ScreenCapture QML Type

The ScreenCapture type is used for capturing a screen. More...

Import Statement: import QtMultimedia
Since: Qt 6.5
Instantiates: QScreenCapture

Properties

Detailed Description

ScreenCapture captures a screen. It is managed by MediaCaptureSession where the captured view can be displayed in a window or recorded to a file.

The code below shows a simple capture session with ScreenCapture playing back the captured primary screen view in VideoOutput.

CaptureSession {
    id: captureSession
    screenCapture: ScreenCapture {
        id: screenCapture
        active: true
    }
    videoOutput: VideoOutput {
        id: videoOutput
    }
}

See also ScreenCapture and CaptureSession.

Property Documentation

active : bool

Describes whether the capturing is currently active.


[read-only] error : string

Returns a code of the last error.


[read-only] errorString : string

Returns a human readable string describing the cause of error.


screen : bool

Describes the screen for capturing.


window : Window

Describes the window for capturing.


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