Video as screensaver

[rosefox911]

Hey guys,

I was wondering how I could make it so a video is my screensaver, how from a folder video files are cycled and displayed as my screensaver. Is this possible? Thanks!

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Just for the fun of it - you can also have a video as screensaver. Go to Windows Live Photo Gallery > File > Screensaver settings and make the settings as in the picture. The video must be in .wmv format and be in a folder.

 

[rosefox911]

thanks for replying! I tried that and it doesn't work. it is just blank. I selected "use photos and videos from:" as the seting and pointed it to where the videos are.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/whs37/HTG23/2010-04-05_1320.png

Did you get this far?

 

[rosefox911]

I think I finally got it to work! I had another question:

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/customization/17892d1247528255-best-screen-saver-asfs.png

what question is that? it is awesome.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Glad to see you have it working.
Have a great day and Welcome to Windows 7 Forum.
Be sure to edit system specs so if you need more help we can look at your system and get help to you quickly!

 

[rosefox911]

Thanks! would you happen to know what desktop that is?

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/customization/17892d1247528255-best-screen-saver-asfs.png

 

[Windows Sniper]

That is the Windows 7 Trial

 

[billynomates]

Thanks! would you happen to know what desktop that is?

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/customization/17892d1247528255-best-screen-saver-asfs.png

Have you found that desktop/saver yet? I like it my self but my searches are doing nothing for me!

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Screensavers Software Downloads 1

Try looking in here.
Hope you find it.

 

[cwgf]

wmv file running as screensaver freezes

It was great finding this thread on how to make a .wmv movie file play as a screensaver. It was working fine until about 2/3 of the way through when it locked up with the frame frozen on the screen. After waiting awhile longer, the screen went black except for a "filmstrip" icon in the center of the screen. Has anyone seen this problem, and know how to fix it? Thanks..

 

[Windows Sniper]

I have an idea as to why this may be happening.. Are you using a very long vodeo file ? I.e over 15 - 20 seconds or is it in a hd format??

 

[cwgf]

Hi and thanks for replying so quickly. Yes this is a long video file several minutes long, and I also think it may be in hd format. I have several video format conversion tools so maybe I should try something? I can attach or send you the video file if that would help.

 

[za28]

hi<, can someone, help me please, i've downloaded few videos from youtube into my pc and converted it into .wmv as stated above but i can't get into pass through this step:

In the Use this theme list box, select Album
· Then do Save
· Now run Preview and see whether it works

My computer says,"This computer's video card can't play themes." can someone tell me what should I do please?? ASAP.