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I've been a bit obsessed with customizing Ubuntu. I have a really cool logo animation in a mp4 file. I'm trying to use that video as my login screen background，like Dreamscene in Windows. But I'm not sure how to accomplish that.

I Googled relevant information and noticed that LightDM can change login background to another image. I haven't seen any program that can make the login background a video though.

user262072
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The only Display Manager I know of that supports video backgrounds OOTB, is SDDM

It works (as evidenced by this video), but is not simple to install.

The basic process requires QT 5, and the code needs to be compiled.

Quote from the installation documentation:

SDDM uses CMake to configure the build and it can be compiled with the typical cmake build process:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make

After successfully building the software, type following to install.

sudo make install

When found, systemd will be used for power management. When systemd is not available build will fallback to using upower. If upower can not be found either, shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate actions won't be available. Note that, when systemd found, HaltCommand and RebootCommand config file entries has no effect.

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  • I found an similar examplee too, as in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWdA6ZdRfmY – user262072 Nov 21 '16 at 05:59
  • And a tutorial showing how to install sddm on Ubuntu. Not sure if this is doable: http://linuxpitstop.com/install-sddm-on-ubuntu-15-04-and-linux-mint/ – user262072 Nov 21 '16 at 06:00
  • @user262072 - It's definitely plausible, but whether you want to go to that amount of trouble, I leave in your capable hands :) – AnotherKiwiGuy Nov 21 '16 at 06:01
  • @user262072 - No problems. If you find the answer you're looking for, don't forget to accept the answer you find most appropriate for your question. Good luck! :) – AnotherKiwiGuy Nov 21 '16 at 06:03