set your own video as screensaver

[boohbah]

found this whilst browsing .

 

[Gornot]

Gah, I used this back in XP days and couldn't sleep at night, kept watching videos, lol :roflmao:

Thanks a lot for reminding me; insomnia, here I come lol xD

 

[kword88]

vlc media player also lets you set a video as your wallpaper.

 

[Gornot]

the title says screensavers, you know

I am tempted to install this, but unsure if it works on Win7.

 

[whs]

There is actually an easier way. Since it is somewhat different in Win7 than in Vista, I wrote a little tutorial last year which I only published for my computer club. Here we go:

In Windows 7 you have to go via Windows Live Photo Gallery. Do the following steps:

· Open Live Essentials Photo Gallery
· Click on File
· Click on > Screen Saver Settings (This will open the Screen Saver Settings)
· Browse to your folder with the video and open it (OK)
· In the Use this theme list box, select Album
· Then do Save
· Now run Preview and see whether it works

The video format must be .wmv. If you have another format, convert it with Format factory http://www.formatoz.com/

 

[1ncredebil]

There is actually an easier way. Since it is somewhat different in Win7 than in Vista, I wrote a little tutorial last year which I only published for my computer club. Here we go:

In Windows 7 you have to go via Windows Live Photo Gallery. Do the following steps:

· Open Live Essentials Photo Gallery
· Click on File
· Click on > Screen Saver Settings (This will open the Screen Saver Settings)
· Browse to your folder with the video and open it (OK)
· In the Use this theme list box, select Album
· Then do Save
· Now run Preview and see whether it works

The video format must be .wmv. If you have another format, convert it with Format factory http://www.formatoz.com/

I actually tried this way, did everything as i should, even read on the topic but my screensaver still wont play the full video. It starts and the first 2-3 seconds everything is fine and the suddenly a filmstrip icon appears. I found the same problem here and still didn't find an adequate answer, since my laptop's rating is above 3. Any help will be appreciated

 

[Dude]

1ncredebil,
Welcome to the sevenforums. Give this tutorial a shot

:ar: Dreamscene

I haven't tried the methods mentioned above (this is an old thread) but I have used the dreamscene tutorial and it worked.