Set any video as wallpaper

Friends,did you ever try to set up video wallpaper on your pc,laptops? No, then i am going to tell you two methods by using you can enjoy videos as wallpapers

Why would you want a video as your wallpaper ?
First of all, it’s fun, and it makes sure you never get bored. In addition, playing a video on your desktop allows you to continue watching something while you work, and if you’re the sort of person who believes in multi-tasking for productivity, this could be perfect for you.

Set any video as wallpaper

1. Steps you have to perform (Using VLC media player)

1. Download and install VLC Media Player from here. If you already have then skip this step.

2. Play any Movie,Video through VLC player.

3. Click on "Video" from menu bar then select "Set As Wallpaper".

4. Now just minimize VLC player. You can see Video is playing on desktop.

5. You can release video wallpaper by clicking on VLC media player from taskbar which is running in background and by doing exactly opposite procedure of above. That is to untick "Set as Wallpaper" feature!

This method is great when you want to keep watching a video while working, since you can control it using VLC at all times. Of course, you can also set up playlists or repeat a video in a loop. If you stop the video or close VLC, the video will disappear from your desktop as well.

Note: In this case, all default right click options on desktop such as copy,refresh,sort as etc. will be inactive.

2. Steps you have to perform (Using "Desktop Movie")

Desktop Movie is a small utility that takes video wallpapers to a whole new level. With it, you can set almost any video format as your wallpaper, access playback controls, create playlists, and so much more. And all of this comes wrapped up in a tiny, portable app you don’t even have to install.

1. Download and extract Desktop Movie from here.
2. Right click on "dmovie" and select "Run as administrator" (For Windows 7 & 8). Click on "Yes" if any prompt is there.

3. Select any video file which you want to set as desktop wallpaper.

4. Done, Now minimize all windows. You can see the video is running on desktop background with it's music. Also all default right click options are available on desktop.
5. Apart from this,you can also use functions such as "Stretching a video","Start Stop video","Selecting another video file" etc.

6. To stop the videos, all you have to do is exit the program, and your wallpaper will return to normal.

Note: CPU utilization/performance is very low in these cases because it takes too much memory to execute it for all the time. It will be useful to prank your friends.

Posted by Editorial Team on 7:42 AM in How To?, Pc Tricks, VLC Media Player Tricks, Windows 7 Tricks, Windows Vista Tricks, Windows XP Tricks

7 interesting things about VLC media player

VLC media player is one of the most popular player for most people.It as got almost all codecs.VLC can do a lot of other things beyond your imagination. Find out how many of these listed below you knew, and how many you did not.

7 interesting things about VLC media player

1. Rip DVDs:
VLC includes a basic DVD ripper. You probably would never use it when there are better DVD rippers available, but it helps to know that you can in fact, get a decent quality DVD rip with VLC. To rip a movie follow these steps: Go to the Media menu and choose Convert–>Save. Click on the Disc tab.
Here you can adjust the Starting Position and rip only specific titles or chapters.
Enter file name making sure to end with .MPG, and start ripping.
Click Save.

2. Record videos:
With the new VLC, you can record videos during playback. The record button is hidden by default. To see it, click on View–>Advanced Control. The record button will now appear. Clicking on the button while playing a movie or video will start recording. Clicking again will stop recording.

3. Play RAR files:
Do you know VLC can play videos zipped inside RAR files? They play like normal video files and you can even use the seek bar. If the RAR file is split into several files, no problem. Just load the first part (.part001.rar ) and it will automatically take the rest of the parts and play the whole file.


4. Play in ASCII mode:
VLC media player has an amusing ability, to playback movies in ASCII art. To enable ASCII mode, open VLC media player and click on Tools –>Preferences. Open the section “Video” section and under “Output” select “Color ASCII art video output” from the drop down menu. Save it. Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art.

5. Listen to online radio:
VLC includes hundreds of Shoutcast radio stations. You just need to enable it through Media –>Services Discovery –> Shoutcast radio listings. Now, open the Playlist and browse through the stations.

6. Convert Audio and Video formats:
In VLC you can convert video and audio files from one format to another. Several different formats are supported like MP4, WMV, AVI, OGG, MP3 etc. To access the converter:
* Go to Media –>Convert/Save.
* Load the file you want to convert using the Add button and click Convert.
* Now choose the output format and output file location.

7. Download YouTube and other online videos:
First grab the URL of the YouTube video page. Now click on Media –>Open Network stream. Paste the URL and click Play.
Once VLC starts streaming the video, click Tools –>Codec Information and at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box. Copy the URL and paste it on your browser’s address bar. The browser will now download the file which you can save it to your hard disk. Alternatively, you can record the video.

Posted by Editorial Team on 6:11 AM in Pc Tricks, VLC Media Player Tricks

Barber shop mirror effect on VLC media player

VLC Media Player Is an Open-source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, which can also stream audio and video in a number of formats. Most of the users have VLC as their favorite media player. May be you are one from these fans! So here I am going to post trick to get Barber Shop mirror effect on VLC media player!

Barber shop mirror effect on VLC media player

Steps you have to perform

1. Download and install VLC media player from Here (Available for Mac and Windows), If you have already then skip this step .
2. Open VLC media player.

3. Press CTRL+N OR Select Media->Open Network Stream! The Network Protocol dialogue box will open!

4. Just Type screen:// in the box as shown below and hit enter or click on play!

5. Voila! Now guess what's going on VLC Media Player!

Posted by Editorial Team on 9:43 PM in Pc Tricks, VLC Media Player Tricks