How to convert QImage to QByteArray?

Question

I am trying to create QByteArray from QImage, however although I tried lots of varient, I couldn't handle it.

What I am doing is :

QImage img_enrll; // <--- There is an image coming from another function. 

QByteArray arr((char*)img_enrll.bits(),img_enrll.byteCount());  // <-- convertion but I am not sure it is true or not. 

funcCheck((unsigned char*)arr.data(), arr.size(), 0, &sam, 1, &n);


virtual Error funcCheck (const uint8_t    src[],
                           size_t           src_len,
                           size_t           tout_ms,
                           IRawSample*      dst[],
                           size_t           dst_len,
                           size_t*          dst_n )

However Error code is return Invalid Data. I think that converting QImage to QByteArray is wrong. Please could you kindly help me how to convert to QByteArray?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 07 '22 at 09:24

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You could do this:

QImage img_enrll;
QByteArray arr;
QBuffer buffer(&arr);
buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
img_enrll.save(&buffer, "yourformat");

Having written that, if you need this for serialization, you are better of with QDataStream.

edited Dec 07 '22 at 09:24

Adam

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answered Dec 07 '14 at 14:34

László Papp

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Ohh, thank you, I also tried this solution before. But QDataStream gives me good idea how to solve this problem. And also it works fine :) – goGud Dec 07 '14 at 14:43
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Hmmm, I've seen this solution in Qt documentation, but buffer remains empty in my case. Namely, `Q_ASSERT(buffer.data().size() > 0);` throws an exception. Of course, I've checked that the QImage is valid: I've loaded it from file, converted to QPixmap and displayed it inside QLabel. – Alexandr Zarubkin Jan 26 '17 at 13:15

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 22 '19 at 08:03

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Try this:

QByteArray arr = QByteArray::fromRawData((const char*)img.bits(), img.byteCount());

edited Jan 22 '19 at 08:03

eyllanesc

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answered Jan 22 '19 at 07:47

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Does not cast to `const char*` truncate `const uchar*` does it? – Bob Apr 20 '20 at 12:50

Adriel Jr · Answer 3 · 2021-05-21T20:55:38.730

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In my case I needed a deep copy, so what worked was:

QByteArray arr(img.byteCount(), Qt::Uninitialized) // or resize if it already exists
memcpy(arr.data(), img.constBits(), img.byteCount());

edited May 21 '21 at 20:55

answered May 21 '21 at 20:50

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How to convert QImage to QByteArray?

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