From da83eb992a36369c5a4c89a5e7c3e450527d3a21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Kovacs <kovacsmillio@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:56:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] switch from wpaperd to mpvpaper

---
 home/tiling/niri.nix      | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 home/tiling/wallpaper.nix | 25 +++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/home/tiling/niri.nix b/home/tiling/niri.nix
index 470b1a2..4d9ba5b 100644
--- a/home/tiling/niri.nix
+++ b/home/tiling/niri.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
             bottom-right = 8.0;
           };
           clip-to-geometry = true;
-          opacity = 1.0;
+          opacity = 0.975;
         }
         {
           matches = [
@@ -159,9 +159,20 @@
             {
               app-id = "vesktop$";
             }
+            {
+              app-id = "org.gnome.Nautilus$";
+            }
           ];
           block-out-from = "screen-capture";
         }
+        {
+          matches = [
+            {
+              is-active = false;
+            }
+          ];
+          opacity = 0.95;
+        }
         {
           matches = [
             {
@@ -183,6 +194,9 @@
             {
               namespace = "^wpaperd.*";
             }
+            {
+              namespace = "^mpvpaper";
+            }
           ];
           place-within-backdrop = true;
         }
diff --git a/home/tiling/wallpaper.nix b/home/tiling/wallpaper.nix
index 47377f7..3b2f783 100644
--- a/home/tiling/wallpaper.nix
+++ b/home/tiling/wallpaper.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
 {
   pkgs,
-  config,
   ...
 }:
 {
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    wpaperd
-  ];
-
-  home.file.".config/wpaperd/config.toml" = {
-    text = ''
-      [default]
-      mode = "center"
-      [any]
-      path = "/home/${config.userOptions.username}/.local/share/wallpaper/daily.jpg"
-    '';
-    force = true;
-  };
-
-  systemd.user.services.wpaperd = {
+  systemd.user.services.mpvpaper = {
     Unit = {
       Description = "Modern wallpaper daemon for Wayland";
       PartOf = [ "niri.service" ];
@@ -26,7 +11,11 @@
       After = [ "niri.service" ];
     };
     Service = {
-      ExecStart = "${pkgs.wpaperd}/bin/wpaperd";
+      ExecStart = ''
+        ${pkgs.mpvpaper}/bin/mpvpaper '*' \
+        '/home/sckova/.local/share/wallpaper/daily.jpg' \
+        -o '--keep-open=always --save-position-on-quit' \
+      '';
     };
     Install = {
       WantedBy = [ "niri.service" ];
@@ -59,7 +48,7 @@
           -i preferences-desktop-wallpaper \
           "$TITLE"
       '';
-      ExecStartPost = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user restart wpaperd.service";
+      ExecStartPost = "${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl --user restart mpvpaper.service";
     };
     Install = {
       WantedBy = [ "niri.service" ];