Added a script to to toggle between current wallpaper and live wallpaper using mpvpaper

[devnchill]

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Used mpvpaper to apply live wallpapers . Made a custom script and added super alt 2 to toggle between current wallpaper and live wallpaper . Path for live wallpaper is in wallpapers/livewallpaper/

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They look nice

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It needs mpvpaper for it . I installed it using ninja . I followed these steps

Clone

git clone --single-branch https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper

Build

cd mpvpaper
meson setup build --prefix=/usr/local
ninja -C build

Install

ninja -C build install

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[JaKooLit]

mpv paper is just using wayyy too much resources.. no issues for high powered or high ram system..

but a dual core 2gb will just crawl

[devnchill]

even if it's not being used ? like if you don't apply it will it still consume resources in background ?if yes then we can close it otherwise i don't see any harm in it as users can easily toggle it

[JaKooLit]

not sure... reason why I cant merge yet is I have to check and test properly. I cant now since im fully occupied with work.

I may have time to check next month

[devnchill]

Sure

[wax-dred]

Bonjour,

J'ai éditer un script pour mpvpaper dans la suite de JaKooLit je suis novice mais j'espère que ça peux vous aidez.

`#!/bin/bash

WALLPAPERS PATH

wallDIR="$HOME/Pictures/wallpapers/Video"
SCRIPTSDIR="$HOME/.config/hypr/scripts"
THUMBNAIL_DIR="/tmp/video_thumbnails"
mkdir -p "$THUMBNAIL_DIR"

variables

focused_monitor=$(hyprctl monitors | awk '/^Monitor/{name=$2} /focused: yes/{print name}')

Fonction pour générer des miniatures

generate_thumbnail() {
local video_path="$1"
local thumbnail_path="${THUMBNAIL_DIR}/$(basename "$video_path").png"

Ne générer la miniature que si elle n'existe pas déjà

if [[ ! -f "$thumbnail_path" ]]; then
ffmpegthumbnailer -i "$video_path" -o "$thumbnail_path" -s 256
fi

echo "$thumbnail_path"
}

Check if swaybg is running

if pidof swaybg >/dev/null; then
pkill swaybg
fi

Retrieve video files using null delimiter to handle spaces in filenames

mapfile -d '' PICS < <(find "${wallDIR}" -type f ( -iname "*.mp4" ) -print0)

RANDOM_PIC="${PICS[$((RANDOM % ${#PICS[@]}))]}"
RANDOM_PIC_NAME=". random"

Rofi command

rofi_command="rofi -i -show -dmenu -config ~/.config/rofi/config-wallpaper.rasi"

Sorting Wallpapers

menu() {

Sort the PICS array

IFS=$'\n' sorted_options=($(sort &lt;&lt;&lt;"${PICS[*]}"))

Place ". random" at the beginning with the random picture as an icon

random_thumbnail=$(generate_thumbnail "$RANDOM_PIC")
printf "%s\x00icon\x1f%s\n" "$RANDOM_PIC_NAME" "$random_thumbnail"

for pic_path in "${sorted_options[@]}"; do
pic_name=$(basename "$pic_path")
thumbnail=$(generate_thumbnail "$pic_path")

# Displaying .gif to indicate animated images
if [[ ! "$pic_name" =~ \.gif$ ]]; then
  printf "%s\x00icon\x1f%s\n" "$(echo "$pic_name" | cut -d. -f1)" "$thumbnail"
else
  printf "%s\n" "$pic_name"
fi

done
}

Choice of wallpapers

main() {
choice=$(menu | $rofi_command)

Trim any potential whitespace or hidden characters

choice=$(echo "$choice" | xargs)
RANDOM_PIC_NAME=$(echo "$RANDOM_PIC_NAME" | xargs)

No choice case

if [[ -z "$choice" ]]; then
echo "No choice selected. Exiting."
exit 0
fi

Random choice case

if [[ "$choice" == "$RANDOM_PIC_NAME" ]]; then
if pidof mpvpaper >/dev/null; then
pkill -x mpvpaper
fi
mpvpaper -o "--video-crop=3440x1440 --loop
--cache=no
--demuxer-max-bytes=16M
--demuxer-max-back-bytes=8M
--cache-pause-initial=yes
--cache-pause-wait=1
--hwdec=auto
--video-sync=audio
--interpolation=no
--vf=lavfi=[scale=3440:1440:flags=fast_bilinear]"
"$focused_monitor" "${PICS[$pic_index]}"
fi

Find the index of the selected file

pic_index=-1
for i in "${!PICS[@]}"; do
filename=$(basename "${PICS[$i]}")
if [[ "$filename" == "$choice"* ]]; then
pic_index=$i
break
fi
done

if [[ $pic_index -ne -1 ]]; then
if pidof mpvpaper >/dev/null; then
pkill -x mpvpaper
fi
mpvpaper -o "--video-crop=3440x1440 --loop
--cache=no
--demuxer-max-bytes=16M
--demuxer-max-back-bytes=8M
--cache-pause-initial=yes
--cache-pause-wait=1
--hwdec=auto
--video-sync=audio
--interpolation=no
--vf=lavfi=[scale=3440:1440:flags=fast_bilinear]"
"$focused_monitor" "${PICS[$pic_index]}"
else
echo "Image not found."
exit 1
fi
}
`

[dwilliam62]

J'ai éditer un script pour mpvpaper dans la suite de JaKooLit je suis novice mais j'espère que ça peux vous aidez.

english please.

Jak will look at it when he is back home from work. Which with the holidays will likely be next year before he can evaluate if he wants to add this or not. he also has the issue of feature parity with all the distros he is currently supporting. it's hard enough with different versions of Hyprland for ubuntu/debian.

[dwilliam62]

even if it's not being used ? like if you don't apply it will it still consume resources in background ?if yes then we can close it otherwise i don't see any harm in it as users can easily toggle it

it's also something we have to support for all the distros. Means more testing on every update. My suggestion is post this as something people can add if they want to but not something not included in Jak's dotfiles.

I don't see a large benefit to most users. I've seen resource issues when large images are loaded.

[wax-dred]

I agree with the previous opinion: this script would be more appropriate as a customizable option rather than as a default feature in JaKooLit dotfiles.

[devnchill]

during installation just like how user is asked if he wan'ts to disable rainbow borders , maybe we can add a similar prompt asking if they want live wallpaper feature .