On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:07:29 -0700 stan <upaitag@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 03:47:16 -0700 > ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Is it possible to create a screen saver from > > a .mov (movie) clip? > > Possible? Of course, all the source code is available. :-) > Available? I haven't done it, but I can see a possible way to do so. > The screensaver is just a program. So, it should be possible to > replace the code that displays images, and instead start a process > that continuously cycles a video player. Getting out of the loop > would be the issue, I think. The screensaver could retain keystroke > capture, and when it catches a keystroke, kill the video player, and > continue on with the recovery of the screen. > > This sounds easy enough that if you search the web, you should find > someone who has done it already. > > And it seems someone has: > > https://ostechnix.com/set-animated-video-wallpapers-linux-desktop/ So I was curious and looked a little more, and found this old link. If you are using X, it should still work, though I haven't tried it. I don't bother with screensavers, but I might try this. I saw that someone asked if a webcam could be used as a source for the screensaver, too, which would be kind of neat. https://askubuntu.com/questions/21608/use-video-file-as-a-screensaver _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
