Bug 454984

Summary:	Allow to set an animated image as desktop background
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Fushan Wen <qydwhotmail>
Component:	Image Wallpaper	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, notmart, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version:	5.24.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455193
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/6e43d469811222f889eed71ad96e0073ddfbba65	Version Fixed In:	5.26
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	455184

Description Fushan Wen 2022-06-07 16:53:03 UTC

Plasma lacks support for video backgrounds.

The feature is popular on store.kde.org, e.g. 
Wallpaper Engine Kde Plugin: https://store.kde.org/p/1475528/
SmartER Video Wallpaper: https://store.kde.org/p/1448924
Animated Image Wallpaper: https://store.kde.org/p/1339104
Smart Video Wallpaper: https://store.kde.org/p/1316299
Video LockScreen: https://store.kde.org/p/1316300
Video Wallpaper: https://store.kde.org/p/1316120
Animated Video Wallpaper: https://store.kde.org/p/1032000

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-06-08 18:37:05 UTC

Yeah the amount of duplication there does seem to suggest that we should implement it in a supported way in 1st party code.

Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2022-06-12 16:06:14 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/1831

Comment 3 Fushan Wen 2022-06-17 12:05:31 UTC

Git commit 6e43d469811222f889eed71ad96e0073ddfbba65 by Fushan Wen.
Committed on 17/06/2022 at 11:26.
Pushed by fusionfuture into branch 'master'.

wallpapers/image: add animated image support
FIXED-IN: 5.26

M  +24   -2    wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/main.qml
A  +60   -0    wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/mediacomponent/AnimatedImageComponent.qml     [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +41   -0    wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/mediacomponent/BaseMediaComponent.qml     [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
D  +0    -64   wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/mediacomponent/ImageComponent.qml
A  +45   -0    wallpapers/image/imagepackage/contents/ui/mediacomponent/StaticImageComponent.qml     [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
M  +1    -0    wallpapers/image/plugin/CMakeLists.txt
M  +2    -0    wallpapers/image/plugin/imageplugin.cpp
A  +20   -0    wallpapers/image/plugin/utils/backgroundtype.h     [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
M  +51   -3    wallpapers/image/plugin/utils/mediaproxy.cpp
M  +16   -1    wallpapers/image/plugin/utils/mediaproxy.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/commit/6e43d469811222f889eed71ad96e0073ddfbba65