stabilised a bit the replay by using the live page instead of the archive when not found

setup.py

@@ -22,16 +22,25 @@ setup(
         "build_exe": {
             "include_msvcr": True,
             "include_files": [
+                ("./tools/", "./tools/"),
                 ("./assets/", "./assets/"),
                 ("./README.md", "./README.md"),
             ]
         }
     },
 
-    executables=[Executable(
+    executables=[
-        "main.py",
+        Executable(
-        base=base,
+            "main.py",
-        target_name=__appname__,
+            base=base,
-        icon=__icon_ico__
+            target_name=__appname__,
-    )]
+            icon=__icon_ico__
+        ),
+        Executable(
+            "tools/web_replay/main.py",
+            base=base,
+            target_name="tools/web_replay/main",
+            icon=__icon_ico__
+        ),
+    ]
 )

tools/web_replay/main.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import json
 import sys
-from datetime import datetime
 
-from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QFileDialog
+from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication
 
-from tools.web_replay.ui import ReplayWindow
+from ui import ReplayWindow
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

tools/web_replay/ui/ReplayEngine.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from PyQt6.QtGui import QKeyEvent, QMouseEvent
 from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QApplication, QLabel
 
 from source.utils import compress
-from tools.web_replay.ui import ReplayWebEngineView, ReplayNavigation
+from . import ReplayWebEngineView, ReplayNavigation
 
 
 class ReplayEngine(QWidget):
@@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ class ReplayEngine(QWidget):
 
             # prepare the timer to play the event at the corresponding time
             self.timer.singleShot(
-                round((next_time - self.replay_time) / 1000),
+                round((next_time - self.replay_time) / 200),
                 self.next
             )

tools/web_replay/ui/ReplayWebEngineView.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional
 
 from PyQt6.QtCore import QObject, QEvent, QUrl
 from PyQt6.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
@@ -9,21 +10,25 @@ class ReplayWebEngineView(QWebEngineView):
         super().__init__()
 
         self.start_time = start_time
+        self._last_url: Optional[QUrl] = None
 
         self.loadFinished.connect(self._initialize_proxy_event)  # NOQA: connect exist
 
     # event filter
 
-    def setUrl(self, url: QUrl) -> None:
+    def setUrl(self, url: QUrl, archive: bool = True) -> None:
-        # get the archive.org link corresponding to that time
+        if archive:
-        archive_time: str = self.start_time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+            # get the archive.org link corresponding to that time
-        archive_url = f"https://web.archive.org/web/{archive_time}/{url.toString()}"
+            archive_time: str = self.start_time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+            url = QUrl(f"https://web.archive.org/web/{archive_time}/{url.toString()}")
+
+        self._last_url = url
 
         # call the super function with the archive url instead
-        super().setUrl(QUrl(archive_url))
+        super().setUrl(url)
 
         # clean the archive header popup that will appear
-        self.loadFinished.connect(self._clean_archive_header)  # NOQA: connect exist
+        self.loadFinished.connect(self._on_load_finished)  # NOQA: connect exist
 
     def eventFilter(self, obj: QObject, event: QEvent) -> bool:
         match event.type():
@@ -44,16 +49,18 @@ class ReplayWebEngineView(QWebEngineView):
 
     # events
 
-    def _initialize_proxy_event(self, ok: bool):
+    def _initialize_proxy_event(self):
-        # prevent the event from being enabled another time
-        self.loadFinished.disconnect(self._initialize_proxy_event)  # NOQA: disconnect exist
-
         # make self.eventFilter intercept all focusProxy events
         self.focusProxy().installEventFilter(self)
 
-    def _clean_archive_header(self, ok: bool):
+    def _on_load_finished(self, ok: bool):
         # prevent the event from being enabled another time
-        self.loadFinished.disconnect(self._clean_archive_header)  # NOQA: disconnect exist
+        self.loadFinished.disconnect(self._on_load_finished)  # NOQA: disconnect exist
 
-        # hide archive.org header to avoid mouse movement being shifted
+        if ok:
-        self.page().runJavaScript("document.getElementById('wm-ipp-base').style.display = 'none';")
+            # hide archive.org header to avoid mouse movement being shifted
+            self.page().runJavaScript("document.getElementById('wm-ipp-base').style.display = 'none';")
+            self._initialize_proxy_event()
+
+        else:
+            self.setUrl(self._last_url, archive=False)