Microsoft DreamScen

2008-03-24 19:28:58

#1

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

Anyone using this? I think its cool as hell.

https://www.digital-sickness.net/Uploader/files/1/msdreamscene.jpg

The light coming from the Windows symbol is moving around on the screen. All it is however is a 30mb movie in a loop but at high resolution. Its only on Windows Vista Ultimate however.

Last edited by Naturn (2008-03-24 19:29:23)

2008-03-24 19:30:19

#2

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

This can be done with VLC, I think.

EDIT: Yup, it can. Just open a video and go to Video -> Wallpaper. Works on XP, at least.

Hell, I even have the videos (Vista light and a waterfall) that come with it

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-03-24 19:37:18)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 19:36:30

#3

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

Well thats cool. You know what I think i'm going to update my Vista FAQ.

2008-03-24 19:42:51

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

I just started VLC with the glowy Vista-thingy. Uses way too much CPU power, though. Maybe the "real" thing is better at that.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 19:43:42

#5

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

Yea I have no noticed any performance loss at all. But then again i'm running a high end GPU and mid range CPU.

2008-03-24 19:45:09

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

Naturn wrote:
Yea I have no noticed any performance loss at all. But then again i'm running a high end GPU and mid range CPU.

Hehe, yeah. If someone has a quad, this could be something to waste a core at Unlike my lappy's 1.6GHz Pentium M.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-03-24 19:56:44

#7

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|6876|Greenwood, IN

You should have seen me when it first started up I was HOLLY SHIT. I was yelling at my friend for not telling me about this early... LOL

2008-03-25 10:19:32

#8

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

Dude! That's sweet, works with XP and VLC as well btw. Is there a way to have VLC and the movie play in the background on startup, so I don't have to open the program each time? *goes away to play with it*

2008-03-25 10:24:49

#9

xGj: Official lame Crysis fanboy.; +84|6642|Netherlands tbh

Yea I have Dreamscene, but tbh I don't like it. I try to keep my computer free from as most as possible crap because I'd like to have good gaming results. I do have a high end CPU + GFX but I just don't want to waste it on that. I tried it out a couple of times it's really cool but crashed my video drivers too.. I can live without it

2008-03-25 22:07:10

#10

Obiwan: Go Cards !!; +196|6965|The Ville

I downloaded all the updates for this, I just can't seem to be able to enable this option. I right clicked the mouse and I saw where you can enable dream scene but it wouldn't let me find anything. Can anyone help me out ?

2008-03-25 22:29:01

#11

GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6491|Phoenix, AZ

yeah, I have a crap load of backgrounds...

I downloaded all the updates for this, I just can't seem to be able to enable this option. I right clicked the mouse and I saw where you can enable dream scene but it wouldn't let me find anything. Can anyone help me out ?

When its greyed out to, "Pause Dreamscene" ?

You have to find a video file, Right click it, and click "Set as Desktop"

and bam.

I torrented a few but I like static backgrounds, they tend to be cleaner and less of a resource to deal with

2008-03-25 22:53:56

#12

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|6993|Oregon

Freezer7Pro wrote:
I just started VLC with the glowy Vista-thingy. Uses way too much CPU power, though. Maybe the "real" thing is better at that.

it does, but theres a setting in VLC to remember playback, which gets rid of all the decoding after the first playback that vlc does automatically; stores it in the RAM, but its something like 14mb for 2 minutes of playback. kinda confusing sentence, but it does work...first time thrugh i got 20% useage on CPU3, second time it was 5%. 5% on 1/4 of your cores is not gonna give you any noticeable difference.

2008-03-26 01:35:41

#13

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6764|N. Ireland

The great thing, it is sensitive. If you maximize a window, it'll stop moving and become a still image; so you still have all the CPU power you need.

2008-03-26 02:40:07

#14

Obiwan: Go Cards !!; +196|6965|The Ville

https://img2.putfile.com/main/3/8505382782.jpg

I found this funny. If you stare close enough the people aren't moving just the water. This one would be great if the people weren't there.

2008-05-03 16:41:53

#15

Obiwan: Go Cards !!; +196|6965|The Ville

For all you guy's that want the matrix code on your desktop. Download this file

http://www.savefile.com/download/104275 … 6fd3e5f3ba

right click personalize, click on desktop background, select windows Dreamscene content, click on the browse button. Drag the file and place it into the dream scene movies folder. right click it and select the size of the video. and enjoy. It's not hd but it's something.

Last edited by Obiwan (2008-05-03 16:42:17)

2008-05-03 19:32:04

#16

spectraman: Member; +27|7044

If you guys want some nice dreams for vista try wincustomize. They have a section dedicated to them some are crap, and some are very well done. I recommend "solar flare" and "spirit dance" http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?libid=50

2008-05-03 19:50:27

#17

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6793|...

2008-05-04 02:26:16

#18

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6955|West Yorkshire, U.K

Sorta reminds me of this

https://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8536/billnazismallmr3.jpg

https://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8536/billnazismallmr3.4bc87015ca.jpg

But yeh, its kinda cool

2008-05-04 06:57:41

#19

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6764|N. Ireland

Yep - really cool. Also, very smart in that when you have something full screen it stops playing - thus saving CPU power.

2008-05-04 07:02:21

#20

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

Kurazoo wrote:
Sorta reminds me of this
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8536 … allmr3.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8536 … 7015ca.jpg

But yeh, its kinda cool

American in a German ww2 uniform and speaking Italian?

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-05-04 07:14:24

#21

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6852|SE London

kylef wrote:
Yep - really cool. Also, very smart in that when you have something full screen it stops playing - thus saving CPU power.

Eats memory though.....

2008-05-04 07:53:12

#22

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6724|The Twilight Zone

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=96330

BF2S Forums Microsoft DreamScen

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