Setting Video As Desktop Wallpaper

Setting Video As Desktop Wallpaper

video wallpaper

Ever wanted to set cool Videos as your computers Desktop Wallpaper, then you came to right place. Today in this post i will teach you how to set videos as your Desktop Wallpaper with a simple nice little trick and small tool or software that mostly every one has installed
 on their computer or laptop. This trick works on  Windows Xp as well as it works on Windows 7. Go through below post to learn this simple trick.



How to set video as desktop Wallpaper?

1. Open
 VLC Media Player. If you don't have it download it from Here.
2. Then Go to Tools > Preference Or press CTRL + P and Select Video from left panel
3. Then Choose DirectX video output from output dropdown list
   as shown in below image .
Video wallpaper

4. Save the changes ans restart VLC Media Player.
5. Play any video you would like to set as your desktop wallpaper.
6. Then click on Video and select DirectX Wallpaper from the dropdown list as show in below image.
Video wallpaper


7. Now Minimize vlc player and you will see your video running on your desktop aswallpaper.
8. If you want your default wallpaper back then uncheck DirectX Wallpaper from video dropdown list.9. Hope you like this simple trick share your thought about this trick in comment section.

Enjoy!!

14 comments

Cant access in win 8

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yes, i tried it on Windows8 ..it doesn't works Maybe there would be some graphic issue

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Seriously? I was so happy that I am finally able to set gif video as wallpaper.. Thanks!

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When you close your vlc player wallpaper is blank

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worked for me.......thanks. but dont refresh on desktop

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Anonymous mod

how 2 switch it off ?

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Anonymous mod

please mention that what we need to work this on win 8....or is there sum graphic issue

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Igot blank when i closed the vlc..

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Anonymous mod

thx mate, i've been looking for a long time for such a solution. but i want to run such a command within windows preferenses.
i've never thought about looking it up in vlc-player preferenses.

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Anonymous mod

it's working

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It dosn't work on Windows 8

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How does this impact system resources?

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4 win 8, u need 2 set the output on, "Direct3D" instead, I think...

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