Windows DreamScene is an animated wallpaper technology developed by Microsoft that plays high-definition video content as your wallpaper. The key ability of it is that it can do so without using significant amounts of CPU (basically the decoding of the video is the only real CPU use involved). The animation itself is run through the hardware accelerated DWM.

Dreamscene is only available for Windows Vista Ultimate users, but with this method, it can be made available for anyone with a copy of Windows or MacOS X Tiger. If you have a Mac, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

SETUP

1. To install DreamScene , connect to the internet ,click on ‘Security’ in Control Panel and then activate ‘Windows Update’.
2. Select ‘Search for Updates’ and ‘DisplayAvailiable Updates’.In the ‘Windows Ultimate Tools’ area, select the ‘Windows DreamScene Preview’ option and click on install.Windows will download and install it automatically.
3. Click on’Restart now’ to complete the installation.To select an animation background , right-click on the free space on the desktop and select ‘Personalize’.
4. Click ‘Desktop Backgorund’ and open the drop down menu and choose Windows DreamScene Content
5. After the Setup of ‘DreamScene’ ,you will get an animated sample background.Select it and finally click on ‘OK’. You can also install the ‘Contents packets for Windows DreamScene’. You can use every other video file as a screen saver.

Screenshots:

Image Credit: Stardock

1. Dyanmic content uses virtually no CPU, it’s all on the video card.
2. DreamScene in action.
3. Dream Files support author info.

Interesting Links

Get More Dreams (animated wallpapers) : Dream.WinCustomize.Com

Video Desktop Background on Mac OS X : YouTube

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