[PyQt] QMovie start/stop from a different thread

[David Boddie]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:35:28 +1100, tom wrote:

> i create a QMovie in the main thread :
>
>         self.movie = QMovie("images\whitephone-animation.mng",
> QByteArray(), self)
>         self.movie.setCacheMode(QMovie.CacheAll)
>         self.movie.setSpeed(100)
>         self.movie_canvas.setMovie(self.movie)

[...]

> can i call the start / stop slots from within that different thread, and
> how would i do that ?

Connect signals to the movie's start() and stop() slots, and emit them when
you need to start or stop it.

David