Lively Wallpaper
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Turn Video & GIF Files, Emulators, HTML, Web address & Shaders, Games into Windows desktop wallpaper; Wallpapers will completely pause playback( 0% cpu & gpu usage) when fullscreen application/games are running.
Just drag & drop files, webpages to set as wallpaper..
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Lively is still in development, if you encounter bugs create a github Issue along with log file
Help translate lively to other languages: Translation Files
Features
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Video
Eternal Light by VISUALDON
- Powered by mpv and vlc player.
- Customize videos with filters.
- Hardware Acceleration support.
Webpages
25th Hour by Loius Coyle
- Load HTML file or web address as wallpaper.
- Runs webgl, javascript .. basically anything that works on chrome.
- Audio Reactive Wallpaper support, create wallpapers that react to system audio
- Customisation support, documentation.
Video Streams
- Just drag & drop stream links.
- Video quality is adjustable in settings.
Shaders
Heartfelt by BigWIngs
- Run GLSL shaders in browser.
- Shadertoy.com urls are supported as wallpaper.
GIFs
- Make Memes/Cinemagraphs as wallpaper ...
Retro Game Emulators
- Coming soon
Games & Applications
- Can set Unity, Godot games and any application as wallpaper.
- Dynamic audio visualisers, 3D scenes..
& more:
- Easy to use, Just drag'n'drop media files & webpages into lively window to set it as wallpaper.
- Hardware accelerated video playback, powered by mpv player.
- Interactive webgl wallpapers, powered by lightweight chromium engine Cef.
- Windows 10 fluent design, lively appearance adapts to system theme settings.
- Efficient, its a native .net core application.
- Fully opensource & free; no blackmagic, no features behind paywall.
Performance:
- Wallpaper playback pauses when fullscreen application/games run on the machine (~0% cpu, gpu usage).
- Set wallpaper playback rules based on running foreground application.
Multiple monitor support:
- Full Multiple monitor support.
- Span single wallpaper across all screens.
- Duplicate same wallpaper all screens.
- Different wallpaper per screens.
I'm not officially affiliated with Unity technologies, godot, shadertoy;
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What's new?
Latest version: v1.1.9.4 (Windows 10 1903 or above)Installer will give Smartscreen warning, discussion.
Problems
See github issues.
Contributing
Code contributions are welcome, check guidelines for instructions.
Help translate lively to other languages.
Support
You can always help development by buying me a cup of coffee(paypal):
License
Lively v1.0 onwards is licensed under GPL-3.
Previous version is licensed under MS-PL, see v0.9.6.0 branch for working builds.