soloman 2.4b0

For the love of python and qml

soloman

For the love of python and qml

refer to milestone

Installation

pip install soloman

Python Usage

Play audio

from soloman import Audio


aud = Audio()
aud.play('/path/to/music.mp3')

Qml Usage

example.py

import soloman
...
engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
...
engine.load('example.qml')

Play audio

example.qml

import QtQuick 2.14
...
import soloman 2.2

SAudio {
    id: aud
}

Button {
    text: "Play"
    onClicked: aud.play('path/to/music.mp3')
}

Play videos

example.qml

Play a video file

import QtQuick 2.14
...
import soloman 2.1

SVideo {
    id: vid
}

Button {
    text: "Play video"
    onClicked: vid.play('path/to/video.mp4')
}

Play stills

Option one

...
    onClicked: vid.play('path/to/video_stills_01.jpg') # possibly the first image
...

Option two

...
    onClicked: vid.play('path/to/') # make sure folder contains only stills
...

Show cv2 frame

example.py

import sys
import cv2
import threading
from time import sleep

from PyQt5.QtGui import QGuiApplication
from PyQt5.QtQml QQmlApplicationEngine
import soloman

app = QGuiApplication(sys.argv)

# Create a QML engine.
engine = QQmlApplicationEngine()
engine.quit.connect(app.quit)
engine.load(QUrl('example.qml'))

# Get SVideo
vid = soloman.Video(engine)
vid.get_SVideo('screen_01')  # objectName goes here

# Capture
capture = cv2.VideoCapture(0)  # capture camera

def start_capt():
    # start thread
    o_thread = threading.Thread(target=_start_capt)
    o_thread.daemon = True
    o_thread.start()

def _start_capt():

    while True:

        ret, frame = capture.read()

        if not ret:
            break

        vid.show_frame(frame)
        sleep(1/24)

# Call to start capturing
start_capt()

# Run the app
ret_value = app.exec_()
capture.release()
sys.exit(0)

example.qml

import QtQuick 2.14
import QtQuick.Controls 2.14
import solomon 2.2

ApplicationWindow {
	visible: true
	width: 800
	height: 500

    SVideo {
        objectName: "screen_01"  // declare objectName to be used in python
    }

}

Wiki

The wiki can be located here