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Is it possible to have a video runing in background with i3lock?


I use i3lock as my lockscreen, I've coded a little script to obtain random background images on it, but now I want to have video as lockscreen so I want to know if there is a way to put a video in the i3lock's background and if it's possible how.


Solution

  • Unfortunately, i3lock does not support video playback.

    From the i3lock documentation / manpage:

    After starting it, you will see a white screen (you can configure the color/an image)

    You can specify an image with -i path and a color with -c rrggbb. If you want to display video on your locked screen, see this question on the Unix/Linux site.