How to set video as desktop background V 2.2.1

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Cahooter
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How to set video as desktop background V 2.2.1

Postby Cahooter » 10 Sep 2015 06:33

A couple of years ago before version 2 came out, I was easily able to set a video as my desktop background. Haven't used VLC for quite some time and wanted to try it on my new mac but the settings are all different. Can someone explain to me how to set a video as my background in which in loops infinitely when I tell it to.

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Re: How to set video as desktop background V 2.2.1

Postby betruek » 10 Sep 2015 08:12

This can be done in vlc, and I find a guide, follow it you can easily set video as desktop wallpaper. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/18167/se ... -with-vlc/

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Re: How to set video as desktop background V 2.2.1

Postby Cahooter » 10 Sep 2015 15:10

Thats a windows tutorial, I need the Mac osx yosemite tutorial

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Re: How to set video as desktop background V 2.2.1

Postby dfuhrmann » 11 Sep 2015 07:40

I think that still works as before: Goto advanced preferences, select the video tab, and here you find a checkbox to enable video mode. Restart VLC afterwards.

Note that you also need to disable the native fullscreen mode for this to work.


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