Replace mpvpaper with QtMultimedia for native video rendering

cli.sh

@@ -603,9 +603,21 @@ help | --help | -h)
 
 	# Force Qt6CT
 	export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt6ct
+
+	# Use GStreamer backend for QtMultimedia
+    export QT_MEDIA_BACKEND=gstreamer
 
-	# Cache this script's PID before exec (for fast PID lookups in future CLI calls)
-	echo $$ >/tmp/ambxst.pid
+    # Enable VA-API hardware decoding if available
+    if gst-inspect-1.0 vaapi &>/dev/null; then
+        export GST_PLUGIN_FEATURE_RANK=vaapidecodebin:MAX,vaapipostproc:MAX
+    fi
+
+    # Force OpenGL/EGL for better performance
+    export GST_GL_API=opengl
+    export GST_GL_PLATFORM=egl
+
+    # Cache this script's PID before exec (for fast PID lookups in future CLI calls)
+    echo $$ >/tmp/ambxst.pid
 
 	# Launch QuickShell with the main shell.qml
 	# If NIXGL_BIN is set (NixOS/Nix setup), use it. Otherwise, just run qs directly.

install.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ declare -A BINARY_CHECK=(
   ["jq"]="jq"
   ["playerctl"]="playerctl"
   ["wtype"]="wtype"
-  ["mpvpaper"]="mpvpaper"
   ["gradia"]="gradia"
   ["pipx"]="pipx"
   ["python-pipx"]="pipx"
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
 
     local PKGS=(
       kitty tmux fuzzel network-manager-applet blueman
+      gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
       pipewire wireplumber easyeffects playerctl
       qt6-qtbase qt6-qtdeclarative qt6-qtwayland qt6-qtsvg qt6-qttools
       qt6-qtimageformats qt6-qtmultimedia qt6-qtshadertools
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
       tesseract-langpack-chi_sim tesseract-langpack-chi_tra tesseract-langpack-kor tesseract-langpack-lat
       google-roboto-fonts google-roboto-mono-fonts dejavu-sans-fonts liberation-fonts
       google-noto-fonts-common google-noto-cjk-fonts google-noto-emoji-fonts
-      mpvpaper matugen R-CRAN-phosphoricons adw-gtk3-theme quickshell unzip curl
+      matugen R-CRAN-phosphoricons adw-gtk3-theme quickshell unzip curl
     )
 
     log_info "Installing dependencies..."
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
 
     local PKGS=(
       kitty tmux fuzzel network-manager-applet blueman
+      gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
       pipewire wireplumber pavucontrol easyeffects ffmpeg x264 playerctl
       qt6-base qt6-declarative qt6-wayland qt6-svg qt6-tools qt6-imageformats qt6-multimedia qt6-shadertools
       libwebp libavif syntax-highlighting breeze-icons hicolor-icon-theme
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ install_dependencies() {
       tesseract-data-chi_sim tesseract-data-chi_tra tesseract-data-kor tesseract-data-lat
       ttf-roboto ttf-roboto-mono ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji
       ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols
-      matugen gpu-screen-recorder wl-clip-persist mpvpaper gradia
+      matugen gpu-screen-recorder wl-clip-persist gradia
       quickshell ttf-phosphor-icons ttf-league-gothic adw-gtk-theme
     )