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How to set a video as wallpaper

asked Mar 9 '13

chilicuil gravatar image

updated Mar 9 '13

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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answered Mar 9 '13

Michael gravatar image

If you want that kind of eye candy, please switch to E17.

If you even see your wallpaper, you are using i3 wrong (windows should fill the entire screen all the times, except when switching to a new workspace)

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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 gravatar imagechilicuil (Mar 10 '13)edit

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