What is DreamScene

   DreamScene 

    Microsoft Windows DreamScene was a feature included in the Ultimate version of Windows Vista.It was not included in any other version of Windows.It came as a part of Window Ultimate Extras, they were some optional features offered to the users of Windows vista.
   
         The basic job of this feature is to play a video as your Desktop background wallpaper.Moreover it also allows .gif images to be set as wallpaper.In case of Videos, it only allows .mpg and .wmv videos to be set as wallpaper.But users can also use their own  captured .avi videos by just altering the extension to .wmv.The latest version of DreamScene was released on September 25, 2007.
             Many people tried to use that feature in other versions of Windows.After a lot of tries, a tweak has been created which enables the same feature in other versions of Windows.If you also want to enable it in your Windows then you should visit this article.All it does is just copies some required files to your system folder and adds the required registry values.
 Here see a trailer of DreamScene :

     By default the sounds of the video being played as DreamScene are disabled, but with this fix you can enable them.
       
             Well there is another problem with it.And that is that the text of the icons on the desktop does not appears correctly if the DreamScene is enabled.But mostly where there is a problem there is a solution and here is the solution.

How to activate DreamScene

 How to activate DreamScene ?

The still desktop wallpaper might have bored you.In this article I will show how you can make your wallpaper a video using Windows feature called DreamScene.I will briefly tell you that what is Windows DreamScene, for detail on what is DreamScene then check this out.

          Well the DreamScene was a feature of Windows included in Windows Vista Ultimate, only Ultimate not any other, by which a user can make his desktop wallpaper a video.

So lets get started,
First of all you need to fulfill the requirements which are given below:
Requirements :
1) Windows 7.
2) Windows Aero ( activated)

3) A good Graphics adaptor ( minimum 256 MB), here is good list of them.
4) The software Win7 DreamScene activator.


Now if you have all requirements then follow the procedure:

Procedure:

1) Extract the archive.

2) Run the Windows7-DreamScene.exe file.
3) It will do all the important job itself and won't require any help from you.
4) Goto your desktop and right click on an empty area.
5) If Play DreamScene is listed then it has successfully been installed.

Now all you need is a video file which you can set as your background.You can use files of any size but they must be .wmv , .mpg. You can also use your own captured videos of .avi extension by just changing it extension to .wmv or .mpg.

• Waterfall dreamscene.
• Shining spots dreamscene.
• Mass Effect 3 Earth dreamscene.
• Heartbeat dreamscene.
• Leopard Aurora.
• Running waterfall dreamscene.
• Glacier dreamscene.
• Lake dreamscene
• Green natural scenery dreamscene.

You can find many more good quality dreamscenes here.

6) Right click on the Video file and click on Set as Background.
7) To stop or pause it right click on your desktop and click on Pause DreamScene.

 Defects

1) Sound is disabled by default. ( Fix it now )
2) The text of the icon on desktop does not appears correctly.
There are other possible ways you can set your desktop background a video such as using VLC media player.

That would be all, Hope you like it.And please leave your comments

How to set a video as desktop wallpaper?

Set a video as Desktop wallpaper!     

        Setting a video as your desktop wallpaper is easy.You may think that it is impossible as there is no option for setting a video file as the wallpaper, but now I should tell you that it is possible.
       A normal image doesn't takes that much memory as a video will take if you set it as your wallpaper, that is why Microsoft never allowed us to do this, because they think that its all about performance not about appearance.

OK so all the ingredients you need are listed below:

1) VLC media player

          Yes, that's all.With VLC media player you can set the video, as wallpaper, that is currently being played .VLC thoughts are different from Microsoft.The major difference between them is that they don't charge any money for their products like Microsoft does.It sound pretty good, but it has some defects.
                    The procedure is as below.

Procedure:

1) First download VLC media player. You can download it from the official website.

2) After the download completes, Install VLC media player.

3) Open VLC media player.

4) Go to/Click on Tools, and then Preferences.

5) Click on Video tab, and than click on Output drop down.

6) From Output drop down list, select DirectX (DirectDraw) video output, and than click on Save.

7) Restart(Close and then launch) VLC, Play a video file.

8) While the video is being played click on the Video tab from Menu bar, Click on Set as wallpaper.

OK, now you are done with it.

DEFECTS:

As I mentioned earlier that this technique has some defects, so here they are.

1) This technique is not supported by Windows Aero, so as soon as you click on 'Set as Wallpaper' Windows Aero will be disabled and you colour scheme will be automatically set to Windows 7 Basic.Don't worry about it, nothing will go wrong.Windows Aero will start when the video has stopped playing or VLC is closed.

2) The video will not remain your wallpaper for ever, it will be disabled as soon as the Video has stopped playing or VLC is closed.

Well there is another way you can make your background a video, and that is using DreamScene.Here is the How-to tutorial on it.

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