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How to Set the Video as Wallpaper using VLC Player?

VLC is the most popular, free, open-source, and cross-platform media player around the world. It can play any audio and video format. We can do any task with the help of this software. Many people often want to change their desktop wallpapers because they don’t want them to be constant. Instead of using a static wallpaper on your desktop background, you can do a pretty thing as setting a video to it.

VLC media player provides a great built-in feature to set the video wallpapers on your PC. In this section, we will see the steps to Set the Video as Wallpaper using VLC Player.

Set video as wallpaper
Set video as wallpaper

Features of VLC

  • This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
  • It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
  • VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
  • It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.
  • This program helps to watch videos crisply and clearly.
  • It is ranked amongst the most advanced and *progressive * softwares.

Set the Video as Wallpaper using VLC

You can use the following instructions to set your favourite video as desktop wallpaper on your PC.

  • Launch the VLC Media Player program on your PC.
  • Under the Tools tab , you need to select the Preferences option.

Tools tab
Tools tab

  • Now, it will open the Simple Preferences dialogue box.
  • You have to click on the Video option.

Video section
Video section

  • In the Output section , you need to choose the Automatic option using the drop-down menu.

Output field
Output field

  • Click the Save button.

Click the Save button
Click the Save button

  • You need to play the movie or video that you want to set as wallpaper.
  • As it plays, right-click on it , select the Video option from the menu, and click the Set as Wallpaper option from the submenu.

Click Set as Wallpaper option
Click Set as Wallpaper option

  • Now, you will see the video wallpaper on your desktop screen as shown below.

Summary

I hope that this section helped you know the steps to Set the Video as Wallpaper using VLC Player. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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