Windows DreamScene
Earlier this week at the CES Microsoft announced some of their Ultimate Extras, this is a feature in the Ultimate Edition of Vista which periodically pulls down new applications as Microsoft release them. They announced three for launch on the 30th of January; Hold 'Em Poker Game, BitLocker and EFS Enhancements and the one I'm most interested in Windows DreamScene.
Basically it allows you to use an MPEG2 or WMV as your desktop wallpaper. Microsoft ship both HD and standard resolution videos which seamlessly loop with the software too.
Categories: Technology Tags: dreamscene, ultimate extras, windows vista
12th January 2007 01:03:56, 95 words, 1018 views
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Comment from: Nick [Visitor] · http://webnv.net
Whoa, that looks pretty impressive, but I think it's safe to say it takes up more system resources.
Any idea if the movie stops or is disabled while in the background? Like if you had a full screen app open or a video game?
Any idea if the movie stops or is disabled while in the background? Like if you had a full screen app open or a video game?
13th January 2007 @ 08:57
Comment from: Paul Smith [Member] · http://www.dasmirnov.net/
One of the guys working on it said it used around 5-10% of CPU time. (Basically the same as playing a video anyway).
I'm not sure if it'll stop when going to full screen, but even if it doesn't you can switch it off just by right-clicking and turning it off.
I'm not sure if it'll stop when going to full screen, but even if it doesn't you can switch it off just by right-clicking and turning it off.
13th January 2007 @ 12:35