Bug 462932

Summary:	Add preview videos for all effects
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	John Veness <john.kde>
Component:	kcm_kwineffects	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null, tombrown9501
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.26.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/a6f6aa19cd1c817fe678b84d83a54f78375fb940	Version Fixed In:	6.4.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description John Veness 2022-12-11 20:28:53 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Navigate to System Settings, Workspace Behaviour, Desktop Effects
2. Scroll up and down the list of effects

OBSERVED RESULT
Some effects have no preview video, for example (these are ones that weren't immediately obvious to me as to what they did): Screen Edge, Sheet, Thumbnail Aside.

EXPECTED RESULT
Every effect to have a preview video available.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20221209
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.100.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.0.10-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ProBook 450 G4

Comment 1 tombrown9501 2024-02-17 03:19:56 UTC

These are so helpful for understanding what effects these options control. For new users like myself its essential for effects related to things like modal dialogs. I'm not sure what these are so I wouldn't know how to test it.

Sidenote: These effects are awesome and the level of customization is the best out there; keep up the great work! 

Also I see that this request is over a year old, if I can help with recording videos let me know.

Comment 2 Oliver Beard 2025-04-25 21:04:36 UTC

Git commit a6f6aa19cd1c817fe678b84d83a54f78375fb940 by Oliver Beard.
Committed on 25/04/2025 at 20:48.
Pushed by olib into branch 'master'.

src/kcms,plugins: Remove effects videos
These generally no longer work, and whilst they could be made to work again, they would still be out of date.

If the videos were updated, they would quickly become outdated again as Plasma is updated via wallpaper, theme and other changes.

Effects are previewed easily enough anyway by enabling them and using them in practice.
Related: bug 440244, bug 475633, bug 421884, bug 440398
FIXED-IN: 6.4.0

M  +0    -1    CMakeLists.txt
M  +0    -6    src/kcms/common/effectsmodel.cpp
M  +0    -5    src/kcms/common/effectsmodel.h
M  +0    -28   src/kcms/effects/ui/Effect.qml
D  +0    -43   src/kcms/effects/ui/Video.qml
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/diminactive/metadata.json
M  +0    -1    src/plugins/dimscreen/package/metadata.json
M  +0    -1    src/plugins/fadedesktop/package/metadata.json
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/invert/metadata.json
M  +1    -2    src/plugins/magiclamp/metadata.json
M  +1    -2    src/plugins/magnifier/metadata.json
M  +0    -1    src/plugins/maximize/package/metadata.json
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/mouseclick/metadata.json
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/overview/metadata.json
M  +1    -2    src/plugins/slide/metadata.json
M  +0    -3    src/plugins/slidingpopups/metadata.json
M  +0    -3    src/plugins/snaphelper/metadata.json
M  +0    -1    src/plugins/squash/package/metadata.json
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/trackmouse/metadata.json
M  +1    -4    src/plugins/wobblywindows/metadata.json
M  +1    -2    src/plugins/zoom/metadata.json

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/a6f6aa19cd1c817fe678b84d83a54f78375fb940