Qt Camera Demo is an example application that demonstrates the use of Qt Mobility Qt camera classes to access the camera devices. The application has capability to set properties of the camera, show view finder image, and capture still images and video. The application also analyses the view finder image in real time and shows a histogram window about the image. The over-exposed areas are marked in the view finder to demonstrate the pixel manipulation techniques in real-time images.
This example application is hosted on Nokia Developer Projects:
This example application demonstrates:
- Qt Mobility Qt camera classes
- Pixel manipulation of the view finder image in real-time
For more information on implementation and porting, visit the project's wiki pages:
The application now has both still image and video recording modes.
- Usage
The Qt Camera Demo relies on using the Qt Mobility Qt camera classes to access the camera devices. The QCamera and related objects are wrapped into a custom implemented QDeclarativeItem (QML element) so they can be accessed easily from QML. The view finder image is drawn to the bounding rectangle of the custom QML element by using the QAbstractVideoSurface to get the view finder frames and drawing them with the method QDeclarativeItem::paint.
The example shows some ways to manipulate the view finder image in real time by using pixel manipulation. This is done before the view finder image is drawn.
The application has few other custom implemented QML elements:
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ImageAnalyzer to analyse the view finder data, for example to calculate the histogram data and to detect the amount of movement in the image.
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HistogramDisplay to show the ImageAnalyzer's histogram data.
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PerformanceMeter to show FPS data in the form of a diagram. Currently this is commented out in the CameraView.qml.
- Prerequisites
- Qt basics
- Qt Quick basics
- Project structure and implementation
| The root folder contains the licence information and | this file (release notes). | |- bin Contains the compiled binaries. | |- doc Contains documents and graphics projects that were used | during the development of the application. | |- src Contains the project file and Qt / C++ files. | |- qml Root folder for QML and JavaScript files. | |- images Graphics used in the QML files. | |- symbian Symbian-specific QML and JavaScript files.
Qt Mobility Qt camera classes are used to access the camera devices.
QAbstractVideoSurface is used to implement the custom drawing of the view
finder image.
Qt Quick Components are used to implement sliders and button row in the UI.
- Compatibility
- Symbian devices with Qt 4.7.4 or higher.
Tested to work on Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 701, Nokia 808, Nokia C7-00, Nokia E7-00 and Nokia N8-00. Developed with Qt SDK 1.2.
Application uses UserEnvironment capability to access the camera devices.
Without the support to handle the pressing of HW camera button the application can be self-signed on Symbian.
To support the HW camera button, uncomment the camerakeylistener.pri line in the project file. Note that then the application uses SwEvent capability to override the HW camera button. The application needs to be Symbian Signed in order to be installable on a mobile device.
The performance of the view finder image is low. The reason for this is the transporting of the frames of the view finder image from the system memory to the graphics memory. If the API would provide the handle of the frame in the graphics memory, this could be avoided. Currently there is nothing to be done.
The video feature is disabled on devices with 32 MB of graphics memory or less. The supported devices include Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 808 PureView.
- Building, installing, and running the application
Check that you have the latest Qt SDK installed in the development environment and the latest Qt version on the device.
Qt Quick Components 1.1 or higher is required.
You can install and run the application on the device using the Qt SDK. Open the project in the SDK, set up the correct target (depending on the device platform), and click the Run button. For more details about this approach, visit the Qt Getting Started section at Nokia Developer (http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/Getting_started/).
Make sure your device is connected to your computer. Locate the .sis installation file and open it with Ovi Suite. Accept all requests from Nokia Suite and the device. Note that you can also install the application by copying the installation file onto your device and opening it with the Symbian File Manager application.
After the application is installed, locate the application icon from the application menu and launch the application by tapping the icon.
- Licence
See the licence text file delivered with this project. The licence file is also available online at
- Related documentation
Qt Quick Components
- Version history
1.2.1 Mention about hiding video features if gfx memory < 32 MB. 1.2 Added video recording support. 1.1 Redesigned the UI, release camera resources when gallery is opened. 1.0 Initial version.