Smart Video Wallpaper

Plasma Wallpaper Plugins video wallpaper

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net

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Description:

Do NOT use this plugin as lockscreen (for this use my other plugin)

Video Demo HERE

Video desktop wallpaper for plasma KDE, based on "/u/samrog" plugin wallpaper.

NEW features

+ Pause the video when existing a maximized or full-screen windows.
+ Pause the video when the desktop is busy.

This minimizes the use of CPU resources.

Installation
Download and run:
 kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Wallpaper -i smartvideowallpaper.tar.gz 

Use
1. Choose Wallpaper Type: "Smart Video Wallpaper" in Wallpaper settings window.
2. Select your video.
3. The option "Use double player" : avoid annoying transition (black screen) in video loop playback.

Try my other works for Plasma.



Pear Dark look and feel inspired by PearOS

* Video and more details in https://adhec.github.io/plasma_tweaks/

* Information Login Manager: https://adhec.github.io/sddm_themes/

Video wallpapers sites: taken from desktophut, pexels, komorebi

Some videos:
seashore, waterfalls, anime and dreams of the sea - i like this one, try it with sound -

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Scripts

For use "Smart Video Wallpaper" when the charger is attached use the scripts in https://github.com/adhec/plasma_tweaks/tree/master/SmartVideoWallpaper

* Configuration

First set execute permission for the scripts:


chmod +x setSmartVideoWallpaper.sh
chmod +x setImage.sh


* Pluggued
SystemSettings > Notifications > Power Management > Configure events > Ac Adaptor plugged in > Run command > Select path script "setSmartVideoWallpaper.sh"

* Unpluggued
SystemSettings > Notifications > Power Management > Configure events > Ac Adaptor unplugged > Run command > Select path script "setImageWallpaper.sh"


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Comment your issues
Last changelog:

v0.2 8 months ago

Fix: play/pause for windows with 2 states (maximized and minimized)
New features:
- Pause the video when existing a maximized or full-screen windows.
- Pause the video when the desktop is busy.

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pgtipz

9 days ago

8 8 great

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spratay

15 days ago

no work gentoo i installed mpv
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
- gstreamer1.0-libav

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HoRMoNE

21 days ago

¡I love it!... however I would prefer "maximized" and "full screen windows" to be in separate options.

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cyberscoop

22 days ago

Absolutely fantastic work! I was looking exactly for this some months and it just makes my desktop come to life. The only thing I noticed is that after setting a video as live wallpaper, the `plasmashell` is consuming huge amounts of memory, currently its consuming around 2.8 GB of memory space and grows after sometime to above 4 GB. When I set my wallpaper back to a static image it settles at around 700 MB memory usage. Can you please fix this?

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mineturtle36

1 month ago

Good stuff, good stuff.
One issue I found - once my desktop wakes-up from sleep - the plugin "forgets" to use double player option (even if it is still ticked in the options), and I get the annoying blackscreen for a second on each loop. Workaround is to disable&apply and then enable&apply the 'Use double player' option.
Anything I can do to fix this permanently?

Otherwise - awesome work!

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csaratakij

1 month ago

9 9 excellent
Multiscreen support would be nice.
(Great plugin btw~ :D)

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leo5sk

1 month ago

When in system settings>compositor, "keep windows thumbnails" is set to "always", the video does not resume even when a maximised windows is minimised. One needs to resize it to resume video

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dorian-nova

2 months ago

This plugin is fabulous but while making it work I encountered a problem of black screen. So here's the answer to solve it:
1. Analyzing the problem
kquitapp5 plasmashell; sleep 1; kstart5 plasma shell
2. I had the following error:
"Warning: "No decoder available for type 'video/quicktime, variant=(string)iso'."
3. Solving
To solve it just install gst-libav, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly.
And voila it's all done to solve the issue and you can enjoy this plugin.

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busyvillager

4 months ago

Lovely addon. Is it still being actively developed?

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qushaes

6 months ago

Hellooo, amazing work. I am on Clear Linux and for some reason this amazing plugin won't work. I have installed mpv and gstreamer bundles. I cna open the video with mpv but the plugin still won't work. Any ideas?

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no95typem

7 months ago

10 10 the best

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derekk

7 months ago

I installed what you advised me, but still doesn't work. On manjaro KDE it has worked flawlessly but there were other problems so I had to switch to neon.

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derekk

7 months ago

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fmQc-92kvHgjvUnPETEiXjnoZ7I39tQG/view?usp=sharing

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adhe

7 months ago

Hi, please install the packages :
- mpv
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
- gstreamer1.0-libav

test and comment ;)

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derekk

7 months ago

I'm on kde neon latest, it doesn't work. I even execute kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Wallpaper -u smartvideowallpaper.tar.gz. Even on preview page just black screen. What can I do? Thanks

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adhe

7 months ago

Hi, please you can share the listPackages.txt file

apt list --installed | awk -F'/' '{print $1}' > listPackages.txt

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Sandrone

7 months ago

8 8 great

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nineflames

7 months ago

Hi. Would it be possible to make the pausing of the video optional? I'm running a setup with two displays, and it pauses the background on both as soon as an application gets maximized. Meaning, 90% of the time it's just a still image, which kind of defeats the point of an animated wallpaper.

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krys88

8 months ago

hi dev seems like its not friendly with activities =, im using kde 16.5 manjaro, the issue is when activity with video wall paper is closed video still runs in system

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kdevg0

8 months ago

10 "10 the best" Love it. The best thing is I had to buy a similar item in steam. Here I am getting it for free.

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gren1ght

8 months ago

Not working, on preview page just black screen. Mb i need some extra packages?

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adhe

7 months ago

Hi, sorry for the delay. If you still have problems please install the packages:
- mpv
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
- gstreamer1.0-libav

test and comment ;)

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bulletdust

8 months ago

Video not pausing when I open a window, am I doing something wrong?

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adhe

8 months ago

please verify that you have the latest version and activate the option "check the Pause the video on when the desktop is busy" in the widget settings. If the problem persists, send what application is the cause of the problem and the link of the video. Thanks for the feedback. (Pd update with the command "kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Wallpaper -u smartvideowallpaper.tar.gz", note the "-u")

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bulletdust

8 months ago

The -u switch fixed it, thank you so much for your prompt reply!

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v0.2 8 months ago

Fix: play/pause for windows with 2 states (maximized and minimized)
New features:
- Pause the video when existing a maximized or full-screen windows.
- Pause the video when the desktop is busy.

v0.11 11 months ago

- Fix pause video for fullscreen windows (mpv application)

[issues]
need to add filter for applications with states (minimized and maximized at the same time)

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product-maker pgtipz Jun 23 2020 8 great
8 great
product-maker csaratakij May 26 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent Multiscreen support would be nice. (Great plugin btw~ :D)
product-maker no95typem Dec 01 2019 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker Sandrone Nov 16 2019 8 great
8 great
product-maker kdevg0 Oct 21 2019 10 the best
"10 the best" Love it. The best thing is I had to buy a similar item in steam. Here I am getting it for free.
product-maker nhoxsang2411994 Oct 11 2019 10 the best
10 the best, very kool features!
product-maker marcantoine Aug 17 2019 10 the best
10 the best, it work as expected.
product-maker Base: 4 x 5.0 Ratings
pgtipz
Jun 22 2020
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Jun 03 2020
csaratakij
May 25 2020
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Jan 10 2020
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Dec 15 2019
no95typem
Dec 01 2019
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Oct 16 2019
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Oct 09 2019
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Aug 14 2019
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