Request: Flatpak Version

[crimsonthunder]

Hello, and thank you for the fantastic work on Video2x! I truly appreciate the time and effort put into making this app.

Would it be possible to create a Flatpak version of Video2x? A Flatpak version would be incredibly helpful, as it allows for easier installation, and compatibility across different Linux distributions. This could make Video2x more accessible to a broader range of linux users and simplify updates as well.

Thank you very much for considering this request and thank you again for your hard work.

[k4yt3x]

Interesting suggestion. It may also be easier to recommend flatpak than asking people to use the Docker image. I'll look into it to see how hard it is to make a flatpak package. If it's not too difficult maybe I could release flatpak or AppImage instead of deb files only for Ubuntu.

[k4yt3x]

I gave it a try, ran into some issues:

app-id: com.github.k4yt3x.video2x
runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform
runtime-version: "23.08"
sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk
command: video2x
finish-args:
  - --share=network
  - --share=ipc
  - --socket=x11
  - --socket=wayland
  - --device=dri
  - --env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/lib

modules:
  - name: video2x
    buildsystem: cmake
    builddir: true
    config-opts:
      - -DUSE_SYSTEM_OPENCV=OFF
      - -DUSE_SYSTEM_NCNN=OFF
      - -DUSE_SYSTEM_SPDLOG=OFF
      - -DUSE_SYSTEM_BOOST=OFF
    sources:
      - type: git
        url: https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x.git
        branch: master
        submodules: true

cleanup:
  - /include
  - /share/man
  - /share/doc
  - /share/gtk-doc

I'll just leave this here for now for anyone experienced with Flatpak to try. I'll probably get back to this after implementing frame interpolation.