How to set a video as a desktop wallpaper on Windows XP

Everyone has a wallpaper, even the dweeb who aces the exams. I have tried find most of the coolest wallpapers on the net. Someone finds even better than I did and all goes to waste.Then, a friend of mine asked me if you can put a video of a movie or a clip as a wallpaper.

This idea was awesome. Nobody knew about it (If they had, I would have seen it) and so nobody tried. I searched and finally found it (No, it's not a software, it's a trick). So for all you guys, here it is:

• Before you go ahead, you need to have VLC. you can get it here.
• Start VLC
• Click on Tools and then choose Preferences.
• On the Preferences Window, select Video (It's on the left)
• In Video Settings, for Output choose DirectX video output instead of Default/Automatic
  
  


• Click Save and restart VLC
• Start any movie or clip
• Right click on the screen, under Video choose DirectX Wallpaper/Set As Wallpaper. or Choose Video from the top menu and then choose DirectX Wallpaper/Set As Wallpaper.

If you are using Window's Aero theme, you will get a warning

• Minimize VLC (Yep! Don't close it) and voila!

If you want to get your wallpaper back, then

• Resize VLC
• Choose Video from top menu and select DirectX Wallpaper.
• Now sometimes it will not work, so just get a new wallpaper (Sorry, this post is about setting a video as a wallpaper, I am not gonna tell you about setting you wallpaper)

Now there might be other methods that I have not mentioned. Please feel free to share.

That's that and enjoy as well as impress other people.

Thanks for reading and as always please comment.