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Bug 755304 - Built-in animated and live wallpaper support
Built-in animated and live wallpaper support
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Background
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Debarshi Ray
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-09-20 14:34 UTC by Inactive account
Modified: 2016-04-25 11:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Inactive account 2015-09-20 14:34:28 UTC 
I think that it would be really good if there was a built-in feature which would allow you to set live wallpapers, that is animated ones, and sometimes interactive ones too.

This can already be achieved with some third-party applications as shown here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/11/live-wallpaper-for-ubuntu However these are on unsupported and untrusted third-party PPAs so a built-in GNOME feature would be much preferable.

And there is already native support for animated wallpapers, however the main problem is that there is no automated way to generate the XML file.

I filled a bug report about this issue here and was told that I should file it upstream as well: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1497614
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2016-02-13 23:11:41 UTC 
The control center is not the right place for a wallpaper creator/editor. That is best done as a separate application
Comment 2 Inactive account 2016-02-14 00:24:35 UTC 
Ok, how do I go about suggesting the creation of a new application then...? Or don't I...?
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2016-02-15 14:18:57 UTC 
This is open source, so generally if you want an application badly, you write it yourself. The other option is to convince other developers to do it for you, but thats an uphill battle.
Comment 4 Inactive account 2016-02-17 15:55:23 UTC 
Ok, but couldn't this perhaps be something for the gnome-tweak-tool? Or maybe it's too big of a feature for that...
Comment 5 Debarshi Ray 2016-04-25 11:15:38 UTC 
gnome-tweak-tool is meant to expose hidden settings, and this is about having a way to *creating* animated wallpapers. Plus, a bug-tracker is not the ideal place to discuss the creation of a new application.

I would suggest having a separate application (as Matthias pointed out) to create such "rich" wallpapers, and then check if Settings -> Background is able to handle them.

Marking as NOTABUG, because gnome-control-center is not a wallpaper creator.
Comment 6 Debarshi Ray 2016-04-25 11:16:03 UTC 
(In reply to Debarshi Ray from comment #5)
> gnome-tweak-tool is meant to expose hidden settings, and this is about
> having a way to *creating* animated wallpapers.

s/creating/create/