Windows XP - How to Have a Movie as your desktop

Download and install VLC Player for Windows.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Run VLC Media Player, go to Settings, Preferences, expand Interface and click on wxWidgets. In the bottom right corner of wxWidgets interface module window, click on Advanced options to show advanced settings.

The following step is optional; it did not work on my machine.
Then uncheck the Taskbar check box in order to remove VLC Player title from the taskbar while the program is running. Check Systray icon if you want to enable Systray (system tray or notification area) icon instead.

Next, expand Video, Output Modules and then select Direct X. In bottom right corner of DirectX Video Output window, check the Advanced Options check box in order to see all the settings available.

Check and tick the Enable wallpaper mode check box.

Then, select Playlist and then check or tick the Repeat current item checkbox.

Press Save button when done.

Close VLC Player

Open and play any video that you would like to set as motion wallpaper in VLC Media Player.

If the video hasnt yet been set as desktop background, right click on the video and click on Wallpaper.

The video or movie will be set as if its DreamScene motion desktop background wallpaper.

If you do not configure VLC Player to repeatedly play current media in loop, you can still do so after playing the video. Simply click on View then select Playlist. Highlight the video media content that is playing and click on Repeat One or Repeat All button as shown below to loop the video for non-stop video wallpaper.

Note that the video must be encoded in a video format supported by VLC Player such as MPEG, AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV (Flash Video) and etc. Otherwise you will need to convert the video clip to the supported format.

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[rizky213]

This is great but when i refresh the screen it comes back to my original wallpaper..., :(

[Intrepidman]

@rizky213,

yeah, it's not perfect, it's a hack.

[LotusExige95]

1:15

[fudgealater]

great info bro!

I always wanted to do this XD!

NOW ITS WORKING!!!

[p1on33r]

BSplayer works fine for me ... open a video .. pres D on the keyboard and thats it :)

dont even have to adjust any settings

[aqworldscyciru]

why there is no setting on mine

[ALUCARDxCORPSE666]

yes, its some kind of a crap...

[commercialsaremywife]

or just make a .html file, make a full screen video on it, and set it as your background (cant set HTML as wallpaper in Vista/7) :(

[flightsimx65]

uhh will thus work in vista

[supermanerbestur]

you can also just press W while playing a video

[Intrepidman]

@xxXViiRUSXxx1,

For Windows 7 use Dreamscene.

[xxXViiRUSXxx1]

@Intrepidman Oh, sorry I mean't does it work for windows 7. Sorry at the time I couldnt be assed typing properly