Video Guide

Lively can play any video files as system wallpaper.

Windows N/KN/Education systems require installation of additional codecs for video playback.

Video Player Setup

Currently lively supports these videoplayers for wallpaper:

• Mpv
• Vlc
• Windows Media Foundation (wmf)

In settings videoplayer can be switched realtime during playback.

Mpv

This is the default and recommended player; uses the official mpv player build.

Custom configuration file can be used, create file

<Lively install location>\plugins\mpv\portable_config\mpv.conf

and follow the manual for mpv commands.

It is also possible to implement Lively Properties with mpv commands for real-time customization.

Default LivelyProperty is used if no user defined one is present in the wallpaper media folder:

{
  "saturation": {
    "max": 100,
    "min": -100,
    "tick": 200,
    "text": "Saturation",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 0
  },
   "hue": {
    "max": 100,
    "min": -100,
    "tick": 200,
    "text": "Hue",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 0
  },
  "brightness": {
    "max": 100,
    "min": -100,
    "tick": 200,
    "text": "Brightness",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 0
  },
   "contrast": {
    "max": 100,
    "min": -100,
    "tick": 200,
    "text": "Contrast",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 0
  },
  "gamma": {
    "max": 100,
    "min": -100,
    "tick": 200,
    "text": "Gamma",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 0
  },
   "speed": {
    "max": 5,
    "min": 0.25,
    "tick": 10,
    "step": 0.01,
    "text": "Speed",
    "type": "slider",
    "value": 1
  },
   "mute": {
    "type": "checkbox",
    "value": false,
    "text": "Mute"
  }
}

Vlc

Uses official vlc player build.

Setup instructions

(Still under development.)

Windows Media Foundation (wmf)

TODO