[PyQt] Creating QSplashScreen with a .gif animation

[Itay Brandes]

DavidBoddie <http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/DavidBoddie> from the #pyqt
irc channel has come with a solution:
http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/Movie%20splash%20screen

Thank you all.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Itay Brandes <akari.il at gmail.com> wrote:

> Then what's the right approach to the solution?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj at urpla.net> wrote:
>
>> Am Friday 20 July 2012 13:55:20 schrieb Itay Brandes:
>> > Here they are.
>> > As you can see, only the first frame is shown, and the others won't
>> > get painted.
>>
>> That's for sure, since you're using a QPixmap to display the gif.
>> That guy did his own QSplashScreen class, where he loads the gif with
>> QMovie, but that approach might lack, too, since QMovie needs the event
>> loop running, which is usually not the case during initialization.
>>
>> Oh well.
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj at urpla.net>
>> wrote:
>> > > Am Thursday 19 July 2012 19:46:39 schrieb Itay Brandes:
>> > > > Hey,
>> > > > QtGui.QSplashScreen allows to use a static image source for the
>> > > > splash screen, but does not support .gif animations.
>> > > >
>> > > > How can I bind a QtGui.QMovie to the QtGui.QSplashScreen?
>> > > > There are many snap-ins in C++, like
>> > > > this<http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/18747-QSplashScreen-loading-
>> > > >icon ?p=92814#post92814>, but I'm unfimiliar with them, and fail
>> > > > to convert them to python correctly.
>> > >
>> > > Seems pretty straight forward. Start over and post your stub
>> > > (including a link to the animated gif..).
>> > >
>> > > Pete
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