Saturday, November 1, 2008

Ultimate Vista

Windows Vista Ultimate has the ability to use a video as a wallpaper. Users can choose to use their own home videos which loop continuously, or use one already installed.

Certain media players (mplayer) provide the option to output video to the background of X11, making them suitable as an engine for animated backgrounds from a wide range of video formats.

Programs like EarthDesk use Internet connections and graphics calculations to change the wallpaper with real data, such as a shadowed view of the earth, the latest cloud or weather map, or various events. Some media players can redirect video playback to desktop, allowing any video to be used as a wallpaper.

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