Thanks weebp
This is a rewrite of weebp in Python. It is a wrapper for mpv/mpvpaper.
This rewrite is only compatitable with .mp4 files, athough indirectly supporting other formats through a convert feature.
This was written with the help of AI. Of course, I'm still the main contributer though.
Why, you ask? This offers argumentless switching (quite neat for people who do want to change their BG regularly) and more convenient feature.
Watch paperlike in action (Hyprland):
- Works on Wayland (Hyprland; other untested)
- Works on X11 (i3wm; others untested)
- External arguments to mpv
- Have a convert function for any other file type --> .mp4
- Load playlist/anything from the Internet
- Works on KDE Plasma (fuck that shit)
Dependencies: mpv, mpvpaper, ffmpeg
To compile mpvpaper: libmpv-dev (apt), mpv-libs-devel (dnf). Arch users need not to worry about this
wget https://github.com/imchocomint/paperlike/releases/download/dotone/install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
paperlike <your video file>
Same applies to the source Python file
The software defaults to rendering by CPU. External arguments is needed to use the GPU (see below).
There are demo files on the /demo-files/ directory. You can try them.
paperlike <file> "(your mpv arguments go here)"
mpv arguments are available at their wiki. Some crucial arguments are added in the source code.
Here is how you can force to render by GPU (I'm defaulting to VAAPI protocol):
paperlike main.mp4 "--vo=gpu --hwdec=vaapi"
Currently no debugging version is active/live/available. The software will be in this form for a while.
For extended development, clone the repository. Install moviepy.
Currently our only issue is with KDE Plasma.