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randoll
post May 17 2007, 04:47 PM
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don't know if this has been posted before or not. it's not actually dreamscene, but this trick gives us exactly what we want.


1. download VLC media player, play any video file that you want to make into desktop background.

2. right click on the player and select wallpaper. you get the movie to actually played on your desktop!!

3. in setting -> preference, select playlist, then click repeat all.

4. go into preference again, select interface -> main interface -> wxWidgets. uncheck Taskbar and check Systray.

there you go. a nice little dreamscene and it doesn't need much resources to run. enjoy. smile.gif
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post May 17 2007, 09:07 PM
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The 75% CPU usage version. biggrin.gif No offense, but it's just that.

VLC/XP's DXVA 1.0 is pretty much petty acceleration compared to what DXVA 2.0 and good drivers in Vista can do. So there's no hope of actually getting a HD-res video to run nicely with minimal resources.
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TS, i tried on my XP machine, unfortunately it doesnt work.. sad.gif

Added on May 17, 2007, 10:23 pmUPDATE: get it to work eventually BUT the application will hang sooner or later... shakehead.gif

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it's not practical... consume too much memory and not stable too...
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well, it doesn't consume too much resources on my pc. i don't notice any performance decrease though.
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what s VLC media player? where can i find it?
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QUOTE(sweetiojj @ May 18 2007, 12:13 AM)
what s VLC media player? where can i find it?
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VLC

BS Player can do that also.
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post May 19 2007, 09:19 PM
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well to me the idea of animated desktop is useless. 90% of the time my desktop will be populated with windows. Heck even if im playing xbox/ps2 on my pc (thru dscaler) i still switch windows to ym or browse for prawns. so its safe to say the only time i see a clean desktop is when im back from office laugh.gif
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post May 22 2007, 09:25 PM
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How about vista ultimate... can i do this trick too????
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it uses too much CPU usage...not practical for me

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QUOTE(Virago @ May 22 2007, 09:25 PM)
How about vista ultimate... can i do this trick too????
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Can. but vista ultimate already can have the animated wallpaper thru dreamscene features. why bother.. smile.gif
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post May 24 2007, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE(ne3ro @ May 22 2007, 11:36 PM)
Can. but vista ultimate already can have the animated wallpaper thru dreamscene features. why bother.. smile.gif
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Really?... my bad.. smile.gif
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this is for those NOT on vista ultimate.i can play it no problems
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Can. but vista ultimate already can have the animated wallpaper thru dreamscene features. why bother.. smile.gif


how to enable it in vista???
huhuuh

anyway
vlc juz take 15mb of my ram..
using win xp with 2 gigs ram
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i dun think it will be practical for those using old pc wif 256 or 512mb ram,like mine =.="
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QUOTE(Hackezkk @ Jun 3 2007, 11:44 PM)
how to enable it in vista???
huhuuh

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vlc juz take 15mb of my ram..
using win xp with 2 gigs ram
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To enable it in Vista Ultimate, first install the Ultimate Extras Dreamscene from the Windows Update, then you can change wallpaper and choose to use animated desktop (or simply right click on any supported video file and choose set as background)

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I am using vista business and i can enable dreamscene. The trick is you need to edit 2 .dll file in system32 folder and add in 1 registry key to enable dreamscene.
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Too bad there is only 1 Dreamscene wallpaper, through
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QUOTE(greatgreedyguts @ Jun 14 2007, 06:18 PM)
Too bad there is only 1 Dreamscene wallpaper, through
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i have 1 software to make ur dream come true
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post Jun 16 2007, 09:40 PM
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QUOTE(razzac @ Jun 14 2007, 07:28 PM)
i have 1 software to make ur dream come true
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can share the software ? interested ..

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