Videowall

This is a Qt based video wall player. It can play an arbitrary number of movies at the same time in a user customizable configuration.

Playback features include:

• Select loop, step forward, or random videos from a library
• Customize volume and playback speed for each video
• Play, Pause, Mute the whole wall
• Keyboard control for a primary video
• Save wall layouts and automatic recovery of last layout
• Lock the layout to prevent accidental changes during playback
• Lots of options for customizing operation

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• PySide6

Use

Click a player to show the control UI.

Along the top is the list of movies found in the movie folder. You can type to filter the list. If you type multiple words separated by whitespace, it will find items with all words anywhere in the name.

Buttons:

• ⨉ Close the player
• | Split the player row horizontally
• — Split the player column vertically
• ➘ Swap two players
• ⛶ Toggle scaling to fit inside or outside the player area
• ↻ At the end, loop the current video
• ⇥ At the end, play the next video in the list
• ? At the end, play a random video from the list
• ⚐ This player is controlled by the keyboard/menu playback options
• ⋘ Jog this player backward
• ⋙ Jog this player forward
• ★ Perform the end operation immediately

The top left slider controls playback speed (0% - 200%).

The bottom left slider controls the volume (0% - 100%).

The bottom slider will keep up with your position in the movie and allow you to scrub to any other position. The time on the left is the elapsed time, and the on the right is the remaining or total time (see below for option to configure which).

Configuration

Currently, you must create a configuration file manually. That file must be called videowall_settings.json in your home folder. The file content is a JSON object with zero or more of the following values:

Option	Type	Default	Use
always_on_top	bool	True	The player window will always float above normal windows, even if the application is not active.
auto_update_layout	bool	True	When enabled, the open layout will be updated with any changes during the playback session when the layout is changed or the window is closed.
default_volume	float	1.0	(Range 0.0 - 1.0) The volume to use when making a new player.
hide_mouse_delay	float	3.0	Seconds to wait before hiding the mouse pointer while playing
jog_interval	int	10000	The number of milliseconds to move with the "jog" operation.
layout_folder	Path		The path where the layouts are stored
lock_titlebar	bool	False	When False, locking the layout hides the window titlebar for a cleaner look. When True, the titlebar remains visible while locked. Unlocking always restores the titlebar.
movie_folder	Path		The path where the movies are stored
open_last_on_startup	bool	True	When enabled, the last layout is loaded at startup
play_audio	bool	True	Disable to completely disable all audio playback and control
pre_roll	int	2000	The number of milliseconds to rewind when loading a layout
remaining_time	bool	True	When enabled, show remaining time instead of total time
restore_window_state	bool	True	When enabled, the window state is restored when loading a layout
sparse_spec	bool	True	When enabled, the spec file will only include settings not at the current default. When disabled, all playback settings are always saved.
splitter_handle_width	int	5	Width in pixels of the dividers between players. Set to 0 for no gap. When the layout is locked this is overridden to 0 automatically.