Better looking buffering animation (e.g. AdwSpinner)

[heldderarbeit]

When loading a video from a url, clapper currently shows three white dots to show the buffering of new content.

I find these buttons jarring and feel they don't fit the modern style of the rest of the application, especially juxtaposed against the image beneath them.

Since Version 1.6, Libadwaita has now a new spinner widget named AdwSpinner which maybe can used instead:

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/07/twig-156/4067bdc35fe1bf7af97eadc464f9b52cfcd8e46b1811437392997908480.mp4
https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/class.Spinner.html

[Rafostar]

NOTE: requires libadwaita 1.6

We cannot use libadwaita widgets in ClapperGtk lib in which current buffering animation is. Video widget must depend on GTK only. The existing animation can always be changed/improved through.

[lo2dev]

Just throwing out an idea, not sure how feasible it is, but maybe ClapperGtk could expose a signal when loading/buffering so apps can connect to it to display a widget of their choosing (AdwSpinner).

[Rafostar]

Just throwing out an idea, not sure how feasible it is, but maybe ClapperGtk could expose a signal when loading/buffering so apps can connect to it to display a widget of their choosing (AdwSpinner).

Since buffering paintable is part of the ClapperGtkVideo widget. It would have to be removed from it, so this solution is do-able, but a Clapper 1.0 material.

Why is the spinner not part of GTK, but libadwaita anyway? 🤔

[lo2dev]

Why is the spinner not part of GTK, but libadwaita anyway? 🤔

My guess is that the new spinner is part of the gnome/libadwaita design and GTK is trying to stay a neutral toolkit

[sp1ritCS]

Doesn't Adwaita also re-style the GtkSpinner to look more GNOMEy? (but that spinner is a lot smaller than the new one)