
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see \l{Multimedia Backend Development}.
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\section1 Changes from previous versions
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If you've previously used QtMultimedia in Qt 4.x, or used QtMultimediaKit in QtMobility, please see
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\l {Changes in QtMultimedia} for more information on what has changed, and what you might need to
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change when porting code.
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\section1 Reference Documentation
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\section2 QML Elements
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