VLC should be able to play videos in desktop background

[klumy]

VLC should be able to play videos in desktop background

[dionoea]

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

[klumy]

how can I do this?

[dionoea]

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)

[Guest]

Meny Video -> Wallpaper

[Guest]

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.

[Guest]

I had it working fine with VLC 0.8.1 under Win XP

[Guest]

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

[Chroma]

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.

[anonymous coward]

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

[Guest]

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.

[satz]

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!