mpvpaper VS qt-video-wlr

Compare mpvpaper vs qt-video-wlr and see what are their differences.

mpvpaper

A video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors. (by GhostNaN)

qt-video-wlr

Qt pip-mode-like video player for wlroots-based wayland compositors. (by xdavidwu)
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mpvpaper qt-video-wlr
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658 12
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7.1 5.1
12 days ago 10 months ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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mpvpaper

Posts with mentions or reviews of mpvpaper. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-05.

qt-video-wlr

Posts with mentions or reviews of qt-video-wlr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-08.
  • Sway apps list moved to github
    11 projects | /r/swaywm | 8 Feb 2021
    qt-video-wlr, suppose to be the same as the above but QT5ish, I'm not sure why it's described as PiP, and I now remembered that I wanted to package it (Flatpak).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mpvpaper and qt-video-wlr you can also consider the following projects:

xwinwrap - My fork of xwinwrap. Xwinwrap allows you to stick most of the apps to your desktop background.

brillo - Control the brightness of backlight and keyboard LED devices on Linux. (read only mirror)

wlpinyin - [WIP] experimental Chinese wayland Input method (IME)

wluma - Automatic brightness adjustment based on screen contents and ALS

linux-wallpaperengine - Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux!

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

wlr-protocols - Wayland protocols designed for use in wlroots (and other compositors)

foo-Wallpaper-Feh-Gif - just a loop who set wallpaper for display gif, support transparency

sway.wiki

oguri - A very nice animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland compositors

wlvncc - A Wayland Native VNC Client