Migrate to QtMultimedia and prepare for Flathub

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,15 +10,14 @@ set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 
 # Qt6
-find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core DBus Quick QuickControls2 Widgets LinguistTools)
+find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core DBus Quick QuickControls2 Widgets LinguistTools Multimedia)
 
 # KDE Frameworks
 find_package(KF6Kirigami REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF6I18n REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF6CoreAddons REQUIRED)
 
-# Phonon (Qt6)
+
-find_package(Phonon4Qt6 REQUIRED)
 
 # Add src directory
 add_subdirectory(src)
@@ -33,3 +32,6 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.kde.bearwave.desktop DESTINATION s
 
 # Install app icon
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets/app/bearwave.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps RENAME org.kde.bearwave.png)
+
+# Install AppStream metadata
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/org.kde.bearwave.metainfo.xml DESTINATION share/metainfo)

PKGBUILD

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgdesc="A KDE-focused desktop internet radio app"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/bearwave/bearwave" # Replace with actual URL if different
 license=('MIT')
-depends=('qt6-base' 'qt6-declarative' 'kirigami' 'ki18n' 'kcoreaddons' 'phonon-qt6')
+depends=('qt6-base' 'qt6-declarative' 'kirigami' 'ki18n' 'kcoreaddons' 'qt6-multimedia')
 makedepends=('cmake' 'extra-cmake-modules' 'git')
 provides=('bearwave')
 conflicts=('bearwave')

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # BearWave
 
-KDE-focused desktop internet radio app for Linux, built with Qt 6, QML, KDE Frameworks, and Phonon.
+KDE-focused desktop internet radio app for Linux, built with Qt 6, QML, KDE Frameworks, and QtMultimedia.
 
 BearWave is designed for fast station browsing, simple playback controls, favorites, resume support, tray behavior, and clean Plasma integration without turning into a heavy media suite.
 
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ Then launch:
 ~/.local/bin/bearwave
 ```
 
+### Option C: Flatpak (Local Build)
+
+If you have `flatpak` and `flatpak-builder` installed, you can build and install BearWave via Flatpak:
+
+```bash
+flatpak-builder build-dir org.kde.bearwave.json --force-clean --user --install
+flatpak run org.kde.bearwave
+```
+
+
 ## What BearWave Is
 
 BearWave focuses on:
@@ -98,8 +108,7 @@ Current priorities:
 Current distribution status:
 
 - source repository is the primary delivery format
-- Arch Linux is the best-supported packaging path at the moment
+- experimental Flatpak manifest included for local sandbox building
-- no official Flatpak, AppImage, or broad distro release pipeline yet
 
 ## Platform And Support
 
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ BearWave is currently aligned with and tested primarily against:
 - KDE Plasma 6
 - Qt 6
 - KDE Frameworks 6
-- Phonon4Qt6
+- Qt6 Multimedia
 
 If support for other distributions becomes reliable, they should be added here explicitly instead of implied.
 
@@ -139,7 +148,7 @@ BearWave should currently be understood as:
 
 - officially documented for source builds
 - most naturally aligned with Arch Linux packaging
-- likely portable to other Linux distributions with Qt 6 / KF6 / Phonon packages available
+- likely portable to other Linux distributions with Qt 6 / KF6 / QtMultimedia packages available
 - not yet positioned as a broadly packaged consumer desktop app
 
 If you want the least surprising path today, use either:
@@ -153,14 +162,14 @@ If you want the least surprising path today, use either:
 
 ```bash
 sudo pacman -S cmake extra-cmake-modules qt6-base qt6-declarative qt6-tools \
-  kirigami phonon-qt6 phonon-qt6-vlc vlc
+  kirigami qt6-multimedia qt6-multimedia-ffmpeg
 ```
 
 ### KDE Neon / Ubuntu-based
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt install cmake ninja-build qt6-base-dev qt6-declarative-dev qt6-tools-dev \
-  libkf6kirigami-dev libkf6i18n-dev libkf6coreaddons-dev phonon4qt6-dev
+  libkf6kirigami-dev libkf6i18n-dev libkf6coreaddons-dev qt6-multimedia-dev
 ```
 
 Note: exact package names can vary between distro releases, and non-Arch dependency sets should currently be treated as best-effort guidance rather than a guaranteed tested path.
@@ -203,7 +212,7 @@ cmake --build build -j"$(nproc)"
 - Linux desktop session
 - KDE Plasma recommended
 - Qt 6 runtime libraries
-- Phonon4Qt6 with a working backend
+- Qt6 Multimedia backend (e.g. ffmpeg or gstreamer)
 - network access to Radio Browser instances
 
 ## Usage
@@ -266,8 +275,7 @@ rm -f "$HOME/.config/autostart/org.kde.bearwave.desktop"
 
 ### No audio playback
 
-- ensure `phonon-qt6` and `phonon-qt6-vlc` or equivalent are installed
+- ensure `qt6-multimedia` and a backend like `qt6-multimedia-ffmpeg` or `gst-plugins-good` are installed
-- ensure `vlc` is installed
 - test another station URL because some streams go offline
 
 ### App icon or launcher entry not updating

org.kde.bearwave.json

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "app-id": "org.kde.bearwave",
+    "runtime": "org.kde.Platform",
+    "runtime-version": "6.6",
+    "sdk": "org.kde.Sdk",
+    "command": "bearwave",
+    "finish-args": [
+        "--share=network",
+        "--socket=wayland",
+        "--socket=fallback-x11",
+        "--socket=pulseaudio",
+        "--own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.bearwave",
+        "--talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications",
+        "--talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher"
+    ],
+    "modules": [
+        {
+            "name": "bearwave",
+            "buildsystem": "cmake-ninja",
+            "builddir": true,
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "type": "dir",
+                    "path": "."
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}

org.kde.bearwave.metainfo.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>org.kde.bearwave</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>MIT</project_license>
+  
+  <name>BearWave</name>
+  <summary>KDE-focused desktop internet radio app</summary>
+  
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      BearWave is designed for fast station browsing, simple playback controls, favorites, resume support, tray behavior, and clean Plasma integration without turning into a heavy media suite.
+    </p>
+    <p>Features:</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Internet radio via the Radio Browser API with local JSON caching</li>
+      <li>Station pages for Top, Germany, Netherlands, and quick world/genre filters</li>
+      <li>Local search and filtering by name, genre, and country</li>
+      <li>Sorting by name, bitrate, and votes</li>
+      <li>Favorites with persistent local storage</li>
+      <li>Playback metadata display when streams provide it</li>
+      <li>Resume support for last station and volume</li>
+      <li>MPRIS integration for Plasma media controls and media keys</li>
+      <li>System tray integration for background playback</li>
+      <li>Desktop notifications for song/track changes with local cover art caching</li>
+    </ul>
+  </description>
+  
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.kde.bearwave.desktop</launchable>
+  
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen01.png</image>
+      <caption>Main window displaying radio categories</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen02.png</image>
+      <caption>Station browser and search filters</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen03.png</image>
+      <caption>The About dialog showing application info</caption>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  
+  <url type="homepage">https://github.com/spalencsar/bearwave</url>
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/spalencsar/bearwave/issues</url>
+  
+  <developer_name>Sebastian (spalencsar)</developer_name>
+  
+  <provides>
+    <binary>bearwave</binary>
+  </provides>
+  
+  <releases>
+    <release version="1.0.1" date="2026-05-23">
+      <description>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Fixed NotificationManager crash (segfault)</li>
+          <li>Migrated to modern QtMultimedia engine from legacy Phonon</li>
+          <li>Added Flatpak manifest and build support</li>
+          <li>Added debounced online search</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
+</component>

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ add_executable(bearwave ${SOURCES})
 # Qt Resources
 target_sources(bearwave PRIVATE qml.qrc)
 
-qt_add_lrelease(
+qt_add_lrelease(bearwave
     TS_FILES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../translations/bearwave_de.ts
     QM_FILES_OUTPUT_VARIABLE bearwave_qm_files
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ target_link_libraries(bearwave PRIVATE
     Qt6::Quick
     Qt6::QuickControls2
     Qt6::Widgets
+    Qt6::Multimedia
     KF6::Kirigami
     KF6::I18n
     KF6::CoreAddons
-    Phonon::phonon4qt6
 )
 
 # Install

src/bearplayer.cpp

@@ -2,36 +2,25 @@
 
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QMediaMetaData>
+
 
-namespace {
-QString firstMetaValue(const QMultiMap<QString, QString> &meta, const QStringList &keys)
-{
-    for (const QString &key : keys) {
-        if (meta.contains(key)) {
-            const QString value = meta.value(key).trimmed();
-            if (!value.isEmpty()) {
-                return value;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return QString();
-}
-}
 
 BearPlayer::BearPlayer(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
-    m_mediaObject = new Phonon::MediaObject(this);
+    m_audioOutput = new QAudioOutput(this);
-    m_audioOutput = new Phonon::AudioOutput(Phonon::MusicCategory, this);
+    m_mediaPlayer = new QMediaPlayer(this);
+    m_mediaPlayer->setAudioOutput(m_audioOutput);
 
     m_coverArtFetcher = new CoverArtFetcher(this);
     connect(m_coverArtFetcher, &CoverArtFetcher::coverUrlReady, this, &BearPlayer::onCoverUrlReady);
 
-    Phonon::createPath(m_mediaObject, m_audioOutput);
+    connect(m_mediaPlayer, &QMediaPlayer::playbackStateChanged,
-
+            this, &BearPlayer::onPlaybackStateChanged);
-    connect(m_mediaObject, &Phonon::MediaObject::stateChanged,
+    connect(m_mediaPlayer, &QMediaPlayer::mediaStatusChanged,
-            this, &BearPlayer::onStateChanged);
+            this, &BearPlayer::onMediaStatusChanged);
-    connect(m_mediaObject, &Phonon::MediaObject::metaDataChanged,
+    connect(m_mediaPlayer, &QMediaPlayer::metaDataChanged,
             this, &BearPlayer::onMetaDataChanged);
 
     m_retryTimer.setSingleShot(true);
@@ -41,8 +30,8 @@ BearPlayer::BearPlayer(QObject *parent)
             return;
         }
         ++m_retryAttempts;
-        m_mediaObject->setCurrentSource(QUrl(m_lastUrl));
+        m_mediaPlayer->setSource(QUrl(m_lastUrl));
-        m_mediaObject->play();
+        m_mediaPlayer->play();
         qDebug() << "Retry stream" << m_retryAttempts << m_lastName;
     });
 }
@@ -65,15 +54,15 @@ void BearPlayer::playUrl(const QString &url, const QString &name)
     emit currentStationChanged(m_currentStationName);
     clearTrackInfo();
 
-    m_mediaObject->setCurrentSource(QUrl(url));
+    m_mediaPlayer->setSource(QUrl(url));
-    m_mediaObject->play();
+    m_mediaPlayer->play();
 
     qDebug() << "Playing:" << name << url;
 }
 
 void BearPlayer::stop()
 {
-    m_mediaObject->stop();
+    m_mediaPlayer->stop();
     m_currentStationName.clear();
     m_lastName.clear();
     m_lastUrl.clear();
@@ -85,9 +74,9 @@ void BearPlayer::stop()
 void BearPlayer::togglePlayPause()
 {
     if (m_playing) {
-        m_mediaObject->pause();
+        m_mediaPlayer->pause();
     } else {
-        m_mediaObject->play();
+        m_mediaPlayer->play();
     }
 }
 
@@ -97,18 +86,23 @@ void BearPlayer::setVolume(qreal vol)
     emit volumeChanged(m_audioOutput->volume());
 }
 
-void BearPlayer::onStateChanged(int state)
+void BearPlayer::onPlaybackStateChanged(QMediaPlayer::PlaybackState state)
 {
-    switch (state) {
+    m_playing = (state == QMediaPlayer::PlayingState);
-    case 2:
-        m_playing = true;
-        break;
-    default:
-        m_playing = false;
-        scheduleRetry();
-        break;
-    }
     emit playingChanged(m_playing);
+
+    if (state == QMediaPlayer::StoppedState) {
+        scheduleRetry();
+    }
+}
+
+void BearPlayer::onMediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status)
+{
+    if (status == QMediaPlayer::InvalidMedia) {
+        m_playing = false;
+        emit playingChanged(m_playing);
+        scheduleRetry();
+    }
 }
 
 void BearPlayer::scheduleRetry()
@@ -123,28 +117,15 @@ void BearPlayer::scheduleRetry()
 
 void BearPlayer::onMetaDataChanged()
 {
-    const QMultiMap<QString, QString> meta = m_mediaObject->metaData();
+    QMediaMetaData meta = m_mediaPlayer->metaData();
 
-    const QString artist = firstMetaValue(meta, {
+    QString artist = meta.stringValue(QMediaMetaData::ContributingArtist);
-        QStringLiteral("ARTIST"),
+    if (artist.isEmpty()) {
-        QStringLiteral("artist"),
+        artist = meta.stringValue(QMediaMetaData::Author);
-        QStringLiteral("Artist")
-    });
-
-    QString title = firstMetaValue(meta, {
-        QStringLiteral("TITLE"),
-        QStringLiteral("title"),
-        QStringLiteral("Title")
-    });
-
-    if (title.isEmpty()) {
-        title = firstMetaValue(meta, {
-            QStringLiteral("icy-title"),
-            QStringLiteral("Icy-Title"),
-            QStringLiteral("StreamTitle")
-        });
     }
 
+    QString title = meta.stringValue(QMediaMetaData::Title);
+
     if (m_currentTrackArtist == artist && m_currentTrackTitle == title) {
         return;
     }

src/bearplayer.h

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTimer>
 
-#include <phonon4qt6/phonon/MediaObject>
+#include <QMediaPlayer>
-#include <phonon4qt6/phonon/AudioOutput>
+#include <QAudioOutput>
 #include "coverartfetcher.h"
 
 class BearPlayer : public QObject
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ signals:
     void trackInfoChanged();
 
 private slots:
-    void onStateChanged(int state);
+    void onPlaybackStateChanged(QMediaPlayer::PlaybackState state);
+    void onMediaStatusChanged(QMediaPlayer::MediaStatus status);
     void onMetaDataChanged();
     void onCoverUrlReady(const QString &url);
 
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ private:
     void clearTrackInfo();
     void scheduleRetry();
 
-    Phonon::MediaObject *m_mediaObject = nullptr;
+    QMediaPlayer *m_mediaPlayer = nullptr;
-    Phonon::AudioOutput *m_audioOutput = nullptr;
+    QAudioOutput *m_audioOutput = nullptr;
     QTimer m_retryTimer;
     QString m_currentStationName;
     QString m_currentTrackTitle;

src/main.cpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     QApplication::setApplicationName(QStringLiteral("BearWave"));
-    QApplication::setDesktopFileName(QStringLiteral("org.kde.bearwave.desktop"));
+    QApplication::setDesktopFileName(QStringLiteral("org.kde.bearwave"));
     QApplication::setOrganizationName(QStringLiteral("BearWave"));
     QApplication::setApplicationVersion(QStringLiteral("1.0.1"));
 

src/notificationmanager.cpp

@@ -45,9 +45,11 @@ void NotificationManager::onTrackInfoChanged()
     if (artist.isEmpty() && title.isEmpty()) {
         m_notifyTimer.stop();
         if (m_currentReply) {
-            m_currentReply->abort();
+            QNetworkReply *reply = m_currentReply;
-            m_currentReply->deleteLater();
             m_currentReply = nullptr;
+            reply->disconnect(this);
+            reply->abort();
+            reply->deleteLater();
         }
         closeNotification();
         m_lastArtist.clear();
@@ -64,9 +66,11 @@ void NotificationManager::onTrackInfoChanged()
     if (trackChanged) {
         m_notifyTimer.stop();
         if (m_currentReply) {
-            m_currentReply->abort();
+            QNetworkReply *reply = m_currentReply;
-            m_currentReply->deleteLater();
             m_currentReply = nullptr;
+            reply->disconnect(this);
+            reply->abort();
+            reply->deleteLater();
         }
         m_lastArtist = artist;
         m_lastTitle = title;
@@ -115,9 +119,11 @@ void NotificationManager::onTrackInfoChanged()
 void NotificationManager::downloadCover(const QString &url)
 {
     if (m_currentReply) {
-        m_currentReply->abort();
+        QNetworkReply *reply = m_currentReply;
-        m_currentReply->deleteLater();
         m_currentReply = nullptr;
+        reply->disconnect(this);
+        reply->abort();
+        reply->deleteLater();
     }
 
     m_pendingCoverUrl = url;