Meeting Backgrounds

A tool to download and manage meeting background collections.

Getting started

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/letmaik/meeting-backgrounds
cd meeting-backgrounds

List available background collections

$ python meeting-backgrounds.py list

Name: bbc_joy_of_sets
Title: BBC Archive - The joy of sets
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/empty_sets_collection/zfvy382
Backgrounds: 96
Downloaded: no
...

Download a background collection for your meeting app

$ python meeting-backgrounds.py download --app msteams --bg bbc_joy_of_sets

TIP: You can download all collections by leaving out --bg.

Remove downloaded backgrounds again

$ python meeting-backgrounds.py remove --app msteams --bg bbc_joy_of_sets

TIP: You can remove all collections by leaving out --bg.

Open the folder containing downloaded backgrounds

$ python meeting-backgrounds.py open --app msteams

Background collections

Command Line	Title	Backgrounds
`--bg bbc_joy_of_sets`	BBC Archive - The joy of sets	96
`--bg pixar`	Pixar	13
`--bg dc`	DC Comics	20
`--bg fox_animation`	FOX Animation Domination	10
`--bg starwars`	Star Wars	32

Supported apps

Microsoft Teams

Command line: --app msteams
Operating systems:
- ✔️ Windows
- ✔️ macOS (untested)
- ❌ Linux (backgrounds not supported yet)
Gotchas:
- After downloading backgrounds, Teams must be restarted.
- On start-up, Teams generates thumbnails for new backgrounds which may take a while.

Contributions

If you like to help, consider one of the following contributions:

Addition of more background collections (official sources from copyright holders only)
Support for more apps

All of the above is easily possible by extending the apps.json and backgrounds.json files. Your pull request is welcome! :)

davidchisnall / meeting-backgrounds