QSoundEffect Class

The QSoundEffect class provides a way to play low latency sound effects. More...

Header:	#include <QSoundEffect>
qmake:	QT += multimedia
Instantiated By:	SoundEffect
Inherits:	QObject

• List of all members, including inherited members
• Obsolete members

Public Types

enum	Loop { Infinite }
enum	Status { Null, Loading, Ready, Error }

Properties

category : QString loops : int loopsRemaining : const int muted : bool

playing : const bool source : QUrl status : const Status volume : qreal

• 1 property inherited from QObject

Public Functions

	QSoundEffect(QObject *parent = nullptr)
virtual	~QSoundEffect()
QString	category() const
bool	isLoaded() const
bool	isMuted() const
bool	isPlaying() const
int	loopCount() const
int	loopsRemaining() const
void	setCategory(const QString &category)
void	setLoopCount(int loopCount)
void	setMuted(bool muted)
void	setSource(const QUrl &url)
void	setVolume(qreal volume)
QUrl	source() const
QSoundEffect::Status	status() const
qreal	volume() const

• 31 public functions inherited from QObject

Public Slots

void	play()
void	stop()

• 1 public slot inherited from QObject

Signals

void	categoryChanged()
void	loadedChanged()
void	loopCountChanged()
void	loopsRemainingChanged()
void	mutedChanged()
void	playingChanged()
void	sourceChanged()
void	statusChanged()
void	volumeChanged()

• 2 signals inherited from QObject

Static Public Members

const QMetaObject	staticMetaObject
QStringList	supportedMimeTypes()

• 9 static public members inherited from QObject

Additional Inherited Members

• 9 protected functions inherited from QObject

Detailed Description

The QSoundEffect class provides a way to play low latency sound effects.

This class allows you to play uncompressed audio files (typically WAV files) in a generally lower latency way, and is suitable for "feedback" type sounds in response to user actions (e.g. virtual keyboard sounds, positive or negative feedback for popup dialogs, or game sounds). If low latency is not important, consider using the QMediaPlayer class instead, since it supports a wider variety of media formats and is less resource intensive.

This example shows how a looping, somewhat quiet sound effect can be played:

QSoundEffect effect;
effect.setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile("engine.wav"));
effect.setLoopCount(QSoundEffect::Infinite);
effect.setVolume(0.25f);
effect.play();

Typically the sound effect should be reused, which allows all the parsing and preparation to be done ahead of time, and only triggered when necessary. This assists with lower latency audio playback.

MyGame()
    : m_explosion(this)
{
    m_explosion.setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile("explosion.wav"));
    m_explosion.setVolume(0.25f);

    // Set up click handling etc.
    connect(clickSource, &QPushButton::clicked, &m_explosion, &QSoundEffect::play);
}
private:
QSoundEffect m_explosion;

Since QSoundEffect requires slightly more resources to achieve lower latency playback, the platform may limit the number of simultaneously playing sound effects.

Member Type Documentation

enum QSoundEffect::Loop

Constant	Value	Description
QSoundEffect::Infinite	-2	Used as a parameter to setLoopCount() for infinite looping

enum QSoundEffect::Status

Constant	Value	Description
QSoundEffect::Null	0	No source has been set or the source is null.
QSoundEffect::Loading	1	The SoundEffect is trying to load the source.
QSoundEffect::Ready	2	The source is loaded and ready for play.
QSoundEffect::Error	3	An error occurred during operation, such as failure of loading the source.

Member Function Documentation

QSoundEffect::QSoundEffect(QObject *parent = nullptr)

Creates a QSoundEffect with the given parent.

[virtual] QSoundEffect::~QSoundEffect()

Destroys this sound effect.

QString QSoundEffect::category() const

Returns the current category for this sound effect.

Some platforms can perform different audio routing for different categories, or may allow the user to set different volume levels for different categories.

This setting will be ignored on platforms that do not support audio categories.

Note: Getter function for property category.

See also setCategory().

[signal] void QSoundEffect::categoryChanged()

The categoryChanged signal is emitted when the category property has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property category.

bool QSoundEffect::isLoaded() const

Returns whether the sound effect has finished loading the source().

bool QSoundEffect::isMuted() const

Returns whether this sound effect is muted

Note: Getter function for property muted.

bool QSoundEffect::isPlaying() const

Returns true if the sound effect is currently playing, or false otherwise

Note: Getter function for property playing.

[signal] void QSoundEffect::loadedChanged()

The loadedChanged signal is emitted when the loading state has changed.

int QSoundEffect::loopCount() const

Returns the total number of times that this sound effect will be played before stopping.

See the loopsRemaining() method for the number of loops currently remaining.

Note: Getter function for property loops.

See also setLoopCount().

[signal] void QSoundEffect::loopCountChanged()

The loopCountChanged signal is emitted when the initial number of loops has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property loops.

[signal] void QSoundEffect::loopsRemainingChanged()

The loopsRemainingChanged signal is emitted when the remaining number of loops has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property loopsRemaining.

[signal] void QSoundEffect::mutedChanged()

The mutedChanged signal is emitted when the mute state has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property muted.

[slot] void QSoundEffect::play()

Start playback of the sound effect, looping the effect for the number of times as specified in the loops property.

[signal] void QSoundEffect::playingChanged()

The playingChanged signal is emitted when the playing property has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property playing.

void QSoundEffect::setCategory(const QString &category)

Sets the category of this sound effect to category.

Some platforms can perform different audio routing for different categories, or may allow the user to set different volume levels for different categories.

This setting will be ignored on platforms that do not support audio categories.

If this setting is changed while a sound effect is playing it will only take effect when the sound effect has stopped playing.

Note: Setter function for property category.

See also category().

void QSoundEffect::setLoopCount(int loopCount)

Set the total number of times to play this sound effect to loopCount.

Setting the loop count to 0 or 1 means the sound effect will be played only once; pass QSoundEffect::Infinite to repeat indefinitely. The loop count can be changed while the sound effect is playing, in which case it will update the remaining loops to the new loopCount.

Note: Setter function for property loops.

See also loopCount() and loopsRemaining().

void QSoundEffect::setMuted(bool muted)

Sets whether to mute this sound effect's playback.

If muted is true, playback will be muted (silenced), and otherwise playback will occur with the currently specified volume().

Note: Setter function for property muted.

See also isMuted().

void QSoundEffect::setSource(const QUrl &url)

Set the current URL to play to url.

Note: Setter function for property source.

See also source().

void QSoundEffect::setVolume(qreal volume)

Sets the sound effect volume to volume.

The volume is scaled linearly from 0.0 (silence) to 1.0 (full volume). Values outside this range will be clamped.

The default volume is 1.0.

UI volume controls should usually be scaled nonlinearly. For example, using a logarithmic scale will produce linear changes in perceived loudness, which is what a user would normally expect from a volume control. See QAudio::convertVolume() for more details.

Note: Setter function for property volume.

See also volume().

QUrl QSoundEffect::source() const

Returns the URL of the current source to play

Note: Getter function for property source.

See also setSource().

[signal] void QSoundEffect::sourceChanged()

The sourceChanged signal is emitted when the source has been changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property source.

QSoundEffect::Status QSoundEffect::status() const

Returns the current status of this sound effect.

Note: Getter function for property status.

[signal] void QSoundEffect::statusChanged()

The statusChanged signal is emitted when the status property has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property status.

[slot] void QSoundEffect::stop()

Stop current playback.

[static] QStringList QSoundEffect::supportedMimeTypes()

Returns a list of the supported mime types for this platform.

qreal QSoundEffect::volume() const

Returns the current volume of this sound effect, from 0.0 (silent) to 1.0 (maximum volume).

Note: Getter function for property volume.

See also setVolume().

[signal] void QSoundEffect::volumeChanged()

The volumeChanged signal is emitted when the volume has changed.

Note: Notifier signal for property volume.