2812 1535 Technology Operating Systems Mac OS X true Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:53:31 -0700 /system/videos/5/12/28/2812.flv Mac, Mac OSX, MacTipper, MacIntosh, desktop How To Get a Video Desktop Background http://www.howcast.com/videos/2812-How-To-Get-a-Video-Desktop-Background http://www.howcast.com/videos/2812-How-To-Get-a-Video-Desktop-Background/edit approved 489 480 360 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2812"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2812" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 4 MacTipper http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/Video_Logo_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 3976 false false false 29194 1 0 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/0.jpg Intro Do you want a video desktop background? It really isn’t that hard!

From:
http://www.mactipper.com/2008/04/have-your-desktop-background-be-video.html

]]> 29195 2 54 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/54.jpg Get the Savehollywood Screensaver http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/SaveHollywood.html

]]> 29196 3 97 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/97.jpg Set Up Savehollywood Go
to the system preferences and click on the desktop & screensaver
pref pane. Go to the “other” section and choose SaveHollywood. Then,
click on the Options button and set up savehollywood.

]]> 29197 4 138 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/138.jpg Run the Screensaver on Your Desktop /dev/null 2>&1 ]]> You’ll
need to download the “Desktop Movie” applescript from:
http://www.mediafire.com/?lbjwltb6xy2
Or, use the following Terminal Command: (one line)
/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine
-background > /dev/null 2>&1

]]> 29198 5 166 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/166.jpg Turn off the Video To
turn off the effect, either close the terminal window that you ran the
command in, relaunch the video desktop application or go to Activity
Monitor and quit the ScreenSaverEngine process.

]]> 29199 6 181 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/181.jpg The Desktop Movie Applescript /dev/null 2>&1 &" end if end tell]]> The
text for the applescript is:
tell application “System Events”
if process “ScreenSaverEngine” exists then
tell application “ScreenSaverEngine” to quit
else
do shell script
“/System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine
-background > /dev/null 2>&1 &”
end if
end tell

]]> 29200 7 236 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/236.jpg Get Desktop Video With Divx Video Player You can download the Divx player from:

http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/player/

]]> 29201 8 262 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/262.jpg Install Divx Player Just run the installer.

]]> 29202 9 280 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/280.jpg Use Divx to Run Video on Your Desktop Use Cmd-D to play the video on the desktop.

Unfortunately, the video works best if it’s a DIVX file.

]]> 29203 10 368 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/368.jpg Desktop Movie Player I do not recommend the Desktop Movie Player!

http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/DesktopMoviePlayer.shtml

]]> 29204 11 455 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/455.jpg Play a Movie Through Desktop Movie Player To play a movie, simply drop it onto the icon.

]]> 29205 12 471 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2812/471.jpg Ending/Credits Music: derekaudette.ottawaarts.com

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