QSound isn't available under ubuntu desktop.

[josentop]

I'm trying to use QSound in my program under ubuntu desktop as below,
if (QSound::isAvailable())
{
qDebug() << "Sound is playing!";
QSound bell(QString("warnhighsound.wav");
bell.play();
}
else
{
qDebug() << "Sound isn't available!");
}
it always show 'Sound isn't available!' message to me. does't it mean QSound not work on ubuntu desktop? My Qt is nearly version (4.8)
Can anyone give some suggestion? thanks.

[wysota]

QSound is usually disabled on Linux because it requires presence of NAS server which is rarely deployed nowadays. Use Phonon or QtMultimedia instead.

[josentop]

PHONON or QtMultimedia must install the multimedia backend system, it will cause the system to be very complex. I only want to play '.wav' file simply.

[wysota]

Then install Network Audio System (http://radscan.com/nas.html) or just use an external commandline player such as aplay.