xbmc inside a Qt GUI

[trallallero]

I'd like to use a xbmc video player inside a Qt GUI.
Is there someone that has done something like this ?
I've asked also in the xbmc's forum so, if I get some news, I'll update the thread.

[trallallero]

Ok, the xbmc's forum said it's impossible so, instead of using the xbmc as a library, I've embedded it into a gui.
It's anyway possible to use it via http so I don't need any C++ API.

#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
 
#include <QString>
#include <QX11EmbedContainer>
#include <QtGui>
#include <QProcess>
 
namespace Ui
{
   class MainWindow;
}
//////////////////////////////////////////
 
class MainWindow : public QWidget
{
   Q_OBJECT
 
   public:
       MainWindow(int embedDelay, QWidget *parent = 0);
      ~MainWindow();
 
   private slots:
 
   private:
      Ui::MainWindow *ui;
 
      QProcess* m_XbmcProc;
 
      QX11EmbedContainer *m_EmbedContainer;
 
      int m_EmbedDelay;
 
      void startAndEmbedXbmc();
};
//////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////
 
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QString>
#include <QX11EmbedContainer>
#include <QtGui>
#include <QProcess>

namespace Ui
{
   class MainWindow;
}
//////////////////////////////////////////

class MainWindow : public QWidget
{
   Q_OBJECT
      
   public:
       MainWindow(int embedDelay, QWidget *parent = 0);
      ~MainWindow();
      
   private slots:

   private:
      Ui::MainWindow *ui;

      QProcess* m_XbmcProc;

      QX11EmbedContainer *m_EmbedContainer;

      int m_EmbedDelay;

      void startAndEmbedXbmc();
};
//////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

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#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
///////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////
 
MainWindow::MainWindow(int embedDelay, QWidget *parent) :
   QWidget     (parent)
 , ui          (new Ui::MainWindow)
 , m_EmbedDelay(embedDelay)
{
   ui->setupUi(this);
 
   m_EmbedContainer = new QX11EmbedContainer(this);
   m_EmbedContainer->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkGray));
   m_EmbedContainer->setAutoFillBackground(true);
 
   QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout(ui->wdgVideo);
   layout->addWidget(m_EmbedContainer, 0);
 
   startAndEmbedXbmc();
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
 
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
   m_XbmcProc->terminate();
   m_XbmcProc->waitForFinished();
 
   // kill xbmc.bin 
   QProcess proc;
   proc.start("killall xbmc.bin");
   proc.waitForFinished(-1);
 
   delete ui;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
 
void MainWindow::startAndEmbedXbmc()
{
   m_XbmcProc = new QProcess(this);
   m_XbmcProc->start("xbmc");
 
   // ugly but needed otherwise the xbmc is not properly embedded (too fast)
   // with m_XbmcProc->waitForStarted() it doesn't work
   sleep(m_EmbedDelay);
 
   // get the win id of the running xbmc
   QProcess getWinId;
   getWinId.start("sh", QStringList() << "-c" << "xwininfo -root -all | grep 'XBMC' | awk '{print $1}'");
   getWinId.waitForFinished();
   QString p_stdout = getWinId.readAllStandardOutput();
   getWinId.close();
   // embed the xbmc
   m_EmbedContainer->embedClient(p_stdout.toInt(NULL, 16));
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
///////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////

MainWindow::MainWindow(int embedDelay, QWidget *parent) :
   QWidget     (parent)
 , ui          (new Ui::MainWindow)
 , m_EmbedDelay(embedDelay)
{
   ui->setupUi(this);

   m_EmbedContainer = new QX11EmbedContainer(this);
   m_EmbedContainer->setPalette(QPalette(Qt::darkGray));
   m_EmbedContainer->setAutoFillBackground(true);

   QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout(ui->wdgVideo);
   layout->addWidget(m_EmbedContainer, 0);

   startAndEmbedXbmc();
}
///////////////////////////////////////////

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
   m_XbmcProc->terminate();
   m_XbmcProc->waitForFinished();

   // kill xbmc.bin 
   QProcess proc;
   proc.start("killall xbmc.bin");
   proc.waitForFinished(-1);

   delete ui;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////

void MainWindow::startAndEmbedXbmc()
{
   m_XbmcProc = new QProcess(this);
   m_XbmcProc->start("xbmc");

   // ugly but needed otherwise the xbmc is not properly embedded (too fast)
   // with m_XbmcProc->waitForStarted() it doesn't work
   sleep(m_EmbedDelay);

   // get the win id of the running xbmc
   QProcess getWinId;
   getWinId.start("sh", QStringList() << "-c" << "xwininfo -root -all | grep 'XBMC' | awk '{print $1}'");
   getWinId.waitForFinished();
   QString p_stdout = getWinId.readAllStandardOutput();
   getWinId.close();
   // embed the xbmc
   m_EmbedContainer->embedClient(p_stdout.toInt(NULL, 16));
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////

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