pythonpyside2qvideowidget

QVideoWidget() is not working with Frameless Window and Translucent Background


I am making a videoplayer with QMediaplayer and QVideoWidget using PySide2. Everything works as expected but when I use:

        self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
        self.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground)

The sound is reporoduced but the video is not displayed. Is there a possibility to use the FramelessWindowHint and WA_TranslucentBackground with QVideoWidget?

NOTE: I am using QStackedWidget and QFrames

Here is minimal and reproducible example:

testMP.py

import sys
from PySide2.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
from PySide2.QtMultimedia import QMediaContent, QMediaPlayer
from PySide2.QtMultimediaWidgets import QVideoWidget
from PySide2.QtWidgets import (QApplication, QFileDialog, QVBoxLayout,QMainWindow)



from testMP_GUI import Ui_MainWindow


class MainWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
        self.setupUi(self)

        self.setWindowFlags(Qt.FramelessWindowHint) # <-------------------
        self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground) # <-------------------

        self.mediaPlayer = QMediaPlayer(None, QMediaPlayer.VideoSurface)
        self.videoWidget = QVideoWidget()
        self.mediaPlayer.setVideoOutput(self.videoWidget)

        layout = QVBoxLayout()
        layout.addWidget(self.videoWidget)
        self.video_viewer.setLayout(layout)

        openButton = self.btn_open
        openButton.clicked.connect(self.open_song)

        self.playButton = self.btn_play
        self.playButton.clicked.connect(self.play)


    def open_song(self):
        fileName, _ = QFileDialog.getOpenFileName(self, "Select files",
                                                  ".", "Video Files (*.mp4 *.flv *.ts *.mts *.avi)")
        if fileName != '':
            self.mediaPlayer.setMedia(
                QMediaContent(QUrl.fromLocalFile(fileName)))
            self.playButton.setEnabled(True)
            self.play()

    def play(self):
        if self.mediaPlayer.state() == QMediaPlayer.PlayingState:
            self.mediaPlayer.pause()
        else:
            self.mediaPlayer.play()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = MainWindow()
    window.show()
    app.exec_()

testMP_GUI.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

################################################################################
## Form generated from reading UI file 'testMP_GUI.ui'
##
## Created by: Qt User Interface Compiler version 5.15.2
##
## WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost when recompiling UI file!
################################################################################

from PySide2.QtCore import *
from PySide2.QtGui import *
from PySide2.QtWidgets import *

import files_rc

class Ui_MainWindow(object):
    def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
        if not MainWindow.objectName():
            MainWindow.setObjectName(u"MainWindow")
        MainWindow.resize(1000, 720)
        MainWindow.setMinimumSize(QSize(1000, 720))
        palette = QPalette()
        brush = QBrush(QColor(255, 255, 255, 255))
        brush.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.WindowText, brush)
        brush1 = QBrush(QColor(0, 0, 0, 0))
        brush1.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Button, brush1)
        brush2 = QBrush(QColor(66, 73, 90, 255))
        brush2.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Light, brush2)
        brush3 = QBrush(QColor(55, 61, 75, 255))
        brush3.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Midlight, brush3)
        brush4 = QBrush(QColor(22, 24, 30, 255))
        brush4.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Dark, brush4)
        brush5 = QBrush(QColor(29, 32, 40, 255))
        brush5.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Mid, brush5)
        brush6 = QBrush(QColor(210, 210, 210, 255))
        brush6.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Text, brush6)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.BrightText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Base, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Window, brush1)
        brush7 = QBrush(QColor(0, 0, 0, 255))
        brush7.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Shadow, brush7)
        brush8 = QBrush(QColor(85, 170, 255, 255))
        brush8.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Highlight, brush8)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.Link, brush8)
        brush9 = QBrush(QColor(255, 0, 127, 255))
        brush9.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.LinkVisited, brush9)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.AlternateBase, brush4)
        brush10 = QBrush(QColor(44, 49, 60, 255))
        brush10.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.ToolTipBase, brush10)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Active, QPalette.ToolTipText, brush6)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.WindowText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Button, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Light, brush2)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Midlight, brush3)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Dark, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Mid, brush5)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Text, brush6)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.BrightText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.ButtonText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Base, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Window, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Shadow, brush7)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Highlight, brush8)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.Link, brush8)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.LinkVisited, brush9)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.AlternateBase, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.ToolTipBase, brush10)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Inactive, QPalette.ToolTipText, brush6)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.WindowText, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Button, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Light, brush2)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Midlight, brush3)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Dark, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Mid, brush5)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Text, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.BrightText, brush)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.ButtonText, brush4)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Base, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Window, brush1)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Shadow, brush7)
        brush11 = QBrush(QColor(51, 153, 255, 255))
        brush11.setStyle(Qt.SolidPattern)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Highlight, brush11)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.Link, brush8)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.LinkVisited, brush9)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.AlternateBase, brush10)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.ToolTipBase, brush10)
        palette.setBrush(QPalette.Disabled, QPalette.ToolTipText, brush6)
        MainWindow.setPalette(palette)
        font = QFont()
        font.setFamily(u"Segoe UI")
        font.setPointSize(10)
        MainWindow.setFont(font)
        MainWindow.setStyleSheet(u"QMainWindow {background: transparent; }\n"
"QToolTip {\n"
"   color: #ffffff;\n"
"   background-color: rgba(27, 29, 35, 160);\n"
"   border: 1px solid rgb(40, 40, 40);\n"
"   border-radius: 2px;\n"
"}")
        self.centralwidget = QWidget(MainWindow)
        self.centralwidget.setObjectName(u"centralwidget")
        self.centralwidget.setStyleSheet(u"background: transparent;\n"
"color: rgb(210, 210, 210);")
        self.horizontalLayout = QHBoxLayout(self.centralwidget)
        self.horizontalLayout.setSpacing(0)
        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout")
        self.horizontalLayout.setContentsMargins(10, 10, 10, 10)
        self.frame_main = QFrame(self.centralwidget)
        self.frame_main.setObjectName(u"frame_main")
        self.frame_main.setStyleSheet(u"/* LINE EDIT */\n"
"QLineEdit {\n"
"   background-color: rgb(27, 29, 35);\n"
"   border-radius: 5px;\n"
"   border: 2px solid rgb(27, 29, 35);\n"
"   padding-left: 10px;\n"
"}\n"
"QLineEdit:hover {\n"
"   border: 2px solid rgb(64, 71, 88);\n"
"}\n"
"QLineEdit:focus {\n"
"   border: 2px solid rgb(91, 101, 124);\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"/* SCROLL BARS */\n"
"QScrollBar:horizontal {\n"
"    border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"    height: 14px;\n"
"    margin: 0px 21px 0 21px;\n"
"   border-radius: 0px;\n"
"}\n"
"QScrollBar::handle:horizontal {\n"
"    background: rgb(85, 170, 255);\n"
"    min-width: 25px;\n"
"   border-radius: 7px\n"
"}\n"
"QScrollBar::add-line:horizontal {\n"
"    border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(55, 63, 77);\n"
"    width: 20px;\n"
"   border-top-right-radius: 7px;\n"
"    border-bottom-right-radius: 7px;\n"
"    subcontrol-position: right;\n"
"    subcontrol-origin: margin;\n"
"}\n"
"QScrollBar::sub-line:horizontal {\n"
"    border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(55, 63, 77);\n"
"    width: 20px;\n"
""
                        "   border-top-left-radius: 7px;\n"
"    border-bottom-left-radius: 7px;\n"
"    subcontrol-position: left;\n"
"    subcontrol-origin: margin;\n"
"}\n"
"QScrollBar::up-arrow:horizontal, QScrollBar::down-arrow:horizontal\n"
"{\n"
"     background: none;\n"
"}\n"
"QScrollBar::add-page:horizontal, QScrollBar::sub-page:horizontal\n"
"{\n"
"     background: none;\n"
"}\n"
" QScrollBar:vertical {\n"
"   border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"    width: 14px;\n"
"    margin: 21px 0 21px 0;\n"
"   border-radius: 0px;\n"
" }\n"
" QScrollBar::handle:vertical { \n"
"   background: rgb(85, 170, 255);\n"
"    min-height: 25px;\n"
"   border-radius: 7px\n"
" }\n"
" QScrollBar::add-line:vertical {\n"
"     border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(55, 63, 77);\n"
"     height: 20px;\n"
"   border-bottom-left-radius: 7px;\n"
"    border-bottom-right-radius: 7px;\n"
"     subcontrol-position: bottom;\n"
"     subcontrol-origin: margin;\n"
" }\n"
" QScrollBar::sub-line:vertical {\n"
"   border: none;\n"
"    background: rgb(55, 63"
                        ", 77);\n"
"     height: 20px;\n"
"   border-top-left-radius: 7px;\n"
"    border-top-right-radius: 7px;\n"
"     subcontrol-position: top;\n"
"     subcontrol-origin: margin;\n"
" }\n"
" QScrollBar::up-arrow:vertical, QScrollBar::down-arrow:vertical {\n"
"     background: none;\n"
" }\n"
"\n"
" QScrollBar::add-page:vertical, QScrollBar::sub-page:vertical {\n"
"     background: none;\n"
" }\n"
"\n"
"/* CHECKBOX */\n"
"QCheckBox::indicator {\n"
"    border: 3px solid rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"   width: 15px;\n"
"   height: 15px;\n"
"   border-radius: 10px;\n"
"    background: rgb(44, 49, 60);\n"
"}\n"
"QCheckBox::indicator:hover {\n"
"    border: 3px solid rgb(58, 66, 81);\n"
"}\n"
"QCheckBox::indicator:checked {\n"
"    background: 3px solid rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"   border: 3px solid rgb(52, 59, 72);  \n"
"   background-image: url(:/16x16/icons/16x16/cil-check-alt.png);\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"/* RADIO BUTTON */\n"
"QRadioButton::indicator {\n"
"    border: 3px solid rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"   width: 15px;\n"
"   height: 15px;\n"
"   border-radius"
                        ": 10px;\n"
"    background: rgb(44, 49, 60);\n"
"}\n"
"QRadioButton::indicator:hover {\n"
"    border: 3px solid rgb(58, 66, 81);\n"
"}\n"
"QRadioButton::indicator:checked {\n"
"    background: 3px solid rgb(94, 106, 130);\n"
"   border: 3px solid rgb(52, 59, 72);  \n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"/* COMBOBOX */\n"
"QComboBox{\n"
"   background-color: rgb(27, 29, 35);\n"
"   border-radius: 5px;\n"
"   border: 2px solid rgb(27, 29, 35);\n"
"   padding: 5px;\n"
"   padding-left: 10px;\n"
"}\n"
"QComboBox:hover{\n"
"   border: 2px solid rgb(64, 71, 88);\n"
"}\n"
"QComboBox::drop-down {\n"
"   subcontrol-origin: padding;\n"
"   subcontrol-position: top right;\n"
"   width: 25px; \n"
"   border-left-width: 3px;\n"
"   border-left-color: rgba(39, 44, 54, 150);\n"
"   border-left-style: solid;\n"
"   border-top-right-radius: 3px;\n"
"   border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;    \n"
"   background-image: url(:/16x16/icons/16x16/cil-arrow-bottom.png);\n"
"   background-position: center;\n"
"   background-repeat: no-reperat;\n"
" }\n"
"QComboBox QAbstractItemView {\n"
"   color: rgb("
                        "85, 170, 255); \n"
"   background-color: rgb(27, 29, 35);\n"
"   padding: 10px;\n"
"   selection-background-color: rgb(39, 44, 54);\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"/* SLIDERS */\n"
"QSlider::groove:horizontal {\n"
"    border-radius: 9px;\n"
"    height: 18px;\n"
"   margin: 0px;\n"
"   background-color: rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::groove:horizontal:hover {\n"
"   background-color: rgb(55, 62, 76);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:horizontal {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(85, 170, 255);\n"
"    border: none;\n"
"    height: 18px;\n"
"    width: 18px;\n"
"    margin: 0px;\n"
"   border-radius: 9px;\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:horizontal:hover {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(105, 180, 255);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:horizontal:pressed {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(65, 130, 195);\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"QSlider::groove:vertical {\n"
"    border-radius: 9px;\n"
"    width: 18px;\n"
"    margin: 0px;\n"
"   background-color: rgb(52, 59, 72);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::groove:vertical:hover {\n"
"   background-color: rgb(55, 62, 76);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:verti"
                        "cal {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(85, 170, 255);\n"
"   border: none;\n"
"    height: 18px;\n"
"    width: 18px;\n"
"    margin: 0px;\n"
"   border-radius: 9px;\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:vertical:hover {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(105, 180, 255);\n"
"}\n"
"QSlider::handle:vertical:pressed {\n"
"    background-color: rgb(65, 130, 195);\n"
"}\n"
"\n"
"")
        self.frame_main.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
        self.frame_main.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Raised)
        self.verticalLayout = QVBoxLayout(self.frame_main)
        self.verticalLayout.setSpacing(0)
        self.verticalLayout.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout")
        self.verticalLayout.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.frame_center = QFrame(self.frame_main)
        self.frame_center.setObjectName(u"frame_center")
        sizePolicy = QSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Expanding)
        sizePolicy.setHorizontalStretch(0)
        sizePolicy.setVerticalStretch(0)
        sizePolicy.setHeightForWidth(self.frame_center.sizePolicy().hasHeightForWidth())
        self.frame_center.setSizePolicy(sizePolicy)
        self.frame_center.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(40, 44, 52);")
        self.frame_center.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
        self.frame_center.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Raised)
        self.horizontalLayout_2 = QHBoxLayout(self.frame_center)
        self.horizontalLayout_2.setSpacing(0)
        self.horizontalLayout_2.setObjectName(u"horizontalLayout_2")
        self.horizontalLayout_2.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.frame_content_right = QFrame(self.frame_center)
        self.frame_content_right.setObjectName(u"frame_content_right")
        self.frame_content_right.setStyleSheet(u"background-color: rgb(44, 49, 60);")
        self.frame_content_right.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
        self.frame_content_right.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Raised)
        self.verticalLayout_4 = QVBoxLayout(self.frame_content_right)
        self.verticalLayout_4.setSpacing(0)
        self.verticalLayout_4.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_4")
        self.verticalLayout_4.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
        self.frame_content = QFrame(self.frame_content_right)
        self.frame_content.setObjectName(u"frame_content")
        self.frame_content.setMaximumSize(QSize(16777215, 16777215))
        self.frame_content.setFrameShape(QFrame.NoFrame)
        self.frame_content.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Raised)
        self.verticalLayout_9 = QVBoxLayout(self.frame_content)
        self.verticalLayout_9.setSpacing(0)
        self.verticalLayout_9.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_9")
        self.verticalLayout_9.setContentsMargins(5, 5, 5, 5)
        self.stackedWidget = QStackedWidget(self.frame_content)
        self.stackedWidget.setObjectName(u"stackedWidget")
        self.stackedWidget.setStyleSheet(u"/*background: transparent;*/")
        self.stackedWidget.setLineWidth(-1)
        self.page_1 = QWidget()
        self.page_1.setObjectName(u"page_1")
        self.page_1.setAutoFillBackground(False)
        self.verticalLayout_12 = QVBoxLayout(self.page_1)
        self.verticalLayout_12.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_12")
        self.btn_play = QPushButton(self.page_1)
        self.btn_play.setObjectName(u"btn_play")

        self.verticalLayout_12.addWidget(self.btn_play)

        self.btn_open = QPushButton(self.page_1)
        self.btn_open.setObjectName(u"btn_open")

        self.verticalLayout_12.addWidget(self.btn_open)

        self.video_viewer = QWidget(self.page_1)
        self.video_viewer.setObjectName(u"video_viewer")

        self.verticalLayout_12.addWidget(self.video_viewer)

        self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.page_1)
        self.page_2 = QWidget()
        self.page_2.setObjectName(u"page_2")
        self.verticalLayout_10 = QVBoxLayout(self.page_2)
        self.verticalLayout_10.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_10")
        self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.page_2)
        self.page_3 = QWidget()
        self.page_3.setObjectName(u"page_3")
        self.verticalLayout_13 = QVBoxLayout(self.page_3)
        self.verticalLayout_13.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_13")
        self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.page_3)
        self.page_4 = QWidget()
        self.page_4.setObjectName(u"page_4")
        self.verticalLayout_6 = QVBoxLayout(self.page_4)
        self.verticalLayout_6.setObjectName(u"verticalLayout_6")
        self.stackedWidget.addWidget(self.page_4)

        self.verticalLayout_9.addWidget(self.stackedWidget)


        self.verticalLayout_4.addWidget(self.frame_content)


        self.horizontalLayout_2.addWidget(self.frame_content_right)


        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.frame_center)


        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.frame_main)

        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralwidget)

        self.retranslateUi(MainWindow)

        self.stackedWidget.setCurrentIndex(0)


        QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(MainWindow)
    # setupUi

    def retranslateUi(self, MainWindow):
        MainWindow.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"MainWindow", None))
        self.btn_play.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Play", None))
        self.btn_open.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("MainWindow", u"Open", None))
    # retranslateUi

My problem is that with WA_TranslucentBackground active, the QVideoWidget does not show up at all.


Solution

  • If anyone else has the same problems, here is the solution I used. I achieved a solution using the: