Timed Backgrounds

The repository contains build rules for creating dynamic backgrounds compatible with the Dynamic Wallpaper Engine.

Available backgrounds:

• 24 hours (by Arzamas)
• Akihabara South Exit (by arsenixc)
• Catherine Room (by arsenixc)
• Cicica City (by arsenixc)
• Corporation Hall (by arsenixc)
• Corporation Street (by arsenixc)
• Ellie Mansion (by arsenixc)
• Firewatch (by Campo Santo and _felics)
• Himitsu House (by arsenixc)
• Himitsu House Interior (by arsenixc)
• Island (by arsenixc)
• Japanese Garden (by arsenixc)
• Japanese Village House (by arsenixc)
• Japanese Village House Interior (by arsenixc)
• JR Station (by arsenixc)
• Kagome Room (by arsenixc)
• Kumoha 103 Train (by arsenixc)
• Kyosuke Room (by arsenixc)
• Mechanical City (by arsenixc)
• Metropolis (by arsenixc)
• Mermaid Sea Market (by arsenixc)
• Michael Room (by arsenixc)
• Mountainside (by ???)
• Old House (by arsenixc)
• Old House Living and Dining Rooms (by arsenixc)
• Old House Room (by arsenixc)
• Restaurant Interior (by arsenixc)
• Restaurant Street (by arsenixc)
• Riverside (by arsenixc)
• Ryokan Room (by arsenixc)
• Small Japanese Provincial Town (by arsenixc)
• Tokyo Street (by arsenixc)
• Tokyo Street and Club (by arsenixc)
• Two Queens Cities (by arsenixc)
• Valentin Music City (by arsenixc)
• Yunjing City (by arsenixc)

Installation

1. Install the KDE Dynamic Wallpaper Engine

Follow the instructions provided on the wallpaper engine site.

2. Download backgrounds images

Most of the backgrounds listed above are not licensed for redistribution, so use the download_images.sh script to get them yourself.

./download_images.sh

3. Build AVIF files and install

To build and install the backgrounds, run:

make
sudo make install

This assumes that the kdynamicwallpaperbuilder binary exists on your system PATH. If not, check that the wallpaper engine was installed properly.

make will build AVIF images for each background. Using -j here is discouraged because AVIF encoding is very resource-hungry, and running multiple instances in parallel may make your system start thrashing.

make install will install the backgrounds in /usr/share/wallpapers/Timed. To specify a different location, use PREFIX=... make ... instead.

Selection

1. Open the 'Configure Desktop and Wallpaper...' right-click menu.
2. Choose 'Dynamic' in the 'Wallpaper type:' combo-box.
3. Select the desired *.avif file.

Note: To scroll down the window, click the scrollbar or hover the cursor outside the image gallery.

Extra

Most of the images are 1080p with a 16-by-9 aspect ratio. Should they be inadequately crisp, try processing them with an up-scaler. waifu2x is more than adequate. (Web service here.)