As reported by @S1rPh0en1x in #7:

And I found a "solution" that prevents freezing or a grey screen at startup, you can prevent it by closing the overview directly.
Extension which prevents overview at start-up: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4099/no-overview/

The workaround is to simply disable the "show overview" at start-up.

Roadmap:

• Investigate the root cause of this issue.
• If the root cause is unfixable, implement the workaround.

I can't activate the extension, it says that it is incompatible with my Gnome version

the wallpaper does not show, here is the log
Timelines with detached actors are not supported. [:0x55d22c82da60] in animation of duration 250ms but not on stage.
Timelines with detached actors are not supported. [:0x55d22c82dda0] in animation of duration 250ms but not on stage.
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
Hanabi: codepath = /home/hikari/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
Hanabi: filepath = /home/hikari/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/video.mp4
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
[Hanabi], renderer == null || useDummyWallpaper == true
meta_window_set_stack_position_no_sync: assertion 'window->stack_position >= 0' failed
[Hanabi], _updateWallpaper: [0x55d22c28e590 ClutterClone]
clutter_actor_remove_child: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_ACTOR (self)' failed
[Hanabi], _updateWallpaper: [0x55d22c28e8d0 ClutterClone]
[Hanabi], _updateWallpaper: [0x55d22c82cd60 ClutterClone]
[Hanabi], _updateWallpaper: [0x55d22eceed70 ClutterClone]
[Hanabi], _updateWallpaper: [0x55d22ecee3b0 ClutterClone]
clutter_actor_remove_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == self' failed
clutter_actor_remove_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == self' failed
clutter_actor_remove_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == self' failed
clutter_actor_remove_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == self' failed

Hello! it's first time sending issue and I'm bad at english, so please forgive me about this.

Context:
Trying to run hanabi on pop!_os 22.04 but nothing happens when enable.
first time log says Typelib file for namespace 'GstAudio' (any version) not found and this can be solved by install gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0, and after installing now it says no property content_fit on GtkPicture (see log on below). installed libgtk-4-media-gstreamer, codec and gstreamer related package, nothing changed.

Log:

Hanabi: (gjs:207826): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:51:35.828: Theme parser error: gtk.css:4715:21-28: Hash code is not a valid hex color.
Hanabi: (gjs:207826): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:51:35.828: Theme parser error: gtk.css:4731:21-29: Hash code is not a valid hex color.
Hanabi: (gjs:207826): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:51:35.839: Theme parser error: gtk.css:4715:21-28: Hash code is not a valid hex color.
Hanabi: (gjs:207826): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:51:35.839: Theme parser error: gtk.css:4731:21-29: Hash code is not a valid hex color.
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
Hanabi: codepath = /home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]
Hanabi: filepath = /home/azuki/Videos/Hidamari/Winter-Village.mp4
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
Hanabi: (gjs:207826): Gjs-CRITICAL **: 15:51:35.853: JS ERROR: Error: No property content_fit on GtkPicture
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
Hanabi: _init/Gtk.Widget.prototype._init@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gtk.js:55:50
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
Hanabi: _getWidgetFromSharedPaintable@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:307:21
Hanabi: _getGtkStockWidget@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:402:33
Hanabi: _buildUI/<@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:287:39
Hanabi: _buildUI@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:256:28
Hanabi: HanabiRenderer/<@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:105:26
Hanabi: HanabiRenderer/<@/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:115:26
Hanabi: @/home/azuki/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/renderer/renderer.js:502:10
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms
[Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms

(pressed ctrl+c at this point because log generating forever until manually stop)
Seems like GtkPicture doesen't have content_fit property because current gtk4 version in ubuntu 22.04/pop!_os 22.04 is 4.6.6, and content_fit introduced on 4.8. so i think this can be solved by installing gtk4.8 but i don't know how to install gtk4.8... anyone can you help me please? (Hidamari works but it's buggy so i want to try out this. render test(./run.sh renderer) not working with same log but without [Hanabi], renderer == null, retry `_applyWallpaper()` after 100ms).

If I am not on the first or second workspace, the Lateral workspaces are hidden

For now, when i using program in maximized mode (not a fullscreen) the wallpaper seem to pausing itself, after some time. But when i going on desktop itself, the wallpapers is not playing again, and i have to re-enable extension again, just to see wallpapers work again

My suggestion is: maybe make the switch / command attribute, that will let wallpapers run always, no matter what? (Well yes, higher resource usage, but i think this is easiest thing to create). Or idk, make the hotkey that will let re-enable extension if that happens

First of all thanks for your works!
Works great on Arch, as I said in the title the sound is great in some videos but for other it's better to have an option to disable it.
During the compilation compilation I had the same error message as in #2 :
meson.build:50: WARNING: The variable(s) 'settings_schema' in the input file 'metadata.json.in' are not present in the given configuration data
but nonetheless works.

When specific apps like Steam is running the live wallpaper is stop/paused for better performance in-game.

When I have activated the extension, a few steam buttons wont work.

And I found a "solution" that prevents freezing or a grey screen at startup, you can prevent it by closing the overview directly.
Extension which prevents overview at start-up: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4099/no-overview/

Great Work dude , congratulations !
Is it possible to add the start / stop option when connecting / disconnecting the charging cable?

The video wallpaper not starting after a restart, I have to disable and enable the extension, then the wallpaper starts to work.

On gnome 43 video covers topbar

QT5 apps context menus pop up in background behind Hanabi renderer window (hidden from view and appear to not be opening when clicked.)

Disabling Hanabi returns menus to normal.

Tested with OBS-Studio, Kdenlive, RPCS3, protonup-qt ( I don't have too many QT-backed programs installed, but 4/4 seems to be a pretty good indicator that it's a conflict with QT as a whole rather than specific programs.)

can't load it

Could you translatable this extension?

I'll translate Preferences texts into Korean.

Tested with Fedora 38 Beta

Issues

• JS ERROR: TypeError: Meta.later_add is not a function
• Renderer not launching on Wayland
• Top panel isn't visible after login to the Shell
  panelBox is not mapped for some reason. Switching workspace can "fix" the issue. Also, it is fixable by calling .show() function in the panelBox.

Just wanna say, it's a super cool project, and would love to get involved if you got any plans to make it more like wallpaper engine but open source.

When I enable the gnome extension suddenly my windows get a trail behind them and the video is not rendered in the background. Have tried running the test-renderer.sh and it seems to be working.

Also when I tried running Hanabi I got an error that gtkaudio wasn't installed even after I ran sudo apt install libgtk-4-media-gstreamer. So I ran this command instead sudo apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev after that the render test worked.

Enabling Hanabi Extension cause the lockscreen (not gdm) to be black (solid black color, can't change background even with unlock background extension)

I'm currently running Hanabi with clappersink, running on nvidia gpu (optimus-manager nvidia-only mode)

hello! the extension works well it is only necessary to turn it off and on for the video to work. the workspaces with spikes give me a touch. I wish there was an option that would preserve them even if it cuts the video at the corners of the video. I like the design of gnome and it made me curious if it's possible to preserve the workspace's rounded edges. in extension. I think it would be an interesting feature. and i use fedora 37

and how hide gsj?

Hello,
I noticed that using this extension causes a very slow display of the context menu, disabling it returns to normal

Currently enabling this, the gjs process takes about 9-11% of my CPU.
Any way to use hardware acceleration here?

Would love to have a walpapper engine like extension for linux. If the plan is to go in that direction i would love to contribute.

Maybe you’re already aware, but I noticed after enable the extension my right clicking stopped working on various applications. Only seemed to work on desktop. Disable the extension and it works again.

CPU: Ryzen 5950X
GPU: RTX 3090 with latest drivers
RAM: 32gb

aside of that, it looks great.

Extension does not work on my system

• OS: Arch Linux x86_64
• GNOME Shell: GNOME 44.1
• Session type: Wayland

My desktop just turned black after I enable extension, what should I do?

On latest version of gnome when using blur my shell to make the top panel transparent instead of showing the video it instead shows the old image wallpaper in panel area

Description
Is there any front-end for your extension that will allow to play folder of videos cycled and add some more options like replay speed, hotkeys and so on?

Description
When pressing the superkey for Gnome, I do not see any apps showing up on workspaces on top.

OS and Shell Information
Please provide your OS name and version, GNOME Shell version, and the session type (X11/Wayland).

• OS: [Archlinux]
• GNOME Shell: [44.3]
• Session type: [Wayland]

Steps to Reproduce
Please provide the steps to reproduce the bug you are encountering.

Followed Through with the installation.

I installed (image below)

When restart, only transparent window show up.

This extension renders the video window over the top bar of gnome shell,
and some extensions like DING, and make Dash to Dock glitches.
The dock bar from the Dash to Dock extension is blinking

The plugin works however, whenever loading or switching a video the playback freezes. To fix this I have to either reload the plugin (disable/enable) or restart gnome-shell. After fixing this the extension works as expected.

Is there a way to make the plugin reload itself after the video is loaded? This might fix the issue.

Ability to set different wallpapers based on light/dark mode would be a great feature paired with time based auto switching (the extension currently has option to switch between static wallpapers when changing between light and dark theme).

Is there any way to change the extension wallpaper using commands?
I currently use the extension itself to run a command to disable the disable extension when it switches to light mode for example.
So maybe I can employ a similar tactic to switch between the wallpapers

Thanks a lot for writing this program.

@jeffshee
Both monitors are the same (16:9)
Another image of the bug:

Originally posted by @Seikm in #13 (comment)

Description
After the computer starts clicking on the desktop wallpaper hides the dash to panel(both left and right click). When I disable and re-enabled the extension it fixes. So I tried "/usr/bin/gnome-extensions disable [email protected] && /usr/bin/gnome-extensions enable [email protected]" command on "Startup Applications" but that didn't work. It works in the terminal though. I don't know what to do. I am a newbie to the Linux environment.

OS and Shell Information

• OS: Ubuntu 23.04
• GNOME Shell: 44.2
• Session type: Wayland

I don't know if it's planned or anything, but I would be nice if there was an option to change randomly the video every 10 minutes. So you'd just select a folder instead of a specific video and your background would change overtime.

Error: Requiring Adw, version none: Typelib file for namespace 'Adw' (any version) not found

Stack trace:
@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/prefs.js:20:25

Are there any plans to publish this extension to https://extensions.gnome.org? Are there any limitations to do so?

It would be very convenient to install this extension from that website or the Extensions Manager app

Description
The video freeze randomly, and it's really annoying. I hope you can find a solution. If you need log, tell me where i can found it and i will send it to you.

OS and Shell Information

• OS: Manjaro (up to date)
• GNOME Shell: 43.4
• Session type: Wayland

Steps to Reproduce
I can't give any steps to make it freeze, but it freezes very often. For example 20 minutes ago, I started my PC (and did nothing on it). The wallpaper was animated. I went to the kitchen and when I came back it had frozen.

When I deactivate the extension and reactivate it everything works fine, then after a while it freezes again... Sometimes it restarts by itself but it's rare.

I'm having this issue. Does anyone know how to fix it? I have no clue 😢😢

Description
Choose which monitor(s) to display video when multi-monitor is present

OS and Shell Information
Please provide your OS name and version, GNOME Shell version, and the session type (X11/Wayland).

• OS: Pop!_OS 22.04
• GNOME Shell: 42.5
• Session type: X11

Screencast from 09-08-2022 17:19:53.webm
Thanks for replayed, issue is fixed but video still not showed.

Originally posted by @utbuiquoc in #11 (comment)

When using the Pop!_OS shell for tiling, Hanabi's wallpaper window occasionally appears atop the UI or even other windows:

Note the terminal window that can be seen behind Hanabi's wallpaper window.

Additionally, Hanabi's renderer window is visible in the Alt + Tab menu and in the Activities overview.

Description
When I am running the extension I hear the audio but have no video, instead only a black screen. Tested running renderer, the same thing.

OS and Shell Information
My system is Arch Linux with Gnome 44.3 and Wayland

Steps to Reproduce
Installed from github

Additional Information
Here is my log data:

Object .Gjs_ui_messageTray_Notification (0x5642c2fbb7f0), has been already disposed — impossible to emit any signal on it. This might be caused by the object having been destroyed from C code using something such as destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs.
== Stack trace for context 0x5642bdaa1c80 ==
#0   5642bec79a28 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:493 (13fcbed200b0 @ 69)
#1   5642bec79980 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:489 (13fcbed20060 @ 56)
#2   5642bec798f8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:796 (13fcbed28240 @ 22)
== Stack trace for context 0x5642bdaa1c80 ==
#0   5642bec79a28 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:494 (13fcbed200b0 @ 84)
#1   5642bec79980 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/messageTray.js:489 (13fcbed20060 @ 56)
#2   5642bec798f8 i   resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/calendar.js:796 (13fcbed28240 @ 22)
Object .Gjs_ui_messageTray_Notification (0x5642c2fbb7f0), has been already disposed — impossible to access it. This might be caused by the object having been destroyed from C code using something such as destroy(), dispose(), or remove() vfuncs.

Hi, I have a dual monitor setup with 2560x1440 and 3840x1600 resolutions. If I set up a background, One will be stretched. Is it possible to set the aspect ratio for each monitor? Or maybe we can assign different videos for different monitors?

Hi,
as well as wallpaper the video is playing in a window in the recents
https://imgur.com/a/6mnECUy

With this extension Workplace-matrix function "Show workplace thumbnails in popups" doesn't work (all workplaces show hanabi background instead)
I don't know is it possible at all, but it will be very useful.

Description
On Startup or gnome restart hanabi loads as expected, but desktop icons are not shown. Disabling hanabi extension shows desktop icons, re-enabling hanabi afterwards works with the desktop icons still shown.

OS and Shell Information
Please provide your OS name and version, GNOME Shell version, and the session type (X11/Wayland).

• OS: Endevour OS
• GNOME Shell: 44.3
• Session type: X11

Steps to Reproduce
have hanabi installed and running
have Gnome Desktop Icons NG installed (and some icons on desktop)
reboot or restart gnome-shell

Expected Behavior
desktop icons should be shown after restart/reboot

Actual Behavior
desktop icons are not shown

Video I'm using to test

I did the complete download process, (in the download this appeared: meson.build:50: WARNING: The variable(s) 'settings_schema' in the input file 'metadata.json.in' are not present in the given configuration data.)

I tried restarting the computer, leaving all other extensions disabled and it didn't work.

if this helps, I have an extension that shows applications minimized, and when I activate the Hanabi extension, a minimized application appears:


When I click to open, gnome topbar disappears and bugs

Various rendering and performance bugs in gnome 43 using two screens.

I have clapper installed by the opensuse package manager, but it seems that the extension cannot use it.
Second screen totally buggy, wallpaper covers the topbar in the main workspace, and other bugs.

I recorded two videos showing all the bugs, the first video has other extensions enabled and the second video is without extensions and shows the logs.

video with extensions (link to download)
video without extensions (link to download)