AniBG

[some-guy]

anibg is another xwinwrap controller, :rolleyes:
It's basically a modified coolbg with more options:D

Download Here (http://somelinuxguy94.googlepages.com/anibg.tar.gz)

To install:
./make xwinwrap-install (to install xwinwrap) and
./make install (to install anibg)Options:
some-guy @ ~ $ anibg -h
Please run anibg again with one of the following parameters:
Xscreensaver Options:
-x Use xscreensaver as an animated background with selection
-xf Use xscreensaver as an animated background in the forground (provide screensaver name)
-xb Use xscreensaver as an animated background in the background (provide screensaver name)

Movie Playment Options (requiers mplayer):
-ms Play movie as a background with selection, cd to folder containing movie files
-mp Play movie as a background and providing the path

Miscellaneous Options:
-h Display this Help Message
-stop Stop Xwinwrap
Any Feedback/Suggestions? :D
NOTE: For the -argb option to 'actually' work and also some of the screensavers, you need xgl running, if there's another way, let me know :)
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UPDATE: Missed a '-e'
UPDATE: Added a some more 'sudo's
UPDATE: Left a compiled xwinwrap and xwinwrap.o in it
UPDATE: Added subtitle support (I think)
UPDATE: Fixed subtitling :D
UPDATE: Fixed fedora bug

[delfick]

cool :D

had one little problem though
iambob@stevo-linux:~/source/anibg$ ./make xwinwrap-install
Does your Distro use 'su' or 'sudo'? (su/sudo): sudo
cc -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -c -o xwinwrap.o xwinwrap.c
cc -lX11 -lXext -lXrender xwinwrap.o -o xwinwrap
[sudo] password for iambob:
Xwinwrap is installed
iambob@stevo-linux:~/source/anibg$ ./make install
Do you use openSuSE? (y/n): n
Does your Distro use 'su' or 'sudo'? (su/sudo): sudo
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/share/anibg': Permission denied
Installation is Finished!


so I used "sudo ./make install" and it worked....

though there doesn't seem to be any difference between running a screensaver in the background or foreground...

(didn't test a movie)

[s0l1dsnak3123]

some of the screensavers wouldn't work - i'd just get
Error: Unsupported depth 0... exiting
/usr/lib/xscreensaver/engine died, exit status 255
snak3@snak3-desktop:~$

[some-guy]

if you run it in the foreground it sometimes covers up some windows
as for that error, try running xwinwrap by itself, if you find the right parameters or if it still doesn't work, let me know :(

[some-guy]

Delfick, that error is fixed :D (or should be)

[some-guy]

some of the screensavers wouldn't work - i'd just get
stange, I just tried engine, and it works here on Feisty, sometimes I got that on suse though...
Maybe its your configuration?

[delfick]

Delfick, that error is fixed :D (or should be)

it certainly is :D

[gourgi]

great great plugin !
works fine in ubuntu hardy :D
thanks ;)

[some-guy]

actually it's an application :)

[n3mo]

Aloha! Gr8 plugin, but how can i change font and enconding for subtitres ? 'Cause i need cyrilic and i see nothing but symbols..

[some-guy]

where? please post a screenshot

[n3mo]

where? please post a screenshot

Screenshot (http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/n3mo_ned/Screenshot.png?t=1203358546)

Here it is , when i play some movie with subtitles i've got nothing but some kind of symbols that i don't want.... so the problem is in font and encoding of subtitles. Probably with mplayer but without anibg they shows normal with font Arial and Cyrillic Windows (CP1251) for encoding. So how can i use my normal mplayer setting for watching movies in anibg ?

[some-guy]

try the new version...

[n3mo]

new version of what? i use link for anibg in your post and use to install mplayer with apt-get

[some-guy]

new version of anibg

[Oasisgames]

* wonders if he could squeeze some video rendering into Wallpaper...
That would be great. Then you could have 4 video wallpapers that appear with icons and have the right opacity level. It's brilliant! I'll look into that.

[n3mo]

it's probably the same
or maybe i don't remove plugin clearly ?
i type
./make uninstall
so, it was error :
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/anibg//anibg.conf': Permission denie
and i remove /usr/share/anibg by myself
then i uninstall xwinwrap - there are no errors
after that i just use again ./make xwinwrap-install && ./make install
again without errors and now it's all the same - subs don't use encoding of mplayer(i think)

P.S. Sorry about my bad english. I just learn it now....

[some-guy]

try using the -sub argument and point it to the subtitiles file...

[n3mo]

again the same ...
so i type :
anibg -sub subsfile -ms -> nothing is happen
anibg -ms -sub subsfile -> next i choice the .avi file and it was old setting
anibg -ms -> type the avi file and -sub subsfile -> so it was all the same ...

[some-guy]

try finding the mplayer parameters which work properly, run 'mplayer --help', and I'll put them in

NOTE: mplayer is the command-line version, gmplayer is gui

[n3mo]

Hello!!!!
From now i'll always read the man page before asking dump questions :) , so the problem can be fixed with -subcp <encodingtype>

For me it is :
mplayer -subcp cp1251 <moviefile>

cp1251 is "Cyrillic Windows"

-subcp have many useful options , so it will be good idea to add a little part of mplayer's man to anibg's help about -subcp , and of course to enable -subcp option in anibg

Regards,
Nedyalko Dyakov

[some-guy]

working on it...

[some-guy]

done, sorry it took so long :(

[n3mo]

Ye, it works alright. Thank you!

[avi]

I'm using Fedora 8 and it looks like the directory for xscreensavers appears to be /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ just to let you know. I've edited the source for myself, but I just wanted to let you know so you could make the appropriate changes to anibg. The program works great by the way, thanks for the work.

[some-guy]

please post the output of 'lsb_release -is' so I can identify it properly

[avi]

please post the output of 'lsb_release -is' so I can identify it properly

[avi@localhost ~]$ lsb_release -is
Fedora