README.md

qt-mpv-bg-wlr

A mpv based video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors. (Video Dynamic Wallpaper for Linux).

Dependencies

qt5
mpv
layer-shell-qt
pkg-config
meson

Building

git clone https://github.com/lisuke/qt-mpv-bg-wlr
cd qt-mpv-bg-wlr
meson setup build
ninja -C build

Installing

sudo ninja -C build install

Uninstalling

sudo ninja -C build uninstall

Running

qt-mpv-bg-wlr ~/reimu.mp4

Controlling

echo 'cycle pause' | socat - /tmp/mpv-socket-eDP-1

Bug Reports

Please file bug reports at https://github.com/lisuke/qt-mpv-bg-wlr

Contributing

Please submit patches to https://github.com/lisuke/qt-mpv-bg-wlr

Packages

If you're on Arch there's an AUR package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qt-mpv-bg-wlr/

reference

• GhostNaN/mpvpaper
• xdavidwu/qt-video-wlr
• libmpv/qt_opengl