Real-time video stream with QtQuick

Question

I'd like to stream video in as close to real-time as possible in my QML/QtQuick applications.

I've tested:

import QtMultimedia 5.0
Video { source : "http://mysource" } 

with vlc as server (0ms buffer) and stream-m, both with delays up to 30 seconds. So my question is twofold:

• What media streaming formats does QtQuick support?
• What type of media should I use to stream; say for example my webcam, as close to real-time as possible?

Answer 1

AFAIK answers completely depend on which Multimedia Backend has been used (for instance GStreamer, VLC). So firstly you should know which backend you uses, secondly you should review documentation for the concrete multimedia backend, to find answers on your questions