3ximus / aerial-sddm-theme

SDDM theme with Apple TV Aerial videos

Aerial theme for SDDM

SDDM theme with Apple TV Aerial videos

Videos are played randomly and different playlists are used based on time of day (only day and night diferenciation, night between 5pm - 5am) its possible to tweak to have more time diferentiation, the one used is provided with the videos.

Dependencies

It is necessary to have the Phonon GStreamer backend for qt5, GStreamer ffmpeg Plugin and GStreamer Plugins Good

• For Arch linux : pacman -S gst-libav phonon-qt5-gstreamer gst-plugins-good qt5-quickcontrols qt5-graphicaleffects qt5-multimedia

• For Gentoo : these settings allowed me to make the theme work

  • media-libs/gst-plugins-good
  • USE="alsa gstreamer qml widgets" dev-qt/qtmultimedia
  • USE="widgets" dev-qt/qtquickcontrols
  • dev-qt/qtgraphicaleffects
  • USE="gstreamer" media-libs/phonon
  • media-plugins/gst-plugins-openh264 (optional for video)
  • media-plugins/gst-plugins-libde265 (optional for video)

• For Kubuntu: apt install gstreamer1.0-libav phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer gstreamer1.0-plugins-good qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtmultimedia qt5-default

• For Lubuntu 22.04: sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav qml-module-qtmultimedia libqt5multimedia5-plugins

• For Debian 12 LXQt: sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav qml-module-qtmultimedia libqt5multimedia5-plugins

• For Fedora 36 LXQt spin: sudo dnf install git qt5-qtgraphicaleffects qt5-qtquickcontrols gstreamer1-libav. Make sure setup RPM Fusion Repo first to get gstreamer1-libav package.

Havent tryed for other distros...

Installation

Simply clone the repository and copy it to /usr/share/sddm/themes/ like this:

git clone [email protected]:3ximus/aerial-sddm-theme.git
mv aerial-sddm-theme /usr/share/sddm/themes

Note that super user priviledges are needed to move files into that directory.

The theme can be tested by running sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme <path-to-this-repository>

Other notes

This theme streams the HD videos so a good internet connection is necessary. If there is no active connection or the video can't be played the background will fallback to the image background.jpg

If you wish to play local videos files just use the following command to generate the playlist-file (playlist_day.m3u or playlist_night.m3u) from a directory containing the videos:

find <path-to-your-directory> -maxdepth 1 -type f > <playlist-file>

If you would like to use the same videos but offline, simply download them using your shell, e.g. :

while read -r link; do
    wget "$link"
done < playlist_file

Changing settings in theme.conf.user

You can change a few settings in this file

• day_time_start and day_time_end - set your day start/end time
• background_img_day and background_img_night - default background day/night image, now support GIF animated image
• background_vid_day and background_vid_night - video playlists
• displayFont - font
• showLoginButton - if set to false will hide the login button
• showClearPasswordButton - if set to false will hide the clear password button that appears when text is inputed
• passwordLeftMargin and usernameLeftMargin - set margin between input boxes and labels, some fonts are messy and allows fixing of overlap
• relativePositionX and relativePositionY - position the login text box and clock
• showTopBar - if set to false will hide the wm/keyboard top bar

Example config (not the same as the screenshots):

[General]
background_vid_day=playlist_day.m3u
background_vid_night=playlist_night.m3u
displayFont="Misc Fixed"
showLoginButton=false
passwordLeftMargin=15
usernameLeftMargin=15
showTopBar=true

Preview

Using my custom theme.conf.user

License

Theme is licensed under GPL.

aerial-sddm-theme's Issues

Installation of dependencies using apt

Hi - I would like to add the installation steps required for debian like systems (i am on pop-os on this machine)

I should be able to find the packages on my own - will do a pull request with the steps I took to close this issue.

For now, I will document my steps here if that is ok with you.

[Feature Request] Please add Power controls to theme

TLDR

Besides the login and password for the greeter, it would be amazing if you could also add in stylin buttons for poweroff, reboot, hibernate, and sleep.

Longer Tale

Fresh Arch install with sway and using this as the login theme before getting to minimalist sway on wayland. Matches with my macbook screensaver so kinda loving it. Thank you for doing this work! Would love it though if it had power controls though to enhance the experience.

Also, if you happen to know how to get the lockscreen to automatically kick in under sway wm, would love to hear it. Just dropped an issue on SDDM on this front. sddm/sddm#1462
gdm3's lockscreen kicks in under sway, but not sure why sddm's does not.

Main.qml error

I have the following error when running the test command, seems SDDM can't find Main.qml, i can verify it's in the directory

[22:06:47.229] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/Main.qml... [22:06:47.230] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/Main.qml: No such file or directory [22:06:47.230] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/Main.qml: No such file or directory [22:06:47.230] (WW) GREETER: Fallback to embedded theme [22:06:47.234] (II) GREETER: Adding view for "DP-5" QRect(0,0 1920x1080)

module "org.kde.plasma.core" is not installed.

OS : Debian
I have installed :
-sddm / QT (qml-module-multimedia, qtmultimedia5-dev)
-gstreamer1.0-libav
-phonon-backend-gstreamer-common
-gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
I renamed QTMultimedia version 5.8 to 5.7 in Main.qml

And when i test the theme i get the error that "wallpapperFader is unavailable" and "org.kde.plasma.private.sessions" is not installed.

The same method have worked for my OS with KDE PLASMA.

Sddm.conf Current

Current is not archlinux but aerial-sddm-theme

Great theme, thank you!

May a how to install is useful to your clients

A simple how to install your theme in README may be useful to your clients (users).

Incompatible with v0.21.0 of SDDM

In their latest update to version 0.21.0 they added QT-6 Support.
This breaks the theme and makes it unusable sadly.

Output of sddm when running the greeter with the theme

High-DPI autoscaling not Enabled
Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/hyprland.desktop"
Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway-nvidia.desktop"
Reading from "/usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway.desktop"
Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/i3-with-shmlog.desktop"
Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/i3.desktop"
Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/theme.conf"
Socket error:  "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml...
file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml:63:19: Playlist is not a type 
             playlist: Playlist { 
                       ^
file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml:63:19: Playlist is not a type 
             playlist: Playlist { 
                       ^
Fallback to embedded theme
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/LayoutBox.qml:35:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo() { ... }
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml:105:9: QML Image: Cannot open: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/angle-down.png
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml:105:9: QML Image: Cannot open: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/angle-down.png
qrc:/theme/Main.qml:41:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo() { ... }
Adding view for "DP-0" QRect(0,1440 5120x1440)
Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml...
file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml:63:19: Playlist is not a type 
             playlist: Playlist { 
                       ^
file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/Main.qml:63:19: Playlist is not a type 
             playlist: Playlist { 
                       ^
Fallback to embedded theme
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/LayoutBox.qml:35:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo() { ... }
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml:105:9: QML Image: Cannot open: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/angle-down.png
file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/ComboBox.qml:105:9: QML Image: Cannot open: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/angle-down.png
qrc:/theme/Main.qml:41:5: QML Connections: Implicitly defined onFoo properties in Connections are deprecated. Use this syntax instead: function onFoo() { ... }
Adding view for "DP-2" QRect(840,0 3440x1440)
qt.qml.context: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/PictureBox.qml:106:13 Parameter "event" is not declared. Injection of parameters into signal handlers is deprecated. Use JavaScript functions with formal parameters instead.
qt.qml.context: file:///usr/lib/qt6/qml/SddmComponents/PictureBox.qml:106:13 Parameter "event" is not declared. Injection of parameters into signal handlers is deprecated. Use JavaScript functions with formal parameters instead.

Crash when loading media player fails

When loading the media player fails (ie. because of no internet connection), the fallback image is displayed and then sddm crashes immediately after, making it impossible to login without an internet connection. I assume this is unintended behavior.

Here's the log excerpt if needed:

[06:29:28.916] (II) DAEMON: Initializing...
[06:29:28.925] (II) DAEMON: Starting...
[06:29:28.926] (II) DAEMON: Logind interface found
[06:29:28.927] (II) DAEMON: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
[06:29:28.930] (II) DAEMON: Loading theme configuration from ""
[06:29:28.930] (II) DAEMON: Display server starting...
[06:29:28.930] (II) DAEMON: Adding cookie to "/var/run/sddm/{23829046-49a4-4c25-8cd8-0556df34ad00}"
[06:29:28.935] (II) DAEMON: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -background none -seat seat0 vt7 -auth /var/run/sddm/{23829046-49a4-4c25-8cd8-0556df34ad00} -noreset -displayfd 17
[06:29:29.570] (II) DAEMON: Setting default cursor
[06:29:29.577] (II) DAEMON: Running display setup script  "/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup"
[06:29:29.579] (II) DAEMON: Display server started.
[06:29:29.579] (II) DAEMON: Socket server starting...
[06:29:29.580] (II) DAEMON: Socket server started.
[06:29:29.581] (II) DAEMON: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial/theme.conf"
[06:29:29.582] (II) DAEMON: Greeter starting...
[06:29:29.593] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Starting...
[06:29:29.593] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Authenticating...
[06:29:29.593] (II) HELPER: [PAM] returning.
[06:29:29.599] (II) DAEMON: Greeter session started successfully
[06:29:29.703] (II) DAEMON: Message received from greeter: Connect
[06:29:31.249] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Closing session
[06:29:31.253] (II) HELPER: [PAM] Ended.
[06:29:31.255] (WW) DAEMON: Auth: sddm-helper exited with 11
[06:29:31.255] (II) DAEMON: Greeter stopped.

Oddly enough, this crash does not happen when using the greeter test mode. It only happens when actually logging in.

4k playback stuttering

Hi guys,

Did you have success in smoothly playing back the 4k videos?
I tried downloading them but its still stuttering like crazy so my guess was missing hardware acceleration, but regarding the debug output it looks fine.

With VLC and MPV I have no problem playing back the 4k videos.

Thank you!

Log in more readable format: https://privatebin.net/?c33b31d2444e8b82#2zRJa2eE153rA22G77nrdNRtQ3V38q8xU4gKBY4WCSdg

[21:24:12.796] (II) GREETER: Using sg animation driver [21:24:12.796] (II) GREETER: Animation Driver: using vsync: 13.51 ms [21:24:12.798] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/Main.qml... [21:24:12.992] (II) GREETER: Adding view for "DP-3" QRect(0,0 3440x1440) [21:24:13.004] (II) GREETER: Using sg animation driver [21:24:13.004] (II) GREETER: Animation Driver: using vsync: 13.51 ms [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: texture atlas dimensions: 2048x512 [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: R/G/B/A Buffers: 8 8 8 0 [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: Depth Buffer: 24 [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: Stencil Buffer: 8 [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: Samples: -1 [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: GL_VENDOR: X.Org [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: GL_RENDERER: Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10, DRM 3.32.0, 5.2.1-arch1-1-ARCH, LLVM 8.0.0) [21:24:13.005] (II) GREETER: GL_VERSION: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 19.1.2 [21:24:13.006] (II) GREETER: GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_AMD_conservative_depth GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend GL_AMD_framebuffer_multisample_advanced GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect GL_AMD_performance_monitor GL_AMD_pinned_memory GL_AMD_query_buffer_object GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export GL_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax GL_AMD_texture_texture4 GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_1_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays GL_ARB_base_instance GL_ARB_bindless_texture GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture GL_ARB_clip_control GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compatibility GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_compute_shader GL_ARB_compute_variable_group_size GL_ARB_conditional_render_inverted GL_ARB_conservative_depth GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_cull_distance GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_derivative_control GL_ARB_direct_state_access GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_indirect 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GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_vdpau_interop GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_read_format GL_S3_s3tc GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays [21:24:13.006] (II) GREETER: Max Texture Size: 16384 [21:24:13.006] (II) GREETER: Debug context: false

[Feature Request] Please add in Undersea and other newer aerial videos

I went over your list, and I think there are some videos that may be missing (in particular, all my fave undersea ones like

I went looking for my personal fave from the Undersea theme and did not think I could see it in your "All" category.

I have yet to find a canonical list, but would be happy to help update the m3u's and provide a PR for you if you need a bit of help (also, if my Apple TV is any indication there seem to be some recent ones they just updated last week with the new Apple event... I think.. ).

Spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bboTohF06r-fafrImTExAPqM9m6h2m2lgJyAkQuYVJI/edit#gid=1684411812

[Feature Request] Hardware Acceleration / VA-API Support

Since using CPU for the streaming makes the laptop hot. Is there any way you could use VA-API/Hardware Acceleration?

GStreamer; Unable to play

Hi, I have a problem with the theme. Not sure what changed, but it doesn't seem to play the videos anymore on my Arch installation. Looking at journalctl it seemed that this is a resolve error, probably due to the fact that the internet is not connected yet when sddm runs:

Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: Error: "Could not resolve server name."
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://a1.v2.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b5-2.mov"
Oct 17 13:08:28 local sddm-greeter[886]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "http://sylvan.apple.com/Aerials/2x/Videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
....

So instead I downloaded all the videos and am trying to play them offline, but this now fails in a different way:

Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to play - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D008_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: Error: "Could not open file \"/home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/DB_D001_C001_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov\" for reading."
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/GL_G004_C010_2K_SDR_HEVC.mov"
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: Error: "Could not open file \"/home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/b4-1.mov\" for reading."
Oct 17 12:47:04 local sddm-greeter[885]: GStreamer; Unable to pause - "file:///home/xxx/videos/aerial-videos/b7-2.mov"
...

...Which is odd, because the file paths are correct and clicking them opens the media player and plays the video.
Running sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/ also works flawlessly and shows the videos. So this only happens at startup, not while testing. This makes it hard to debug because I have to restart my PC every time.

Do you have any idea what could cause this?

Different video on every monitor

On a triple-monitor setup every monitor plays a different video.

An on-screen keyboard pops up during login and the font is different

Title.
I'm on Manjaro KDE, everything updated and all dependencies installed.

edit: nevermind the on-screen keyboard, it seems a bug related with Manjaro. But the font is still different.

Playlist has broken links

https://github.com/3ximus/aerial-sddm-theme/blob/master/playlists/all_sd.m3u

The bottom half of the videos in the above playlist don't work due to the double forward-slash. Remove the second forward slash and they can be downloaded.

Missing dependency

Please note I had to install qt5-multimedia as well on Arch. btw, best theme ever!

Set focus on the password input on click

At the moment, when I click on anywhere initially with a mouse, it blurs the background and shows the login form, but none of the inputs will gain focus. So I will have to manually set focus on the password input by clicking on it, before being able to type in my password.

If I choose to press a letter on the keyboard instead of clicking with a mouse initially, it also blurs the background and shows the login form, but the password input will gain focus.
However, the first character I type in (the one that triggers the login form to appear in the first place) will be lost. I'm guessing since there is no input initially.

So, unlike SDDM's Breeze theme, I can't just type in my password immediately once the greeter appears (since password input gains focus immediately on that theme).

At the very least it'd be great to have the initial mouse click also set focus on the password input, since typing a random letter from the keyboard to do so feels a bit off to me.

One second delay even after downloading the videos.

When I turn on the computer it loads the picture and then one second later shows the video. Can I add at least a fade effect between? Or instantly show the videos?

only one password box config?

How to hide username input box,just left the password one?

Always show background image defined in theme.conf.The theme.conf.user configure does not work.

Here are the theme dir content. In test mode ,it show background image first ,then show mov audio.But in real boot login mode,It show background image defined in theme.conf .
Any idea for this scene?

[darinlee@darinlee-thinkpad aerial-sddm-theme]$ ll
总计 474M
drwxr-xr-x 5 darinlee darinlee 4.0K  5月29日 17:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root     root     4.0K  4月 7日 15:09 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee 554K  1月28日 04:33 background.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root     root     474M  4月16日 14:44 comp_CH_C007_C004_PSNK_v02_SDR_PS_FINAL_20180709_SDR_4K_HEVC.mov
drwxr-xr-x 3 darinlee darinlee 4.0K  1月28日 04:33 components
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee   53  1月28日 04:33 .gitignore
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  35K  1月28日 04:33 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  17K  1月28日 04:33 Main.qml
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  367  1月28日 04:33 metadata.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  404  5月29日 17:16 offline.m3u
drwxr-xr-x 2 darinlee darinlee 4.0K  4月16日 09:49 playlists
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee 3.4K  1月28日 04:33 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 2 darinlee darinlee 4.0K  1月28日 04:33 screens
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  347  5月29日 17:14 theme.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  182  5月29日 17:19 theme.conf.user
-rw-r--r-- 1 darinlee darinlee  247  5月29日 17:16 theme.conf.user.bak
[darinlee@darinlee-thinkpad aerial-sddm-theme]$ cat offline.m3u
/home/darinlee/app/aerial-sddm-videos/videos/DB_D008_C010_4K_SDR_HEVC.mov
/home/darinlee/app/aerial-sddm-videos/videos/comp_CH_C002_C005_PSNK_v05_SDR_PS_FINAL_20180709_SDR_4K_HEVC.mov
/home/darinlee/app/aerial-sddm-videos/videos/comp_CH_C007_C004_PSNK_v02_SDR_PS_FINAL_20180709_SDR_4K_HEVC.mov
/home/darinlee/app/aerial-sddm-videos/videos/comp_CH_C007_C011_PSNK_v02_SDR_PS_FINAL_20180709_SDR_4K_HEVC.mov
[darinlee@darinlee-thinkpad aerial-sddm-theme]$ cat theme.conf.user
[General]
background_vid_day=offline.m3u
background_vid_night=offline.m3u
displayFont="Misc Fixed"
showLoginButton=false
passwordLeftMargin=15
usernameLeftMargin=15
showTopBar=false
[darinlee@darinlee-thinkpad aerial-sddm-theme]$

*Feature request - Set the hour as 12hr (AM - PM)

Hello, I noticed that you don't really use this anymore but do you have any clue on how one can change the clock from 24 hour to 12 AM/PM? I have tried to change the qml around but can't make it work.

The videos don't load with different errors.

Hello, from some days I noticed that the videos weren't playing, defaulting to the background image.

When troubleshooting, I found a pattern of Error 403: Forbidden, Error 404: Not found and no decoders available for the videos:

[...]
Error: "Forbidden"
Error: "Forbidden"
Warning: "No decoder available for type 'video/x-h265, stream-format=(string)hvc1, alignment=(string)au, level=(string)4.1, tier=(string)main, profile=(string)main-10, codec_data=(buffer)010220000000b000000000007bf000fcfdfafa00000f03200001001840010c01ffff022000000300b0000003000003007b18b024210001003c420101022000000300b0000003000003007ba003c08010e4d9c62e4912014e22224b3c929a49cb2449248b7246a923f2888ffc00040005a80808080422000100084401c0252f053240, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080, framerate=(fraction)30000/1001, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1, colorimetry=(string)bt709, chroma-format=(string)4:2:0, bit-depth-luma=(uint)10, bit-depth-chroma=(uint)10, parsed=(boolean)true'."
Error: "Forbidden"
Error: "Forbidden"
Error: "Not Found"
Warning: "No decoder available for type 'video/x-h265, stream-format=(string)hvc1, alignment=(string)au, level=(string)4.1, tier=(string)main, profile=(string)main-10, codec_data=(buffer)010220000000b000000000007bf000fcfdfafa00000f03200001001840010c01ffff022000000300b0000003000003007b18b024210001003c420101022000000300b0000003000003007ba003c08010e4d9c62e4912014e22224b3c929a49cb2449248b7246a923f2888ffc00040005a80808080422000100084401c0252f053240, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080, framerate=(fraction)30000/1001, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1, colorimetry=(string)bt709, chroma-format=(string)4:2:0, bit-depth-luma=(uint)10, bit-depth-chroma=(uint)10, parsed=(boolean)true'."
Error: "Not Found"
Warning: "No decoder available for type 'video/x-h265, stream-format=(string)hvc1, alignment=(string)au, level=(string)4.1, tier=(string)main, profile=(string)main-10, codec_data=(buffer)010220000000b000000000007bf000fcfdfafa00000f03200001001840010c01ffff022000000300b0000003000003007b18b024210001003c420101022000000300b0000003000003007ba003c08010e4d9c62e4912014e22224b3c929a49cb2449248b7246a923f2888ffc00040005a80808080422000100084401c0252f053240, width=(int)1920, height=(int)1080, framerate=(fraction)30000/1001, pixel-aspect-ratio=(fraction)1/1, colorimetry=(string)bt709, chroma-format=(string)4:2:0, bit-depth-luma=(uint)10, bit-depth-chroma=(uint)10, parsed=(boolean)true'."
Error: "Not Found"
Error: "Forbidden"
Error: "Forbidden"
[...]

I am sure I have some decoders missing, but dnf reports that I have all the packages needed already installed, and checking the links in the .m3u had same errors.

Green screen, video won't play

When I install it, I find it not working as expected.
The previewer first shows a static photo, and then the screen would turns green completely.

$LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose sddm-greeter --theme /usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/ --test-mode
[01:11:18.918] (WW) GREETER: inotify_add_watch("/usr/share/wayland-sessions") failed: "No such file or directory"
[01:11:18.918] (EE) GREETER: Socket error:  "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
[01:11:19.016] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme//Main.qml...
[01:11:19.592] (WW) GREETER: Icon theme "ubuntu-mono-dark" not found.
[01:11:19.619] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml:64:5: QML Image: Binding loop detected for property "sourceSize.width"
[01:11:20.834] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/lib/qt/qml/SddmComponents/PasswordBox.qml:64:5: QML Image: Binding loop detected for property "sourceSize.width"
[01:11:35.959] (WW) GREETER: QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
[01:11:35.959] (WW) GREETER: QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
[01:11:35.959] (WW) GREETER: QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread

Error when running in test mode: MediaPlayer is not a type

I'm running it in test mode and get this error:

The current theme cannot be loaded due to the errors below, please select another theme

file://home/(removed)/Downloads/aerial-sddm-theme-master/Main.qml:157:5:MediaPlayer is not a type

I've downloaded all dependencies listed and also downloaded qt6-multimedia(both gstreamer and ffmpeg) to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

Needs a few extra qt packages on Arch Linux.

I had to install the following extraqt5- packages on Arch Linux to make it work.

pacman -S qt5-quickcontrols qt5-graphicaleffects

background image by day and night

I have modify the Main.qml to enable day and night background image rotation. Maybe you can implement it on the source.

hat3ph@bf8d010
93208ed
45a7f50

Thanks for the wonderful sddm theme.

console user starting sddm.service cant preview video file

Hi 3ximus, when I start a xession by startx and use sddm-greeter --test-mode --theme aerial, the video file works fine and correctly as below.

But if I enable sddm.service and restart the machine, it just became the picture in directory: background.jpg

My /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup is below
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modsetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto

I think the reason might be something about "systemctl enabled service" to support video but I can't found any relative answers

Appreciated if you can help

"QtMultimedia" version 5.8 is not installed

I get this error when I try to run, I assume it is meant to work on fedora 26 which is currently on 5.7?

[19:09:25.565] (II) GREETER: High-DPI autoscaling Not Enabled
[19:09:25.614] (EE) GREETER: Socket error:  "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Invalid name"
[19:09:25.615] (EE) GREETER: Cannot connect to the daemon - is it running?
[19:09:25.678] (II) GREETER: Loading file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/Main.qml...
[19:09:25.682] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/Main.qml:3:1: module "QtMultimedia" version 5.8 is not installed 
     import QtMultimedia 5.8 
     ^
[19:09:25.682] (WW) GREETER: file:///usr/share/sddm/themes/aerial-sddm-theme/Main.qml:3:1: module "QtMultimedia" version 5.8 is not installed 
     import QtMultimedia 5.8 
     ^
[19:09:25.682] (WW) GREETER: Fallback to embedded theme

Lubuntu 22.04 require libqt5multimedia5-plugins

Running aerial-sddm-theme on Lubuntu 22.04 with LXQt, it require libqt5multimedia5-plugins package.
I just need below 3 additional package to make it work out of the box.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav qml-module-qtmultimedia libqt5multimedia5-plugins

[Feature Request] 12 hour clock format

The time is currently shown in 24 hour format. I'd love the option to have it in a 12 hour format.

Cant download the videos for offline usage

Im trying to download the videos for offline usage via the procedure(https://github.com/3ximus/aerial-sddm-theme#other-notes) given but its not working. Im on vanilla arch. Please guide.

[FEATURE REQUEST] Download and cache videos after streaming

In the linux xscreensaver version of Aerial, the videos are cached.

It would be great if instead of always streaming the videos saved/cached
(and if there was a way to configure which videos you wanted to use rather than random selections, that would be amazing too as kinda loving the underwater ones on my mac. Really would love them here.).

[Feature Request (sort of)] Feasibility of shifting the clock/login UI elements back and forth across the screen on a time interval.

I love this greeter.

I spent a good two days trying to install a lightdm-webkit2-greeter theme with absolutely zero success (I just now found out it's broken and unmaintained). I was able to install this in a matter of minutes, despite having been previously unaware of SDDM. It's just missing this one feature...

My new laptop has an OLED display, and I'm looking for a screensaver/greeter/lock that I can exit to when leaving my computer unattended. My only criteria for this are as follows: looks cool asf, and won't cause burn-in. Apple's aerial images are nothing short of perfect for this task, but I'm concerned about burn-in with the actual login UI.

All this to say, is there a way to change the location of the UI elements on an arbitrary time interval? Ideally, I could lock my screen and have the clock/login switch to the opposite side of the screen every 15 or so minutes.

Since burn-in prevention software is all but nonexistent on Linux, I'm willing to help implement this, and I'm sure it'd have an audience besides myself, but I have no idea if it's even feasible, let alone where to start.

(Debian, X11)

Thanks!

Videos not working

This theme is amazing and beautiful, however I moved 4 videos into:
/usr/shar/sddm/themes/areial-sddm-themes/videos
Ran find -maxdepth 1 -type f > using absolute paths for both night and day (i.e same playlist for both)

But all I get is the jgg image in the background, not the videos

Video works on test, but not on startup

When I run the theme in a terminal, the videos run just fine (after briefly seeing the default background image).

But on startup, I'm seeing a wall of the same error, Error: "Could not resolve server name." Now, it occurred to me that it might've been an issue with the timing of the NetworkManager service, which I tried to compensate for by using the NetworkManager-wait-online.service, but that didn't seem to do anything to fix the issue.

I've already tried reinstalling all the dependencies. Any ideas?