title: Video playback with Qt: Phonon or libVLC
body: <p>I'm trying to get <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/libvlc.html" rel="nofollow">libVLC</a> working with my <a href="http://qt-project.org/" rel="nofollow">Qt</a> C++ application but I am wondering if I should be using <a href="http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/phonon-overview.html" rel="nofollow">Phonon</a> for simplicity.
  I read about Phonon-VLC (<a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/" rel="nofollow">VLC media player</a>) which lead me to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonon_%28KDE%29#Backends" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonon_%28KDE%29#Backends</a> where VLC is mentioned as backend.
  I'm confused: which is based on which?
  Are there any advantages using one or the other? Probably Phonon is easier to use as backends are chosen cross-platformy while libVLC integration requires more work.</p>