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VLC should be able to play videos in desktop background

that is alread possible (it was included in 0.8.1 i think)

how can I do this?

must be something like right clicking on the video and chosing the right menu item (not sure ... i'm not running windows right now so i can't test)

Meny Video -> Wallpaper

for some reason this doesn't work on my Win2000.

When ticking the wallpaper mode, the video is only visible in the VLC window, and in the desktop icon text backgrounds. :S
How could i fix it, reintalling doesn't work.
This problem is in 0.8.1 and 0.8.2 Beta.

I had it working fine with VLC 0.8.1 under Win XP

Im running WinME (I kno I kno, mistake #1) with the exact same symptoms, when telling it to output to background it only shows up in the background of the icons text.
Hoping for the fix in 0.8.2

Disable the background in win2k to the default blue nonsense and try it again, it should work.

Atleast thats what was needed in sasami2k last time i had a play around.

Im using litestep right now (it mods your desktop in a number of ways) and it currently doesnt work on this box but im pretty certain it should work.

Just find the "display webcontents on my active desktop" checkbox and untick it, that should do the trick

is there any intent at all to include this wallpaper feature in the mac version? just want to know if i should give up hope.

how can i have the video as my wallpaper? im using windows 98 but the only video i see are where the names of my icons are.... help!