Helpers/Wallpapers.qml

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Searcher {
 	property string actualCurrent: WallpaperPath.currentWallpaperPath
 	property alias crops: adapter.monitorCrops
 	readonly property string current: showPreview ? previewPath : actualCurrent
+	readonly property string currentThumbnail: thumbnailFor(current)
+	readonly property bool currentIsVideo: isVideoPath(current)
 	property alias monitorCrops: monitorCrops
 	property bool pendingPreviewClear
 	property bool previewColorLock
@@ -32,6 +34,29 @@ Searcher {
 		return category;
 	}
 
+	readonly property var videoExts: ["mp4", "mkv", "webm", "avi", "mov", "wmv", "flv", "m4v", "mpg", "mpeg", "3gp", "ogv", "ts", "vob"]
+
+	function isVideoPath(path: string): bool {
+		if (!path)
+			return false;
+		const dot = path.lastIndexOf(".");
+		if (dot < 0)
+			return false;
+		return videoExts.includes(path.slice(dot + 1).toLowerCase());
+	}
+
+	function thumbnailFor(path: string): string {
+		if (!isVideoPath(path))
+			return path;
+
+		for (const entry of root.list) {
+			if (entry.path === path && entry.thumbnailPath)
+				return entry.thumbnailPath;
+		}
+
+		return path;
+	}
+
 	function getCrop(screen: string): var {
 		return root.crops[screen];
 	}
@@ -125,7 +150,7 @@ Searcher {
 	FileSystemModel {
 		id: wallpapers
 
-		filter: FileSystemModel.Images
+		filter: FileSystemModel.Media
 		path: Config.general.wallpaperPath
 		recursive: true
 	}

Modules/Launcher/Items/WallpaperTile.qml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+
 import Quickshell
 import QtQuick
 import ZShell.Config
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ Item {
 	id: root
 
 	required property bool isCurrent
-	required property var modelData // FileSystemEntry-like {path, relativePath}
+	required property var modelData
 	required property real tileHeight
 	required property real tileWidth
 	required property ScreenState screenState
@@ -29,25 +31,75 @@ Item {
 		radius: Tokens.rounding.small
 		y: Tokens.padding.large
 
-		MaterialIcon {
+		Loader {
+			active: opacity > 0
 			anchors.centerIn: parent
-			color: Colors.tPalette.m3outline
+			opacity: img.status === Image.Ready ? 0 : 1
-			fontStyle: Tokens.font.icon.builders.extraLarge.scale(2).weight(Font.DemiBold).build()
+
-			text: "image"
+			Behavior on opacity {
+				Anim {}
+			}
+			sourceComponent: CustomRect {
+				color: Colors.palette.m3primaryContainer
+				implicitHeight: loadingIndicator.implicitSize + Tokens.padding.large * 2
+				implicitWidth: loadingIndicator.implicitSize + Tokens.padding.large * 2
+				radius: Tokens.rounding.full
+
+				LoadingIndicator {
+					id: loadingIndicator
+
+					anchors.centerIn: parent
+					containsIcon: true
+					implicitSize: Math.min(image.width, image.height) * 0.3
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		CachingImage {
+			id: img
 			anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
 			anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 			anchors.top: parent.top
 			cache: true
 			fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
 			height: root.tileHeight
-			path: root.modelData ? root.modelData.path : ""
+			path: root.modelData ? root.modelData.thumbnailPath : ""
 			smooth: root.isCurrent
 			sourceSize.height: root.tileHeight
 			sourceSize.width: root.tileHeight * (16 / 9)
 			width: root.tileHeight * (16 / 9)
+
+			opacity: status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
+			Behavior on opacity {
+				Anim {
+					type: Anim.SlowEffects
+				}
+			}
+
+			Loader {
+				opacity: root.modelData.isVideo && img.status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
+				active: opacity > 0
+				anchors.centerIn: parent
+				Behavior on opacity {
+					Anim {
+						type: Anim.SlowEffects
+					}
+				}
+
+				sourceComponent: CustomRect {
+					implicitWidth: videoIcon.implicitWidth + Tokens.padding.extraLarge * 2
+					implicitHeight: implicitWidth
+					radius: Tokens.rounding.full
+					color: Colors.tPalette.m3surface
+
+					MaterialIcon {
+						id: videoIcon
+						anchors.centerIn: parent
+						text: "video_library"
+						fontStyle: Tokens.font.icon.extraLarge
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		StateLayer {

Modules/Settings/Common/WallItem.qml

@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ Item {
 				opacity: img.status === Image.Ready ? 0 : 1
 
 				Behavior on opacity {
-					Anim {
+					Anim {}
-					}
 				}
 				sourceComponent: CustomRect {
 					color: Colors.palette.m3primaryContainer
@@ -64,18 +63,43 @@ Item {
 				anchors.fill: parent
 				asynchronous: true
 				fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
-				opacity: status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
 				retainWhileLoading: true
 				sourceSize: {
 					const dpr = (QsWindow.window as QsWindow)?.devicePixelRatio ?? 1;
 					return Qt.size(width * dpr, height * dpr);
 				}
 
+				opacity: status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
 				Behavior on opacity {
 					Anim {
 						type: Anim.SlowEffects
 					}
 				}
+
+				Loader {
+					opacity: root.modelData.isVideo && img.status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
+					active: opacity > 0
+					anchors.centerIn: parent
+					Behavior on opacity {
+						Anim {
+							type: Anim.SlowEffects
+						}
+					}
+
+					sourceComponent: CustomRect {
+						implicitWidth: videoIcon.implicitWidth + Tokens.padding.extraLarge * 2
+						implicitHeight: implicitWidth
+						radius: Tokens.rounding.full
+						color: Colors.tPalette.m3surface
+
+						MaterialIcon {
+							id: videoIcon
+							anchors.centerIn: parent
+							text: "video_library"
+							fontStyle: Tokens.font.icon.extraLarge
+						}
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}

Modules/Settings/Common/WallpaperCropper.qml

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import qs.Services
 Item {
 	id: wrapper
 
-	property int buttonRowHeight: Tokens.padding.large * 3
+	readonly property bool isVideo: Wallpapers.currentIsVideo
+	readonly property var currentScreen: screens.length > selectedScreenIndex ? screens[selectedScreenIndex] : null
+	readonly property real maxZoom: 5.0
 	readonly property bool changesMade: {
 		cropRevision;
 
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ Item {
 
 		return Math.abs(r.x - t.x) > 0.5 || Math.abs(r.y - t.y) > 0.5 || Math.abs(r.zoom - t.zoom) > 0.001;
 	}
+
+	property int buttonRowHeight: Tokens.padding.large * 3
 	property int cropRevision: 0
-	readonly property var currentScreen: screens.length > selectedScreenIndex ? screens[selectedScreenIndex] : null
-	readonly property real maxZoom: 5.0
 	property var screens: []
 	property int selectedScreenIndex: 0
 	property bool shouldBeActive: true
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ Item {
 		anchors.rightMargin: Tokens.padding.extraLarge * 2
 		anchors.top: parent.top
 
-		active: wrapper.screens.length > 1
+		active: wrapper.screens.length > 1 && !wrapper.isVideo
 
 		sourceComponent: ButtonRow {
 			id: screenSelector
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ Item {
 		anchors.left: parent.left
 		anchors.right: parent.right
 		implicitHeight: 30
+		enabled: !wrapper.isVideo
 
 		CustomSlider {
 			id: zoomSlider
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ Item {
 				opacity: status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
 				retainWhileLoading: true
 				smooth: true
-				source: Wallpapers.current
+				source: Wallpapers.currentThumbnail
 				sourceSize.height: {
 					const dpr = (QsWindow.window as QsWindow)?.devicePixelRatio ?? 1;
 					return imageSlot.height * dpr;
@@ -285,12 +288,37 @@ Item {
 						type: Anim.SlowEffects
 					}
 				}
+
+				Loader {
+					opacity: wrapper.isVideo && scaledImg.status === Image.Ready ? 1 : 0
+					active: opacity > 0
+					anchors.centerIn: parent
+					Behavior on opacity {
+						Anim {
+							type: Anim.SlowEffects
+						}
+					}
+
+					sourceComponent: CustomRect {
+						implicitWidth: videoIcon.implicitWidth + Tokens.padding.extraLarge * 2
+						implicitHeight: implicitWidth
+						radius: Tokens.rounding.full
+						color: Colors.tPalette.m3surface
+
+						MaterialIcon {
+							id: videoIcon
+							anchors.centerIn: parent
+							text: "video_library"
+							fontStyle: Tokens.font.icon.extraLarge
+						}
+					}
+				}
 			}
 
 			Loader {
 				id: cropRectLoader
 
-				active: scaledImg.status === Image.Ready
+				active: scaledImg.status === Image.Ready && !wrapper.isVideo
 
 				sourceComponent: Component {
 					CustomRect {
@@ -333,7 +361,6 @@ Item {
 							y = t.y;
 						}
 
-						// Where the rect should be according to saved data (same rules as a restore).
 						function savedTarget() {
 							const data = Wallpapers.getCrop(wrapper.currentScreen.name);
 							const hasCrop = data && (Math.abs(data.x) > 0.001 || Math.abs(data.y) > 0.001 || Math.abs(data.width - 1.0) > 0.001 || Math.abs(data.height - 1.0) > 0.001);
@@ -436,9 +463,10 @@ Item {
 				}
 
 				anchors.fill: parent
-				cursorShape: pressed ? Qt.ClosedHandCursor : insideCropRect(mouseX, mouseY) ? Qt.OpenHandCursor : Qt.PointingHandCursor
+				cursorShape: wrapper.isVideo ? Qt.ArrowCursor : pressed ? Qt.ClosedHandCursor : insideCropRect(mouseX, mouseY) ? Qt.OpenHandCursor : Qt.PointingHandCursor
 				hoverEnabled: true
 				preventStealing: true
+				enabled: !wrapper.isVideo
 
 				onPositionChanged: mouse => {
 					if (pressed) {

Modules/Settings/Pages/Wallpaper/WallpaperSelect.qml

@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ PageBase {
 				}
 
 				WallItem {
+					id: wallItem
 					required property FileSystemEntry modelData
 
 					enabled: modelData
 					opacity: modelData ? 1 : 0
-					source: String(modelData?.path ?? "")
+					source: String(modelData?.thumbnailPath ?? "")
 
 					onClicked: {
 						Wallpapers.setWallpaper(modelData.path);

Plugins/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND_CLIENT REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-client)
 pkg_check_modules(EGL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET egl)
 pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND_EGL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-egl)
 pkg_check_modules(GL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET gl)
+pkg_check_modules(MPV REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET mpv)
 pkg_check_modules(Qalculate IMPORTED_TARGET libqalculate REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(Pipewire IMPORTED_TARGET libpipewire-0.3 REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(Aubio IMPORTED_TARGET aubio REQUIRED)

Plugins/ZShell/Internal/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ qml_module(ZShell-internal
 		PkgConfig::EGL
 		PkgConfig::WAYLAND_EGL
 		PkgConfig::GL
+		PkgConfig::MPV
 )

Plugins/ZShell/Internal/wallpaperservice.cpp

@@ -7,15 +7,26 @@
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 #include <GL/glext.h>
 
+#include <mpv/client.h>
+#include <mpv/render_gl.h>
+
+#include <clocale>
+
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QImageReader>
 #include <QScreen>
 
+#include <QCryptographicHash>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QProcess>
+
 #include <qguiapplication_platform.h>
 
 #include <private/qwaylandscreen_p.h>
@@ -29,7 +40,6 @@ namespace {
 const char* kVertexShader = R"(
 #version 300 es
 void main() {
-	// The corners are (-1,-1), (3,-1) and (-1,3), which cover the whole buffer.
 	vec2 corner = vec2(float((gl_VertexID << 1) & 2), float(gl_VertexID & 2));
 	gl_Position = vec4(corner * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 }
@@ -41,16 +51,36 @@ precision highp float;
 uniform sampler2D source;
 uniform vec2 size;
 uniform vec4 crop;
+uniform float alpha;
 out vec4 outColor;
 void main() {
-	// The pixels are stored top-down, so the fragment coordinate is flipped.
 	vec2 p = vec2(gl_FragCoord.x, size.y - gl_FragCoord.y) / size;
-	outColor = texture(source, crop.xy + p * crop.zw);
+	vec4 c = texture(source, crop.xy + p * crop.zw);
+	outColor = vec4(c.rgb, c.a * alpha);
 }
 )";
 
 constexpr int kWaitTimeoutMs = 20;
 
+constexpr int kFadeDurationMs = 400;
+
+const QStringList kVideoExtensions = {
+	"mp4",
+	"mkv",
+	"webm",
+	"avi",
+	"mov",
+	"wmv",
+	"flv",
+	"m4v",
+	"mpg",
+	"mpeg",
+	"3gp",
+	"ogv",
+	"ts",
+	"vob",
+};
+
 void logShader(uint32_t object, bool program) {
 	int ok = 0;
 	if (program)
@@ -94,6 +124,16 @@ WallpaperService::~WallpaperService() {
 
 	if (m_thread.joinable()) m_thread.join();
 
+	if (m_mpvRender) {
+		mpv_render_context_free(m_mpvRender);
+		m_mpvRender = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	if (m_mpv) {
+		mpv_terminate_destroy(m_mpv);
+		m_mpv = nullptr;
+	}
+
 	for (auto* surface : m_surfaces)
 		delete surface;
 	m_surfaces.clear();
@@ -102,6 +142,8 @@ WallpaperService::~WallpaperService() {
 		if (eglMakeCurrent(
 				m_eglDisplay, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE, m_context)) {
 			if (m_texture) glDeleteTextures(1, &m_texture);
+			if (m_previousTexture) glDeleteTextures(1, &m_previousTexture);
+			if (m_blackTex) glDeleteTextures(1, &m_blackTex);
 			if (m_program) glDeleteProgram(m_program);
 		}
 
@@ -127,22 +169,210 @@ QString WallpaperService::path() const {
 }
 
 void WallpaperService::setPath(const QString& path) {
-	if (m_path == path) return;
+	if (path.isEmpty() || path == this->path()) return;
+
+	if (isVideoPath(path) && needsTranscode(path)) {
+		const QString dst = transcodeTarget(path);
+
+		if (QFile::exists(dst)) {
+			applyPath(dst);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		applyPath(path);
+		transcodeVideo(path, dst);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	applyPath(path);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::applyPath(const QString& path) {
+	const bool video = isVideoPath(path);
 
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
 		m_path = path;
 
+		const bool wasVideo = m_isVideo && m_mpv != nullptr;
+		const bool wasImage = !m_image.isNull() && m_texture != 0;
+
+		m_previousVideo = wasVideo && !video;
+
+		if (wasImage) {
+			m_previousImage = m_image;
+			m_previousCrops = m_crops;
+			m_previousTexture = 0;
+		} else {
+			m_previousImage = QImage();
+		}
+
+		m_isVideo = video;
+
+		m_fading = true;
+		m_fadeClockStarted = false;
+
 		m_forceDecode = true;
 		m_imageChanged = true;
+		m_videoReload = true;
 	}
 
 	emit pathChanged();
 
 	start();
+
 	queueAll();
 }
 
+bool WallpaperService::isHardwareCodec(const QString& codec) {
+	static const QStringList hardware{
+		"av1",
+		"hevc",
+		"h264",
+		"vp9",
+		"vp8",
+		"vc1",
+		"mpeg2",
+		"mpeg2video",
+		"mpeg4",
+		"mjpeg",
+	};
+
+	return hardware.contains(codec);
+}
+
+QString WallpaperService::codecName(const QString& path) const {
+	QProcess probe;
+	probe.start(
+		"ffprobe",
+		{
+			"-v",
+			"error",
+			"-select_streams",
+			"v:0",
+			"-show_entries",
+			"stream=codec_name",
+			"-of",
+			"default=nw=1:nk=1",
+			path,
+		});
+
+	if (!probe.waitForFinished(2000) || probe.exitCode() != 0) {
+		qWarning() << "WallpaperService: ffprobe failed for" << path << "(exit"
+				   << probe.exitCode() << ")";
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	const QString codec =
+		QString::fromUtf8(probe.readAllStandardOutput()).trimmed().toLower();
+	qWarning() << "WallpaperService: codec of" << path << "is"
+			   << (codec.isEmpty() ? "<empty>" : codec);
+	return codec;
+}
+
+QString WallpaperService::cacheDir() const {
+	return QDir::homePath() + "/.cache/zshell/wallpaper-videos";
+}
+
+QString WallpaperService::transcodeTarget(const QString& path) const {
+	const QFileInfo info(path);
+
+	const QByteArray key =
+		path.toUtf8() + '|' + QByteArray::number(info.size()) + '|' +
+		QByteArray::number(info.lastModified().toMSecsSinceEpoch());
+
+	const QString hash = QString::fromUtf8(
+		QCryptographicHash::hash(key, QCryptographicHash::Sha1).toHex());
+
+	return cacheDir() + '/' + hash + ".av1.mkv";
+}
+
+bool WallpaperService::needsTranscode(const QString& path) const {
+	if (path.startsWith(cacheDir())) return false;
+
+	const QString codec = codecName(path);
+	if (codec.isEmpty()) return false;
+
+	return !isHardwareCodec(codec);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::transcodeVideo(const QString& src, const QString& dst) {
+	QDir().mkpath(cacheDir());
+
+	if (m_transcode) {
+		m_transcode->kill();
+		m_transcode->deleteLater();
+		m_transcode = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	m_transcode = new QProcess(this);
+	auto* proc = m_transcode;
+
+	connect(proc, &QProcess::readyReadStandardError, proc, [proc]() {
+		qWarning().noquote()
+			<< "ffmpeg:" << QString::fromUtf8(proc->readAllStandardError());
+	});
+
+	connect(
+		proc,
+		&QProcess::finished,
+		this,
+		[this, proc, dst](int code, QProcess::ExitStatus status) {
+			const bool ok = code == 0 && status == QProcess::NormalExit &&
+							QFile::exists(dst);
+
+			qWarning() << "WallpaperService: transcode finished, exit" << code
+					   << "status" << int(status) << "exists"
+					   << QFile::exists(dst) << "->" << dst;
+
+			if (proc == m_transcode) m_transcode = nullptr;
+			proc->deleteLater();
+
+			if (ok) applyPath(dst);
+		});
+
+	qWarning() << "WallpaperService: transcoding" << src << "->" << dst;
+
+	proc->setProgram("nice");
+	proc->setArguments({
+		"-n",
+		"19",
+		"ffmpeg",
+		"-hide_banner",
+		"-loglevel",
+		"error",
+		"-y",
+		"-threads",
+		"2",
+		"-i",
+		src,
+		"-map",
+		"0:v:0",
+		"-vf",
+		"scale=in_range=pc:out_range=tv:out_color_matrix=bt709",
+		"-colorspace",
+		"bt709",
+		"-color_primaries",
+		"bt709",
+		"-color_trc",
+		"bt709",
+		"-color_range",
+		"tv",
+		"-c:v",
+		"libsvtav1",
+		"-preset",
+		"6",
+		"-crf",
+		"20",
+		"-pix_fmt",
+		"yuv420p10le",
+		"-an",
+		dst,
+	});
+
+	proc->start();
+}
+
 void WallpaperService::addScreen(const QString& screen) {
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -212,6 +442,178 @@ void WallpaperService::redraw() {
 	queueAll();
 }
 
+bool WallpaperService::isVideoPath(const QString& path) {
+	return kVideoExtensions.contains(QFileInfo(path).suffix().toLower());
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::startVideo(const QString& path) {
+	if (path.isEmpty()) return;
+
+	m_videoReady.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	m_videoLoaded.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+	if (!m_mpv) {
+		std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
+
+		m_mpv = mpv_create();
+		if (!m_mpv) {
+			qWarning() << "WallpaperService: could not create mpv handle";
+			return;
+		}
+
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "config", "no");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "vo", "libmpv");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "audio", "no");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "loop", "inf");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "hwdec", "auto-copy");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "video-sync", "display");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "framedrop", "decoder");
+		mpv_set_option_string(m_mpv, "background-color", "#00000000");
+
+		if (mpv_initialize(m_mpv) < 0) {
+			qWarning() << "WallpaperService: mpv_initialize failed";
+			mpv_terminate_destroy(m_mpv);
+			m_mpv = nullptr;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	const QByteArray local = path.toUtf8();
+
+	initMpvRender();
+
+	const char* loadCmd[]{"loadfile", local.constData(), nullptr};
+	if (mpv_command(m_mpv, loadCmd) < 0)
+		qWarning() << "WallpaperService: mpv could not load" << path;
+
+	m_mpvFrameReady.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::pumpMpvEvents() {
+	if (!m_mpv) return;
+
+	mpv_event* event = nullptr;
+	while ((event = mpv_wait_event(m_mpv, 0)) != nullptr &&
+		   event->event_id != MPV_EVENT_NONE) {
+		if (event->event_id == MPV_EVENT_LOG_MESSAGE) {
+			auto* data = static_cast<mpv_event_log_message*>(event->data);
+			if (data && data->text)
+				qWarning().noquote() << "mpv:" << data->prefix << data->text;
+		}
+
+		if (event->event_id == MPV_EVENT_FILE_LOADED) {
+			m_videoLoaded.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+		}
+
+		if (event->event_id == MPV_EVENT_END_FILE) {
+			m_videoLoaded.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+			m_videoReady.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+			auto* data = static_cast<mpv_event_end_file*>(event->data);
+			if (data && data->error != MPV_END_FILE_REASON_EOF)
+				qWarning() << "WallpaperService: mpv ended the file, error"
+						   << data->error;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::stopVideo() {
+	teardownMpv();
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::teardownMpv() {
+	if (m_mpvRender) {
+		mpv_render_context_free(m_mpvRender);
+		m_mpvRender = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	if (m_mpv) {
+		mpv_terminate_destroy(m_mpv);
+		m_mpv = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	m_mpvFrameReady.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	m_videoReady.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	m_videoLoaded.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+void* WallpaperService::getMpvProcAddress(void* ctx, const char* name) {
+	(void)ctx;
+
+	if (strcmp(name, "glFenceSync") == 0)
+		return reinterpret_cast<void*>(
+			+[](GLenum, GLbitfield) -> GLsync { return nullptr; });
+
+	return reinterpret_cast<void*>(eglGetProcAddress(name));
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::mpvUpdate(void* ctx) {
+	auto* self = static_cast<WallpaperService*>(ctx);
+
+	self->m_mpvFrameReady.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+	if (self->m_videoLoaded.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
+		self->m_videoReady.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+	self->wake();
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::initMpvRender() {
+	if (m_mpvRender || !m_mpv) return;
+
+	mpv_opengl_init_params gl_init{getMpvProcAddress, nullptr};
+
+	mpv_render_param params[]{
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_API_TYPE,
+		 const_cast<char*>(MPV_RENDER_API_TYPE_OPENGL)},
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_OPENGL_INIT_PARAMS, &gl_init},
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_INVALID, nullptr},
+	};
+
+	if (mpv_render_context_create(&m_mpvRender, m_mpv, params) < 0) {
+		qWarning() << "WallpaperService: could not create mpv render context";
+		m_mpvRender = nullptr;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	mpv_render_context_set_update_callback(m_mpvRender, mpvUpdate, this);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::renderMpvToSurface(const QSize& size) {
+	if (!m_mpvRender) initMpvRender();
+	if (!m_mpvRender) return;
+
+	glViewport(0, 0, size.width(), size.height());
+
+	mpv_opengl_fbo fbo{0, size.width(), size.height(), GL_RGBA};
+
+	int flip = 1;
+	int block = 0;
+	mpv_render_param params[]{
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_OPENGL_FBO, &fbo},
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_FLIP_Y, &flip},
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_BLOCK_FOR_TARGET_TIME, &block},
+		{MPV_RENDER_PARAM_INVALID, nullptr},
+	};
+
+	mpv_render_context_render(m_mpvRender, params);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::createBlackTexture(uint32_t& texture) {
+	if (texture != 0) return;
+
+	const unsigned char pixel[4] = {0, 0, 0, 255};
+
+	glGenTextures(1, &texture);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+
+	glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
+	glTexImage2D(
+		GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, 1, 1, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixel);
+}
+
 void WallpaperService::start() {
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -260,11 +662,7 @@ void WallpaperService::wake() {
 }
 
 void WallpaperService::queue(WallpaperSurface* surface) {
-	{
+	surface->markDirty();
-		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
-		m_pending.push_back(surface);
-	}
-
 	wake();
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +671,7 @@ void WallpaperService::queueAll() {
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
 
 		for (auto* surface : m_surfaces)
-			m_pending.push_back(surface);
+			surface->markDirty();
 	}
 
 	wake();
@@ -323,13 +721,50 @@ void WallpaperService::present() {
 
 	ensureDecodeSize();
 
-	std::vector<WallpaperSurface*> pending;
+	QList<WallpaperSurface*> surfaces;
+	bool fading = false;
+	bool videoReload = false;
+	QString path;
+	bool isVideo = false;
+
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
-		pending.swap(m_pending);
+
+		if (m_videoReload) {
+			m_videoReload = false;
+			videoReload = true;
+			path = m_path;
+			isVideo = m_isVideo;
+		}
+
+		fading = m_fading;
+		const bool newVideoFrame =
+			m_isVideo &&
+			m_mpvFrameReady.exchange(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+
+		if (fading || newVideoFrame)
+			for (auto* surface : m_surfaces)
+				surface->markDirty();
+
+		surfaces = m_surfaces;
 	}
 
-	for (auto* surface : pending)
+	if (m_context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT) return;
+
+	eglMakeCurrent(m_eglDisplay, EGL_NO_SURFACE, EGL_NO_SURFACE, m_context);
+
+	if (videoReload) {
+		if (isVideo)
+			startVideo(path);
+		else if (m_mpv && !m_previousVideo)
+			teardownMpv();
+	}
+
+	const bool videoActive = (m_isVideo || m_previousVideo) && m_mpv != nullptr;
+
+	if (videoActive) pumpMpvEvents();
+
+	for (auto* surface : surfaces)
 		drawSurface(surface);
 }
 
@@ -494,7 +929,8 @@ uint32_t WallpaperService::createProgram() {
 	logShader(program, true);
 
 	if (glGetUniformLocation(program, "size") < 0 ||
-		glGetUniformLocation(program, "crop") < 0) {
+		glGetUniformLocation(program, "crop") < 0 ||
+		glGetUniformLocation(program, "alpha") < 0) {
 		qWarning() << "WallpaperService: the program does not have the "
 					  "uniforms it needs";
 		glDeleteProgram(program);
@@ -503,22 +939,23 @@ uint32_t WallpaperService::createProgram() {
 
 	m_sizeUniform = glGetUniformLocation(program, "size");
 	m_cropUniform = glGetUniformLocation(program, "crop");
+	m_alphaUniform = glGetUniformLocation(program, "alpha");
 
 	glDeleteShader(vertex);
 	glDeleteShader(fragment);
 	return program;
 }
 
-void WallpaperService::uploadImage() {
+void WallpaperService::uploadTexture(uint32_t& texture, const QImage& image) {
-	if (m_image.isNull()) return;
+	if (image.isNull()) return;
 
-	if (m_texture == 0) {
+	if (texture == 0) {
-		glGenTextures(1, &m_texture);
+		glGenTextures(1, &texture);
-		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, m_texture);
+		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
 		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
 		glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
 	} else {
-		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, m_texture);
+		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
 	}
 
 	glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
@@ -526,12 +963,35 @@ void WallpaperService::uploadImage() {
 		GL_TEXTURE_2D,
 		0,
 		GL_RGBA8,
-		m_image.width(),
+		image.width(),
-		m_image.height(),
+		image.height(),
 		0,
 		GL_RGBA,
 		GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-		m_image.constBits());
+		image.constBits());
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::uploadImage() {
+	uploadTexture(m_texture, m_image);
+}
+
+void WallpaperService::drawTexture(
+	uint32_t texture,
+	const QRectF& rect,
+	float sizeW,
+	float sizeH,
+	float alpha) {
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
+	glUniform2f(GLint(m_sizeUniform), sizeW, sizeH);
+	glUniform4f(
+		GLint(m_cropUniform),
+		GLfloat(rect.x()),
+		GLfloat(rect.y()),
+		GLfloat(rect.width()),
+		GLfloat(rect.height()));
+	glUniform1f(GLint(m_alphaUniform), alpha);
+
+	glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
 }
 
 bool WallpaperService::decode(const QString& path) {
@@ -564,6 +1024,8 @@ bool WallpaperService::ensureDecodeSize() {
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
 
+		if (m_isVideo) return false;
+
 		largest = largestBufferSize();
 		if (largest.isEmpty()) return false;
 
@@ -611,7 +1073,10 @@ QSize WallpaperService::largestBufferSize() {
 }
 
 QRectF WallpaperService::sourceRect(
-	const QVariantMap& crops, const QString& screen, const QSize& size) const {
+	const QVariantMap& crops,
+	const QString& screen,
+	const QSize& size,
+	const QSize& image) const {
 	QVariantMap crop = cropFor(crops, screen);
 
 	QRectF rect(
@@ -620,10 +1085,10 @@ QRectF WallpaperService::sourceRect(
 		crop.value("width", 1.0).toDouble(),
 		crop.value("height", 1.0).toDouble());
 
-	if (size.isEmpty() || rect.isEmpty() || m_image.isNull()) return rect;
+	if (size.isEmpty() || rect.isEmpty() || image.isEmpty()) return rect;
 
-	qreal imageWidth = qreal(m_image.width());
+	qreal imageWidth = qreal(image.width());
-	qreal imageHeight = qreal(m_image.height());
+	qreal imageHeight = qreal(image.height());
 
 	QRectF pixels(
 		rect.x() * imageWidth,
@@ -652,6 +1117,8 @@ QRectF WallpaperService::sourceRect(
 }
 
 void WallpaperService::drawSurface(WallpaperSurface* surface) {
+	if (!surface->needsDraw() || !surface->frameReady()) return;
+
 	EGLSurface target = surface->eglSurface();
 	if (m_context == EGL_NO_CONTEXT || target == EGL_NO_SURFACE ||
 		surface->bufferSize().isEmpty())
@@ -662,9 +1129,8 @@ void WallpaperService::drawSurface(WallpaperSurface* surface) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// Release the context when this scope ends (see FrameService::drawSurface).
+	eglSwapInterval(m_eglDisplay, 0);
-	// Holding it across the draw loop's sleep serializes the two raw-EGL clients on
+
-	// NVIDIA, which makes eglSwapBuffers fail and starves other processes' contexts.
 	struct ContextRelease {
 		EGLDisplay display;
 		~ContextRelease() {
@@ -675,7 +1141,6 @@ void WallpaperService::drawSurface(WallpaperSurface* surface) {
 
 	QVariantMap crops;
 	QSize size;
-	bool upload = false;
 
 	{
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -683,38 +1148,153 @@ void WallpaperService::drawSurface(WallpaperSurface* surface) {
 		crops = m_crops;
 		size = surface->bufferSize();
 
-		upload = m_imageChanged;
+		if (size.isEmpty()) return;
-		m_imageChanged = false;
+
+		if (m_program == 0) m_program = createProgram();
+		if (m_program == 0) return;
+
+		const bool videoNow = m_isVideo;
+
+		if (videoNow && !m_videoReady.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) return;
+
+		const bool videoAsBackground =
+			(videoNow || (m_previousVideo && m_fading)) && m_mpv != nullptr;
+
+		if (videoAsBackground) {
+			if (!m_mpvRender) initMpvRender();
+			if (!m_mpvRender) return;
+
+			glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+
+			glViewport(0, 0, size.width(), size.height());
+			renderMpvToSurface(size);
+		} else {
+			glUseProgram(m_program);
+			glViewport(0, 0, size.width(), size.height());
+			glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+			glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
+		}
+
+		if (!videoNow) {
+			const bool upload = m_imageChanged;
+			m_imageChanged = false;
+
+			if (m_texture == 0 || upload) uploadImage();
+
+			if (m_texture == 0 || m_image.isNull()) return;
+		}
+
+		glUseProgram(m_program);
+		glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+		glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+
+		if (m_fading && !m_fadeClockStarted) {
+			m_fadeClockStarted = true;
+			m_fadeTimer.start();
+		}
+
+		bool fade = false;
+		bool fadeDone = false;
+		qreal progress = 1.0;
+
+		if (m_fading) {
+			progress = qreal(m_fadeTimer.elapsed()) / qreal(kFadeDurationMs);
+			if (progress >= 1.0)
+				fadeDone = true;
+			else
+				fade = true;
+		}
+
+		const float w = float(size.width());
+		const float h = float(size.height());
+
+		if (videoNow) {
+			if (fade && !m_previousImage.isNull()) {
+				if (m_previousTexture == 0)
+					uploadTexture(m_previousTexture, m_previousImage);
+
+				if (m_previousTexture != 0) {
+					const QRectF previousRect = sourceRect(
+						m_previousCrops,
+						surface->screen(),
+						size,
+						m_previousImage.size());
+
+					drawTexture(
+						m_previousTexture,
+						previousRect,
+						w,
+						h,
+						1.0f - float(progress));
+				}
+			} else if (fade && !m_firstFadeDone) {
+				if (m_blackTex == 0) createBlackTexture(m_blackTex);
+
+				if (m_blackTex != 0)
+					drawTexture(
+						m_blackTex,
+						QRectF(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0),
+						w,
+						h,
+						1.0f - float(progress));
+			}
+		} else {
+			const QRectF rect =
+				sourceRect(crops, surface->screen(), size, m_image.size());
+
+			if (fade) {
+				if (!m_previousVideo && !m_previousImage.isNull() &&
+					m_previousTexture == 0) {
+					uploadTexture(m_previousTexture, m_previousImage);
+				}
+
+				if (!m_previousVideo && m_previousTexture != 0) {
+					const QRectF previousRect = sourceRect(
+						m_previousCrops,
+						surface->screen(),
+						size,
+						m_previousImage.size());
+
+					drawTexture(m_previousTexture, previousRect, w, h, 1.0f);
+				}
+
+				drawTexture(m_texture, rect, w, h, float(progress));
+			} else {
+				drawTexture(m_texture, rect, w, h, 1.0f);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (fadeDone) {
+			m_fading = false;
+			m_firstFadeDone = true;
+
+			if (m_previousVideo) {
+				teardownMpv();
+				m_previousVideo = false;
+			}
+
+			if (m_previousTexture != 0) {
+				glDeleteTextures(1, &m_previousTexture);
+				m_previousTexture = 0;
+			}
+
+			m_previousImage = QImage();
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (size.isEmpty()) return;
+	surface->requestFrame();
 
-	if (m_program == 0) m_program = createProgram();
+	if (!eglSwapBuffers(m_eglDisplay, target)) {
-	if (m_texture == 0 || upload) uploadImage();
-
-	if (m_program == 0 || m_texture == 0 || m_image.isNull()) return;
-
-	glUseProgram(m_program);
-	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, m_texture);
-
-	glUniform2f(
-		GLint(m_sizeUniform), GLfloat(size.width()), GLfloat(size.height()));
-
-	QRectF rect = sourceRect(crops, surface->screen(), size);
-	glUniform4f(
-		GLint(m_cropUniform),
-		GLfloat(rect.x()),
-		GLfloat(rect.y()),
-		GLfloat(rect.width()),
-		GLfloat(rect.height()));
-
-	glViewport(0, 0, size.width(), size.height());
-	glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
-
-	if (!eglSwapBuffers(m_eglDisplay, target))
 		qWarning()
 			<< "WallpaperService: eglSwapBuffers failed, eglGetError = 0x"
 			<< QString::number(unsigned(eglGetError()), 16);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if ((m_isVideo || m_previousVideo) && m_mpvRender)
+		mpv_render_context_report_swap(m_mpvRender);
+
+	surface->endDraw();
 }
 
 void WallpaperService::addSurface(const QString& screen) {

Plugins/ZShell/Internal/wallpaperservice.hpp

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QList>
+#include <QElapsedTimer>
 #include <QRectF>
 #include <QSize>
 #include <QString>
@@ -16,12 +17,18 @@
 #include <QVariantMap>
 #include <QtQml/qqml.h>
 #include <qtmetamacros.h>
+#include <atomic>
 
 #include <qwayland-wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.h>
 #include <wayland-client-protocol.h>
 
 #include "wallpapersurface.hpp"
 
+struct mpv_handle;
+struct mpv_render_context;
+
+class QProcess;
+
 namespace ZShell::internal {
 
 class WallpaperSurface;
@@ -57,6 +64,29 @@ class WallpaperService : public QObject {
 	private:
 	friend class WallpaperSurface;
 
+	static bool isVideoPath(const QString& path);
+
+	static bool isHardwareCodec(const QString& codec);
+
+	[[nodiscard]] QString codecName(const QString& path) const;
+	[[nodiscard]] QString cacheDir() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] QString transcodeTarget(const QString& path) const;
+	[[nodiscard]] bool needsTranscode(const QString& path) const;
+	void transcodeVideo(const QString& src, const QString& dst);
+
+	void applyPath(const QString& path);
+
+	void startVideo(const QString& path);
+	void stopVideo();
+	void teardownMpv();
+
+	void initMpvRender();
+	void renderMpvToSurface(const QSize& size);
+	void pumpMpvEvents();
+
+	static void* getMpvProcAddress(void* ctx, const char* name);
+	static void mpvUpdate(void* ctx);
+
 	void bindGlobals();
 	static void registryGlobal(
 		void* data,
@@ -70,7 +100,16 @@ class WallpaperService : public QObject {
 	[[nodiscard]] bool setupGl();
 	[[nodiscard]] uint32_t createProgram();
 
+	void uploadTexture(uint32_t& texture, const QImage& image);
 	void uploadImage();
+	void createBlackTexture(uint32_t& texture);
+
+	void drawTexture(
+		uint32_t texture,
+		const QRectF& rect,
+		float sizeW,
+		float sizeH,
+		float alpha);
 
 	bool decode(const QString& path);
 
@@ -95,7 +134,8 @@ class WallpaperService : public QObject {
 	[[nodiscard]] QRectF sourceRect(
 		const QVariantMap& crops,
 		const QString& screen,
-		const QSize& size) const;
+		const QSize& size,
+		const QSize& image) const;
 
 	void start();
 
@@ -108,6 +148,18 @@ class WallpaperService : public QObject {
 
 	QImage m_image;
 
+	bool m_isVideo = false;
+	bool m_videoReload = false;
+	bool m_previousVideo = false;
+	mpv_handle* m_mpv = nullptr;
+	mpv_render_context* m_mpvRender = nullptr;
+	uint32_t m_blackTex = 0;
+	std::atomic<bool> m_mpvFrameReady{false};
+	std::atomic<bool> m_videoReady{false};
+	std::atomic<bool> m_videoLoaded{false};
+
+	QProcess* m_transcode = nullptr;
+
 	QSize m_sourceSize;
 	QSize m_decodeSize;
 
@@ -125,12 +177,20 @@ class WallpaperService : public QObject {
 	uint32_t m_program = 0;
 	int m_sizeUniform = -1;
 	int m_cropUniform = -1;
+	int m_alphaUniform = -1;
+
+	QImage m_previousImage;
+	QVariantMap m_previousCrops;
+	uint32_t m_previousTexture = 0;
+	bool m_fading = false;
+	bool m_fadeClockStarted = false;
+	bool m_firstFadeDone = false;
+	QElapsedTimer m_fadeTimer;
 
 	QList<WallpaperSurface*> m_surfaces;
 
 	std::thread m_thread;
 	mutable std::recursive_mutex m_mutex;
-	std::vector<WallpaperSurface*> m_pending;
 	wl_event_queue* m_queue = nullptr;
 
 	int m_wake[2] = {-1, -1};

Plugins/ZShell/Internal/wallpapersurface.cpp

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ WallpaperSurface::WallpaperSurface(
 }
 
 WallpaperSurface::~WallpaperSurface() {
+	if (m_frameCallback) {
+		wl_callback_destroy(m_frameCallback);
+		m_frameCallback = nullptr;
+	}
+
 	if (m_eglSurface != EGL_NO_SURFACE)
 		eglDestroySurface(m_service->m_eglDisplay, m_eglSurface);
 
@@ -68,8 +73,45 @@ WallpaperSurface::~WallpaperSurface() {
 	if (m_surface) wl_surface_destroy(m_surface);
 }
 
-void WallpaperSurface::redraw() {
+void WallpaperSurface::markDirty() {
-	m_service->queue(this);
+	m_dirty.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+bool WallpaperSurface::needsDraw() const {
+	return m_dirty.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+bool WallpaperSurface::frameReady() const {
+	return m_frameReady.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+void WallpaperSurface::requestFrame() {
+	if (!m_surface || m_frameCallback) return;
+
+	m_frameCallback = wl_surface_frame(m_surface);
+
+	static const struct wl_callback_listener listener = {
+		[](void* data, struct wl_callback*, uint32_t) {
+			static_cast<WallpaperSurface*>(data)->onFrameDone();
+		},
+	};
+
+	wl_callback_add_listener(m_frameCallback, &listener, this);
+}
+
+void WallpaperSurface::onFrameDone() {
+	if (m_frameCallback) {
+		wl_callback_destroy(m_frameCallback);
+		m_frameCallback = nullptr;
+	}
+
+	m_frameReady.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	m_service->wake();
+}
+
+void WallpaperSurface::endDraw() {
+	m_dirty.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	m_frameReady.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 }
 
 void WallpaperSurface::zwlr_layer_surface_v1_configure(
@@ -141,6 +183,7 @@ void WallpaperSurface::updateBuffer() {
 	if (QtWayland::wp_viewport::isInitialized())
 		set_destination(m_size.width(), m_size.height());
 
+	requestFrame();
 	m_service->queue(this);
 }
 

Plugins/ZShell/Internal/wallpapersurface.hpp

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <EGL/egl.h>
 #include <wayland-egl.h>
 
+#include <atomic>
+
 #include <QSize>
 #include <QString>
 
@@ -32,7 +34,14 @@ class WallpaperSurface : public QtWayland::zwlr_layer_surface_v1,
 	[[nodiscard]] const QSize& bufferSize() const { return m_bufferSize; }
 	[[nodiscard]] EGLSurface eglSurface() const { return m_eglSurface; }
 
-	void redraw();
+	void markDirty();
+	[[nodiscard]] bool needsDraw() const;
+
+	[[nodiscard]] bool frameReady() const;
+
+	void requestFrame();
+
+	void endDraw();
 
 	private:
 	void zwlr_layer_surface_v1_configure(
@@ -42,6 +51,8 @@ class WallpaperSurface : public QtWayland::zwlr_layer_surface_v1,
 
 	void updateBuffer();
 
+	void onFrameDone();
+
 	WallpaperService* m_service;
 	QString m_screen;
 	wl_surface* m_surface;
@@ -53,6 +64,10 @@ class WallpaperSurface : public QtWayland::zwlr_layer_surface_v1,
 	qreal m_scale = 1.0;
 
 	bool configured = false;
+
+	std::atomic<bool> m_dirty{false};
+	std::atomic<bool> m_frameReady{true};
+	struct wl_callback* m_frameCallback = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace ZShell::internal

Plugins/ZShell/Models/filesystemmodel.cpp

@@ -1,17 +1,183 @@
 #include "filesystemmodel.hpp"
 
+#include <qcoreapplication.h>
+#include <qdatetime.h>
+#include <qdir.h>
 #include <qdiriterator.h>
+#include <qfile.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
 #include <qfuturewatcher.h>
+#include <qimage.h>
+#include <qpointer.h>
+#include <qprocess.h>
+#include <qregularexpression.h>
+#include <qtemporarydir.h>
 #include <qtconcurrentrun.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 namespace ZShell::models {
 
+const QStringList kVideoExtensions = {
+	"mp4",
+	"mkv",
+	"webm",
+	"avi",
+	"mov",
+	"wmv",
+	"flv",
+	"m4v",
+	"mpg",
+	"mpeg",
+	"3gp",
+	"ogv",
+	"ts",
+	"vob",
+};
+
+bool hasVideoExtension(const QString& path) {
+	return kVideoExtensions.contains(QFileInfo(path).suffix().toLower());
+}
+
+QString videoThumbnailPath(const QString& path) {
+	const QFileInfo info(path);
+
+	QString key = QStringLiteral("%1_%2_%3")
+					  .arg(info.baseName())
+					  .arg(info.size())
+					  .arg(info.lastModified().toMSecsSinceEpoch() / 1000);
+	key.replace(QRegularExpression("[^A-Za-z0-9._-]"), "_");
+
+	return QDir::homePath() + "/.cache/zshell/imagecache/video-previews/" +
+		   key + "_preview.jpg";
+}
+
+bool generateVideoThumbnail(const QString& src, const QString& cachePath) {
+	if (QFile::exists(cachePath)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	const QString scale = QStringLiteral(
+		"scale=1920:1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,"
+		"scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2");
+
+	auto runProcess = [](const QString& program, const QStringList& args) {
+		QProcess process;
+		process.start(program, args);
+		process.waitForFinished(15000);
+		return qMakePair(process.exitCode(), process.readAllStandardOutput());
+	};
+
+	double duration = 0.0;
+	const auto probe = runProcess(
+		"ffprobe",
+		{
+			"-v",
+			"error",
+			"-show_entries",
+			"format=duration",
+			"-of",
+			"default=nw=1:nk=1",
+			src,
+		});
+	if (probe.first == 0) {
+		duration = QString::fromUtf8(probe.second).trimmed().toDouble();
+	}
+
+	const int samples = duration > 0 ? std::min(10, std::max(4, int(duration)))
+									 : 8;
+
+	QTemporaryDir tmpDir;
+	if (!tmpDir.isValid()) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	int bestIndex = -1;
+	double bestChroma = -1.0;
+	double bestLuma = -1.0;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < samples; ++i) {
+		const double frac = duration > 0 ? (i + 0.5) / samples : 0.0;
+		const QString seek = duration > 0
+								 ? QString::number(frac * duration, 'f', 3)
+								 : QStringLiteral("0");
+
+		const QString framePath =
+			tmpDir.filePath(QStringLiteral("frame_%1.jpg").arg(i));
+
+		runProcess(
+			"ffmpeg",
+			{
+				"-hide_banner",
+				"-loglevel",
+				"error",
+				"-ss",
+				seek,
+				"-i",
+				src,
+				"-frames:v",
+				"1",
+				"-vf",
+				scale,
+				"-pix_fmt",
+				"yuvj420p",
+				"-q:v",
+				"2",
+				"-y",
+				framePath,
+			});
+
+		QImage frame(framePath);
+		if (frame.isNull()) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		frame = frame.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+
+		double chroma = 0.0;
+		double luma = 0.0;
+		int count = 0;
+		for (int y = 0; y < frame.height(); ++y) {
+			const auto* line = frame.constScanLine(y);
+			for (int x = 0; x < frame.width(); ++x) {
+				const int r = line[x * 3];
+				const int g = line[x * 3 + 1];
+				const int b = line[x * 3 + 2];
+				chroma += std::max({r, g, b}) - std::min({r, g, b});
+				luma += r + g + b;
+				++count;
+			}
+		}
+
+		const int n = std::max(1, count);
+		chroma /= n;
+		luma /= 3.0 * n;
+
+		if (chroma > bestChroma + 0.5 ||
+			(chroma > bestChroma - 0.5 && luma > bestLuma)) {
+			bestChroma = chroma;
+			bestLuma = luma;
+			bestIndex = i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (bestIndex < 0) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	QDir().mkpath(QFileInfo(cachePath).absolutePath());
+	return QFile::copy(
+		tmpDir.filePath(QStringLiteral("frame_%1.jpg").arg(bestIndex)),
+		cachePath);
+}
+
 FileSystemEntry::FileSystemEntry(
 	const QString& path, const QString& relativePath, QObject* parent)
 	: QObject(parent)
 	, m_fileInfo(path)
 	, m_path(path)
 	, m_relativePath(relativePath)
+	, m_thumbnailPath(path)
 	, m_isImageInitialised(false)
 	, m_mimeTypeInitialised(false) {}
 
@@ -56,6 +222,23 @@ bool FileSystemEntry::isImage() const {
 	return m_isImage;
 }
 
+bool FileSystemEntry::isVideo() const {
+	return hasVideoExtension(m_path);
+}
+
+QString FileSystemEntry::thumbnailPath() const {
+	return m_thumbnailPath;
+}
+
+void FileSystemEntry::setThumbnailPath(const QString& path) {
+	if (m_thumbnailPath == path) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	m_thumbnailPath = path;
+	emit thumbnailPathChanged();
+}
+
 QString FileSystemEntry::mimeType() const {
 	if (!m_mimeTypeInitialised) {
 		const QMimeDatabase db;
@@ -318,11 +501,20 @@ void FileSystemModel::updateEntriesForDir(const QString& dir) {
 
 			std::optional<QDirIterator> iter;
 
-			if (filter == Images) {
+			if (filter == Images || filter == Videos || filter == Media) {
 				QStringList extraNameFilters = nameFilters;
-				const auto formats = QImageReader::supportedImageFormats();
+
-				for (const auto& format : formats) {
+				if (filter == Images || filter == Media) {
-					extraNameFilters << "*." + format;
+					const auto formats = QImageReader::supportedImageFormats();
+					for (const auto& format : formats) {
+						extraNameFilters << "*." + format;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (filter == Videos || filter == Media) {
+					for (const auto& ext : kVideoExtensions) {
+						extraNameFilters << "*." + ext;
+					}
 				}
 
 				QDir::Filters filters = QDir::Files;
@@ -366,6 +558,13 @@ void FileSystemModel::updateEntriesForDir(const QString& dir) {
 					if (!reader.canRead()) {
 						continue;
 					}
+				} else if (filter == Media) {
+					if (!hasVideoExtension(path)) {
+						QImageReader reader(path);
+						if (!reader.canRead()) {
+							continue;
+						}
+					}
 				}
 
 				newPaths.insert(path);
@@ -409,6 +608,30 @@ void FileSystemModel::updateEntriesForDir(const QString& dir) {
 	// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks)
 }
 
+void FileSystemModel::startThumbnailGeneration(FileSystemEntry* entry) {
+	const QPointer<FileSystemEntry> guard(entry);
+	const QString source = entry->path();
+	const QString cachePath = videoThumbnailPath(source);
+
+	const auto future = QtConcurrent::run([source, cachePath]() {
+		return generateVideoThumbnail(source, cachePath);
+	});
+
+	const auto watcher = new QFutureWatcher<bool>(this);
+	connect(
+		watcher,
+		&QFutureWatcher<bool>::finished,
+		this,
+		[guard, cachePath, watcher]() {
+			if (guard && watcher->result()) {
+				guard->setThumbnailPath(cachePath);
+			}
+			watcher->deleteLater();
+		});
+	watcher->setFuture(future);
+	// NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-cplusplus.NewDeleteLeaks)
+}
+
 void FileSystemModel::applyChanges(
 	const QSet<QString>& removedPaths, const QSet<QString>& addedPaths) {
 	QList<int> removedIndices;
@@ -450,8 +673,12 @@ void FileSystemModel::applyChanges(
 	// Create new entries
 	QList<FileSystemEntry*> newEntries;
 	for (const auto& path : addedPaths) {
-		newEntries << new FileSystemEntry(
+		auto* entry =
-			path, m_dir.relativeFilePath(path), this);
+			new FileSystemEntry(path, m_dir.relativeFilePath(path), this);
+		if (entry->isVideo()) {
+			startThumbnailGeneration(entry);
+		}
+		newEntries << entry;
 	}
 	std::sort(
 		newEntries.begin(),

Plugins/ZShell/Models/filesystemmodel.hpp

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class FileSystemEntry : public QObject {
 	Q_PROPERTY(qint64 size READ size CONSTANT)
 	Q_PROPERTY(bool isDir READ isDir CONSTANT)
 	Q_PROPERTY(bool isImage READ isImage CONSTANT)
+	Q_PROPERTY(bool isVideo READ isVideo CONSTANT)
+	Q_PROPERTY(
+		QString thumbnailPath READ thumbnailPath NOTIFY thumbnailPathChanged)
 	Q_PROPERTY(QString mimeType READ mimeType CONSTANT)
 
 	public:
@@ -45,18 +48,24 @@ class FileSystemEntry : public QObject {
 	[[nodiscard]] qint64 size() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] bool isDir() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] bool isImage() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] bool isVideo() const;
+	[[nodiscard]] QString thumbnailPath() const;
 	[[nodiscard]] QString mimeType() const;
 
+	void setThumbnailPath(const QString& path);
+
 	void updateRelativePath(const QDir& dir);
 
 	signals:
 	void relativePathChanged();
+	void thumbnailPathChanged();
 
 	private:
 	const QFileInfo m_fileInfo;
 
 	const QString m_path;
 	QString m_relativePath;
+	QString m_thumbnailPath;
 
 	mutable bool m_isImage;
 	mutable bool m_isImageInitialised;
@@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ class FileSystemModel : public QAbstractListModel {
 			NOTIFY entriesChanged)
 
 	public:
-	enum Filter { NoFilter, Images, Files, Dirs };
+	enum Filter { NoFilter, Images, Videos, Media, Files, Dirs };
 	Q_ENUM(Filter)
 
 	explicit FileSystemModel(QObject* parent = nullptr);
@@ -156,6 +165,7 @@ class FileSystemModel : public QAbstractListModel {
 	void updateEntriesForDir(const QString& dir);
 	void applyChanges(
 		const QSet<QString>& removedPaths, const QSet<QString>& addedPaths);
+	void startThumbnailGeneration(FileSystemEntry* entry);
 	[[nodiscard]] bool compareEntries(
 		const FileSystemEntry* a, const FileSystemEntry* b) const;
 };

cli/src/zshell/subcommands/scheme.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -31,6 +32,23 @@ from zshell.utils.schemepalettes import (
 
 app = typer.Typer()
 
+VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = {
+	".mp4",
+	".mkv",
+	".webm",
+	".avi",
+	".mov",
+	".wmv",
+	".flv",
+	".m4v",
+	".mpg",
+	".mpeg",
+	".3gp",
+	".ogv",
+	".ts",
+	".vob",
+}
+
 
 def _complete_scheme_name(incomplete):
 	schemes = [
@@ -351,6 +369,109 @@ def generate(
 		safe_key = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9._-]", "_", key)
 		return thumb_dir / f"{safe_key}_thumbnail.jpg"
 
+	def is_video(path: Path) -> bool:
+		return path.suffix.lower() in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS
+
+	def video_duration(path: Path) -> float:
+		try:
+			out = subprocess.run(
+				[
+					"ffprobe",
+					"-v",
+					"error",
+					"-show_entries",
+					"format=duration",
+					"-of",
+					"default=nw=1:nk=1",
+					str(path),
+				],
+				capture_output=True,
+				text=True,
+				check=False,
+			)
+			return float(out.stdout.strip())
+		except (ValueError, OSError):
+			return 0.0
+
+	def video_frame_chroma(path: Path) -> tuple[float, float]:
+		"""Return (mean chroma, mean luminance) of a frame.
+
+		Mean chroma (mean of max-min across RGB channels) is ~0 for black,
+		white and grey frames, and rises with saturation - so it identifies a
+		"good", colorful frame and rejects black or fade frames.
+		"""
+		with Image.open(path) as im:
+			im = im.convert("RGB")
+			pixels = list(im.getdata())
+
+		chroma = 0
+		luma = 0
+		for r, g, b in pixels:
+			chroma += max(r, g, b) - min(r, g, b)
+			luma += r + g + b
+
+		n = max(1, len(pixels))
+		return chroma / n, luma / (3 * n)
+
+	def generate_video_thumbnail(
+		video_path: Path, cache_path: Path, size=(128, 128)
+	) -> None:
+		w, h = size
+		duration = video_duration(video_path)
+
+		samples = 8 if duration <= 0 else min(10, max(4, int(duration)))
+
+		tmp_dir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="zshell-vthumb-"))
+		try:
+			best: Path | None = None
+			best_key: tuple[float, float] = (-1.0, -1.0)
+
+			for i in range(samples):
+				frac = (i + 0.5) / samples if duration > 0 else 0.0
+				seek = f"{frac * duration:.3f}" if duration > 0 else "0"
+				frame = tmp_dir / f"frame_{i}.jpg"
+
+				subprocess.run(
+					[
+						"ffmpeg",
+						"-hide_banner",
+						"-loglevel",
+						"error",
+						"-ss",
+						seek,
+						"-i",
+						str(video_path),
+						"-frames:v",
+						"1",
+						"-vf",
+						f"scale={w}:{h}",
+						"-pix_fmt",
+						"yuvj420p",
+						"-q:v",
+						"2",
+						"-y",
+						str(frame),
+					],
+					check=False,
+				)
+
+				if not frame.exists():
+					continue
+
+				key = video_frame_chroma(frame)
+				if key > best_key:
+					best_key = key
+					best = frame
+
+			if best is None:
+				raise RuntimeError(
+					f"Could not extract a frame from {video_path}"
+				)
+
+			shutil.copy(best, cache_path)
+		finally:
+			shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
 	def generate_thumbnail(
 		image_path: Path, thumb_dir: Path, size=(128, 128)
 	) -> Path:
@@ -360,6 +481,10 @@ def generate(
 		if cache_path.exists():
 			return cache_path
 
+		if is_video(image_path):
+			generate_video_thumbnail(image_path, cache_path, size)
+			return cache_path
+
 		image = Image.open(image_path)
 		image.draft("RGB", size)
 		image = image.convert("RGB")