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Asked: 2018-05-10 07:48:43 +0800 CST

Can't find what package to install to get a proper Qtmultmedia gstreamer backend

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In a new shiny ubuntu 18.04, I am trying to use a python3/pyqt5 script that use QtMultimedia.

It was working fine in 17.10. And now even after installing a bunch of package, I still can't get it to work. I have the following error when a QMediaplayer is instanciated:

defaultServiceProvider::requestService(): no service found for - "org.qt-project.qt.mediaplayer"

I assume it is an error because Qt5 and QtMultimedia can't find a proper backend registered right ?

I have all these package installed:

gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-alsa:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0:amd64 3.0.26-1
gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3:amd64 0.10.32.debian-1
gstreamer1.0-gl:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-packagekit 1.1.9-1ubuntu2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-python3-plugin-loader 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-qt5:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
gstreamer1.0-tools 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-vaapi:amd64 1.14.0-1
gstreamer1.0-x:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64 1.14.0-1
libgstreamer-gl1.0-0:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:amd64 1.14.0-2ubuntu1
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:amd64 1.14.0-1ubuntu1
libqt5core5a:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5dbus5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5designer5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5glib-2.0-0:amd64 1.2.0-5
libqt5gstreamer-1.0-0:amd64 1.2.0-5
libqt5gui5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5help5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5multimedia5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5multimediawidgets5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5network5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5opengl5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5printsupport5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5qml5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5quick5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5sql5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5sql5-sqlite:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5svg5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5test5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5widgets5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libqt5x11extras5:amd64 5.9.5-0ubuntu1
libqt5xml5:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer 1:6.0.3-0ubuntu1
python3-pyqt5 5.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2
python3-pyqt5.qtmultimedia 5.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2
qt5-gtk-platformtheme:amd64 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1
qtgstreamer-plugins-qt5:amd64 1.2.0-5

When I compare this list with the one I got on 17.10, I don't seem to miss any. So ?

I run the script with QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 set, and I didn't see any error or problem.

package-management python3 qt5 18.04 pyqt5

2 Answers

  1. Just solved my issue so maybe it will help you too.

    Copy-past below:

    The problem was that I had few two versions of PyQt5 and sip installed for Python3. One was in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ and the other in ~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-pacages/. Completely deleting .local versions helped.

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  2. For anyone stumbling across this, here is the proper setup which will build Qt 5.11.2 as non-root, then install pyqt 5.11.2 with GStreamer 1.0 support on Ubuntu 18.04 into a virtual environment using python >= 3.6:

    1. Install gstreamer1.0
    2. Install pulse (This is required so QMultimediaWidgets is build) sudo apt install libpulse-dev
    3. Download Qt 5.11.2
    4. Make the downloaded file executable and run it (chmod +x qt-unified-linux-x64-3.0.5-online.run). Click through the wizard. I'm assuming you are installing to $HOME/Qt
    5. Create a virtual environment python -m venv venv.
    6. Download SIP 4.19.12 and unpack
    7. Download pyqt 5.11.2 and unpack
    8. Activate your environment source venv/bin/activate
    9. Install SIP:
      • Go inside the SIP folder
      • Tell it to use your virtual env python configure.py -d ../venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages
      • make -j4
      • make install
      • Build a private copy for Qt: python configure.py -d ../venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages --sip-module PyQt5.sip --no-tools
      • make -j4
      • make install
    10. Install PyQt:
      • Go inside the PyQt folder
      • Tell it which qmake, python and sip to use python configure.py --destdir ../venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt/5.11.2/gcc_64/bin/qmake --sip ../venv/bin/sip
      • make -j12
      • make install

    That should be it now. Based on http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt5/installation.html, http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/sip4/installation.html and a lot of trial and error. If something does not work, I recommend using --verbose during the configuration step of PyQt.

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