How to set a video as wallpaper

asked 2013-03-09 13:11:05 +0000

chilicuil
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updated 2013-03-09 13:12:37 +0000

Hi there,

I've been using i3 for a couple of years and since it consumes nothing in cpu/ram, I'd like to use those cycles somehow while bringing more eye candy to my desktop.

Therefore I'm asking for methods to set a video as wallpaper. I currently do it by using:

$  mplayer -loop 0 -rootwin -ao null -noconsolecontrols -fs video.avi

Sadly this only works fine in a single monitor, and gets split after adding a second screen:

i.imgur.com/w6WGqiL.jpg

This is weird because: $ mplayer -fullscreen video #works great in multi-screen, anyway, any advice is welcome.

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I've used e17 for some years too and it's also great.., however I don't plan to go back to it soon, I'd like to keep with i3, and yep, I almost never see my wallpaper, but that's not the point. The point is when I do it, I'd like to see an animation|video.

chilicuil ( 2013-03-10 05:56:53 +0000 )edit

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