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Post GiFs and webms that would make for nice wallpapers.
>Short Linux Guide
You can use mpv or gifview from the gifsicle package to draw to the root window.
You also need a compositor like compton (if you use a DE you probably have one) and xwinwrap to make it work with the compositor (see this thread for more details: https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/226).
You can download the xwinwrap .deb file from here http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/09/03/shantz-xwinwrap.html.
For Arch based distros, the AUR package name is shantz-xwinwrap-bzr.
mpv command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- mpv -wid WID --loop=inf --no-osc --no-terminal path/to/video
gifview command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- gifview -w WID -a path/to/gif
To make one of those run on startup just put it in your .xinitrc and end it with a '&' sign.
Although you can use mpv to play GIFs, it might be better performance-wise to use gifview instead.
>Short Linux Guide
You can use mpv or gifview from the gifsicle package to draw to the root window.
You also need a compositor like compton (if you use a DE you probably have one) and xwinwrap to make it work with the compositor (see this thread for more details: https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/226).
You can download the xwinwrap .deb file from here http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/09/03/shantz-xwinwrap.html.
For Arch based distros, the AUR package name is shantz-xwinwrap-bzr.
mpv command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- mpv -wid WID --loop=inf --no-osc --no-terminal path/to/video
gifview command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- gifview -w WID -a path/to/gif
To make one of those run on startup just put it in your .xinitrc and end it with a '&' sign.
Although you can use mpv to play GIFs, it might be better performance-wise to use gifview instead.
