Using Electric Sheep as the desktop wallpaper

Wed, 05/12/2010 - 22:09 — Imajica

Does anyone have any idea of how this can be done? I'm running windows 7 and have tried using Vital Desktop but I cant get it working. It can see it in the preview window but when I click apply, the preview disappears and it won't work. I have tried using compatibility mode as well as running as administrator. Are there any other programs that will let me run ES as my desktop? Thanks.

Wed, 01/04/2012 - 00:32 — willrandship

It can be done with the blending!

Actually, there's another way, which does allow blending, and takes the standard settings into account. However, it goes over the top of your icons, so you'll need an empty desktop. Use xwininfo to determine your desktop's window ID, then run this in the terminal:

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/electricsheep -window-id (your window id)

That will replace your desktop with electricsheep, the actual program. Linux only, sorry mac and windows users :P note that it works with any screensaver that doesn't do image manipulation. Those get really weird looking.

I simply put that line into a shell script and have a shortcut in my panel. You could add it to the startup options if you want.

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 20:18 — Aeodyn

VLC

Well, if you just want the actual flames, you can download VLC and follow this: http://lifehacker.com/5549671/set-a-video-as-your-wallpaper-with-vlc Then just use some of your Sheep. Unfortunately, though, while you can play multiple sheep in a playlist, it will not blend them. Cheers!

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 11:03 — tydye48-6

wallpaper

im very new at this but all the sheep are small video files im not gunna brag like im the best at coding and programming but this was my veryfirst thought after sync to music,(witch quickly discovered doesnt need to be done with fractals they are a sacred geometry they syncronize with everything) but if i figure a simple way to play short clips ill definitivly share the information, you probly couldnt get vital desktop to work because they want you to buy a full version...

Sun, 05/23/2010 - 13:35 — Daniel7Mc

desktop wallpaper

I've made still images from Electric Sheep and used them as wallpaper by hitting the PrtScr button, which puts the image to the clipboard and then pasting the clipboard image into Photoshop, adjusting to the screen resolution dimensions, and then saving it as a JPG.

Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:42 — Sylcai

I've been looking too

I myself have been looking aswell, sadly, I have found no working application :(
Even the Run codes for it make it run full screen, and not in as wallpaper.
I believe it's imposible, untill somebody makes a new application, just for Windows7

Thu, 01/05/2012 - 13:51 — CybeastFalzar

There's already a thread on this.

http://community.electricsheep.org/node/3443 has everything you need to set it as the background. Well, almost. But it does have a way for you to not have to manually boot it every time you start your computer.