Windows DreamScene
Windows DreamScene is a Software that allows videos and other optimized animations to be used as desktop wallpapers. It is one of the Windows Ultimate ExtrasPrior to its official announcement, DreamScene was rumored to be in creation under the names Motion Desktop and Borealis.
Rendered content included with DreamScene (such as an animated realization of the Windows Aurora background) was produced by Stardock while photographic content was provided by the Discovery Channel.
One of the purported advantages of DreamScene over previous methods of desktop animation is that it makes use of the GPU for display instead of the CPU, leaving the latter free to perform user tasks.[4] To what extent this is achieved is not specified. When a full-screen program is run, such as a game or any window that is maximized, the video will automatically stop since the video will not be seen and will use less GPU and CPU. The video can also be stopped manually. Content encoders need to strive for a balance between compression and file size; decompression requires the CPU, but larger files take up more memory and may cause the disk to be accessed more frequently.
Running a video in the background would have a significant impact on the battery life of mobile computers, whether or not it were rendered by the GPU, so DreamScene may display a static background when a computer is running on batteries.
Stardock offers a chargeable add-on for Windows DreamScene, called DeskScapes. This software allows the implementation of dynamic wallpapers (".dream" files). They have released a new version (2.0), which makes the program compatible with non-Ultimate editions of Vista
Rendered content included with DreamScene (such as an animated realization of the Windows Aurora background) was produced by Stardock while photographic content was provided by the Discovery Channel.
One of the purported advantages of DreamScene over previous methods of desktop animation is that it makes use of the GPU for display instead of the CPU, leaving the latter free to perform user tasks.[4] To what extent this is achieved is not specified. When a full-screen program is run, such as a game or any window that is maximized, the video will automatically stop since the video will not be seen and will use less GPU and CPU. The video can also be stopped manually. Content encoders need to strive for a balance between compression and file size; decompression requires the CPU, but larger files take up more memory and may cause the disk to be accessed more frequently.
Running a video in the background would have a significant impact on the battery life of mobile computers, whether or not it were rendered by the GPU, so DreamScene may display a static background when a computer is running on batteries.
Stardock offers a chargeable add-on for Windows DreamScene, called DeskScapes. This software allows the implementation of dynamic wallpapers (".dream" files). They have released a new version (2.0), which makes the program compatible with non-Ultimate editions of Vista
INSTALLATION
* To use DreamScenes in Windows 7 you have to use a hack, like the one used in the early editions of Windows Vista. The DreamScene installation hack is an executable file that automaticly copies the needed DreamScene files and fusions them with the right registry keys and posts.
* Run Windows7-DreamScene.exe with administrator rights to install and activate Windows DreamScene for Windows 7. The program willl automaticly restart explorer.
* A new Windows DreamScene folder is now made in : % Windir% \ Web \ folder. You can place the video file you would like as a DreamScene background like you did in Windows Vista
* To use videoclips (in. WMV or. MPG) as DreamScenes animated background, right click on the video media file you would like and pick "Use as desktop background"
* Because DreamScenes has been removed from Windows 7, your video files might not be visible in the "Desktop Background menu". All functions in DreamScene such as pause and sound and audio are still supported.
---To run windows Dreamscene NOTE that Aero has to be enabled! ---