Generate media

Most media files used in the HIG are generated from QML files.

The command line tool qmlgrabber is used to create media from the source files.

Source files are located in HIG/source/qml.

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Getting Started

1. Install some tools with your distro’s package manager:

Distribution	Command
Arch, Manjaro	sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
Debian, Ubuntu, KDE Neon	sudo apt install ffmpeg
openSUSE	sudo zypper install ffmpeg-4
Fedora	sudo dnf install ffmpeg
CentOS/RHEL	sudo yum install ffmpeg

1. Clone qmlgrabber source code repository into an empty folder:

   git clone https://anongit.kde.org/scratch/mart/qmlgrabber.git
   cd qmlgrabber
   qmake PREFIX=~/.local/bin
   make
   make install
   

   If you install it in you home directory, make sure you have the installed packages in your path by adding it to your .profile:

   echo "PATH=~/.local/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.profile
   source ~/.profile
   

Now you are ready to create media files for the the HIG!

1. Change to a directory containing qml source files. E.g. cd HIG/source/qml/components/actionbutton

2. Run makemedia.php Actionbutton1.qml or makemedia.php . to create media files.