Comments on: How to Enable DreamScene Video Wallpaper in Windows XP and non-Ultimate Vista?

By: Pranjal

Pranjal — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:57:39 +0000

@happypizza
I’m sorry for your frustration but its not possible for us to reply to each and every query our visitors input. We get tonnes of emails each day, most of the time we try our level best to see and answer each any every email and comment.We are thinking about launching a forum in a few weeks, where people can ask and reply questions thus create a great community.

Anyways thanks for resolving the issue. I guess lots of users will benefit from it.

By: happypizza

happypizza — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:04 +0000

I was frustrated to see a few tech blogs not answering the questions that numerous people have asked in the comments regarding “no wallpaper mode”.

Perhaps they have not dealt with the problem and 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 some other things that I found need to be done to enable VLC to show the “Wallpaper” mode and to enable dreamscene on the desktop:

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 sum issues but it might work after trying these tips!

By: jazzyfizzle

jazzyfizzle — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:10:49 +0000

NOpe – it doesnt work on any Vista. I have Vista Home Basic and the wallpaper function in vlc or the BS player doesnt work. Anyone know of a player available it will work on???

Bill Gates and VISTA suck !!!

By: Pranjal

Pranjal — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:39:30 +0000

@Evan

I’ll try find one tonight and keep you posted. :!

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:13:02 +0000

Is there a way to make the video permanently play in place of a desktop picture without the VLC having to be running?

By: Emiya Shiro

Emiya Shiro — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:03:03 +0000

Sory but this doesent work on my PC (im talking about VLC) im doing everything as said and it’s not working…

By: plan_b

plan_b — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:05:44 +0000

DreamScenes on XP ? No problem with the free Tool XPScene (http://www.dreamscene.org). Works great without any background programs or hacks. There are also a lot of nice free dreamscene videos on dreamscene.org you can use with XPScene.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:27:12 +0000

On the website http://www.smitsgallery.com you can download a lot of beautiful Dreamscene videos. You can also read how to install Dreamscene on all editions of Vista. Have fun

By: Diego

Diego — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:26:03 +0000

I’m using Windonws Vista Home Basic and it didnt work, I did evverything but when I right click on the video the Wallpaper Option doesn’t show up.

By: Mneten

Mneten — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:08:01 +0000

i dont know much about dreamscene but i know drempels animated desktop has been doing lovely things to my wallpaper for a few weeks now…

simply replaces your wallpaper with a screensaver. still trying to figure out a way to do this without removing your desktop icons though…

if you haven’t seen it should check out
http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/
and if i shouldn’t post urls in comments, feel free to stab me. :D