EDIT: New version 0.2, more robust plus audio! EDIT: v0.3 adds nice to mpv, makes it behave better :wink: EDIT: v0.4 only cosmetic changes (indentation, comments) EDIT: v0.5 adds opacity for subtle overlays, see below I couldn’t resist making a small script that allows the desktop background to …

That’s good to know. I just wanted to learn more about the inner workings, and not really install a fully-blown GUI app. I think there a many more things apart from mpv that could be done. And I plan to stick with X11 for the foreseeable future.

[image] Moonbase59: I plan to stick with X11 for the foreseeable future. If it doesn’t break, why switch? If you don’t game on your system, X11 is perfectly fine.

[image] Moonbase59: I plan to stick with X11 for the foreseeable future. Just remember, that “foreseeable future” may be more seeable than you know. X11 will soon be gone. Well, relatively soon. The writing is on the wall… [image] Fedora 43 to Drop GNOME X11, Fully Adopts Wayland in…

I’ve never been particularly dazzled by video wallpapers, but this is so simple and light on resources I’m gonna give it a shot! Thanks for sharing :smiley:

Just for the fun of it: Live View from the ISS: bgv "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPjKQtRXR8&pp=ygUQc3BhY2VzaGlwIGZsaWdodA%3D%3D" Note: Live streams sometimes generate a few errors.

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I’d guess wrong variant of xwinwrap? There is only one that has adapted to the new mpv argument format. Check: $ pacman -Qs xwinwrap local/xwinwrap-git r20.539fc47-1 Fork of XwinWrap from takase1121 on GitHub Unfortunately, all xwinwrap versions in the AUR have slight differences and quirks.