Video Wallpapers for all Vista versions

“Video Wallpapers for all Vista versions” -> you meant “Video Wallpapers for all WINDOWS versions”, right?

It can be done as easily on XP, W2000 and even on a Mac.

Yep. I posted this hack on my blog way before Vista even came out.

Yes I know, VLc can be used on all Windows editions which makes this video wallpaper alternative universal.

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i’m using vista home premium and installed VLC 0.8.6. For me its not working well and i think its about the video renderer. i’ve tried every single renderer but it works just with one setting (i think it was OpenGL) but when i play a video with this setting aero disables itself and turns to vista basic (and beside of this the video not fills the whole desktop - shifted a little left - )

As you can guess the result is not good.

I believe when dreamscene comes out as a full version (not beta or preview) it will be available for all vista versions.
But i also belive that there must be a way to run this preview version with home premium, because i can install the standalone update file without any interruption. Isn’t there a way to modify the installed update files and make it work in home premium.

7600GT with latest nvidia drivers.

there is no option of menu in vlc can u plz help

i m having vista ultimate and every time i open a file in VLC media player, the color schemes are changed to vista basic.

what is the reason for that

If I rightclick , there isn’t any ‘wallpaper’ option to choose for … and I did the things you told me 2…

im using windows vista home premium and vlc wallpaper mode is not working with me. i right click on video and theres no wallpaper.

I have Vista Home P. and it does not work for me eather

I’m using Windows Vista Home Premium and I see no “wallpaper” button but I see it on my sister’s Windows XP computer. LAAAAAAAME.

Vista Home Premium here and no Wallpaper option!!! =(

I was frustrated to see the author of this blog is not answering the questions that numerous people have asked in the comment section regarding “no wallpaper mode”.

Perhaps they have not dealt with the problem so are unaware of the solution. It has been quite a frustration for me to follow all the instructions and still have no “wallpaper mode” in VLC (Windows vista home).

Here is what I found:
Some other things that must be be done to enable VLC to show the “Wallpaper” mode and to enable dreamscene on the desktop is:

Disable the Windows “Aero theme” and switch it to “Windows Vista Basic”. To do this right click anywhere on the desktop, click personalize>Windows Color and appearance>Open Classic appearance properties for more color options>color scheme. Change the Theme to basic.

In VLC go to Settings > Preferences > Interface > Main Interfaces > wxWidgets; disable taskbar and enable systray to remove the VLC windows from the taskbar.

In VLC for Windows Vista Home you also have to change the “Video output module” to “directx” mode, to enable the “Wallpaper” option in VLC. To do that open the settings dialog and select -> Video -> Output Module (enable “advanced settings”) and change video output module from “default” to “directx output module”.

Go to Playlist and select Repeat current item to loop it.

It is still has issues but it might work after trying the above!