[Qgis-developer] What about Phonon.so on MacOSX ?

Tue Dec 17 20:32:35 PST 2013

Got it.  Another missing bit in Qt - the phonon backend that actually does the video playback work.  Another package update coming soon. (tested and works)

On Dec 17, 2013, at 10:12 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Hmm, that blog video tutorial also has its own empty video problem - in Safari, in html mode (no flash), the video just disappears after loading the initial view.
> 
> So, don't know how to test the plugin...
> 
> On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Geo DrinX wrote:
> 
>> William,
>> 
>> 
>> also the QGis-2.0.1-6  has the same empty video box problem.  :(
>> 
>> BTW, here there is a link for the test video and gps data :
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugm7awhlwlt5yj3/Dati%20VUT.zip
>> 
>> 
>> and this a short tutorial, from my blog:
>> 
>> http://droneplanner.blogspot.it/2013/12/video-uav-tracker-plugin-per-qgis.html
>> 
>> 
>> I know, it's an italian language blog… I am sorry;  but, more than words, it's important the video shown.
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> 
>> Roberto
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/12/17 William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
>> Well, it's possible that it was compiled right after I committed a fix to the source this morning.  The package on my site is just a fix to the package without a rebuild, but the source fix should not break it like I did.
>> 
>> On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Geo DrinX wrote:
>> 
>>> It goes better.  I have some new:
>>> 
>>> I installed QGis 2.1-dev  and the plugin  VideoUAVTracker starts.  So, I selected the avi file, and I done the same actions as on Windows, but… the video window remains empty, as in attach tif.
>>> 
>>> Misterious.  No error message.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Roberto
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2013/12/17 William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
>>> D'oh!  Messed up, got it partially right.  I'll get another update out tonight.
>>> 
>>> On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Geo DrinX wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello William,
>>>> 
>>>> I installed now QGis 2.0.1-5 ,  but QtDBus is still missing.  :(
>>>> 
>>>> I had hoped … but  :)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Roberto
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 2013/12/17 William Kyngesburye <woklist at kyngchaos.com>
>>>> Ah, it's not that phonon is missing (it's not) but phonon needs QtDBus, and that is missing.  Must be a recent link requirement I missed.  Works for me because it finds it in my development environment.
>>>> 
>>>> I'll have to package an update with the needed QtDBus...
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Geo DrinX wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> William,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Phonon should be in the package.  I was able to install the plugin.  Does this work in the QGIS python console:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from PyQt4.phonon import Phonon
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From console, I had:
>>>>> 
>>>>> from PyQt4.phonon import Phonon
>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
>>>>>  File "/Applications/QGIS-2.01.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/qgis/utils.py", line 453, in _import
>>>>>    mod = _builtin_import(name, globals, locals, fromlist, level)
>>>>> ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/QGIS-2.01.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/PyQt4/phonon.so, 2): Library not loaded: QtDBus.framework/Versions/4/QtDBus
>>>>>  Referenced from: /Applications/QGIS-2.01.app/Contents/MacOS/../Resources/python/PyQt4/phonon.so
>>>>>  Reason: image not found
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> In reality, I have the   phonon.so  in this other path:
>>>>> 
>>>>> /Applications/QGIS-2.01.app/Contents/Resources/python/PyQt4/phonon.so
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have QGis 2.0.1-4 .
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Misterious.   What I need to do ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for any other info
>>>>> 
>>>>> Roberto
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Geo DrinX wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> installing  "Video UAV Tracker"  plugin for QGis 2.0.1  on MacOSX  I had an error message referring to phonon.so, that seems not installed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Someone knows how to solve it ?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you in advance
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Roberto
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>>> 
>>> <VUAVTrackerEmpty.tiff>
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