begin quote On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:50:32 -0000 (UTC) david sipsolutions net wrote: > Hi Nautilus folks, > > this is of no priority what so ever, but a few weeks ago I was walking > through the mall and saw some xp computers with a moving desktop > background. That was some extra program, IIRC, but I thought it was > really > relaxing, since the landscape films being shown (nicely cut, so that > you > couldn't tell it was repeating) made the screen look like window. I > realize that most of the time I have windows in front of my desktop > background, but still. > So if someone has the ambition to do maybe join forces with Totem and > manage these motion pictures for Gnome, I'd be thrilled :) > > Anyhow as I said it's just a gimmick sans priority. > cat ~/bin/moviebackground #!/bin/sh mplayer -vo xv -fs -zoom -rootwin -ao null -nosound -loop 0 -nomouseinput -framedrop -nostop-xscreensaver $* I understand this is really not exactly what you are after, but, it works for me ;) ( I used it this christmas for "The nightmare before christmas" as a moving desktop background... it was hideously distracting as I caught myself looking at the movie all the time ) //Spider -- begin .signature Tortured users / Laughing in pain See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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