How to put a wallpaper video in Windows

how to put a wallpaper video

If you have come this far it is because you would like to know how to put a wallpaper video in Windows. Nowadays, whatever device we have in hand, we want to customize it to the maximum. Thanks to this customization we give it our touch, something that makes it unique. In general, almost everyone uses special or cool photos as wallpaper, taken from the Internet or simply taken at some point in their life. There may also be people who use animated backgrounds that already come with the operating system, or ultimately, many others download apps to show a wide variety of screensavers with different aspects.

Over the years we have advanced a lot in terms of applications, internet and software in general, so much so that we can count on the possibility of setting a wallpaper that directly reproduces a video on your pc or mobile phone screen. You may be thinking that this is something difficult to do or that it will take you a long time since it is something not very common and that people take as novel. It is true that it breaks with the traditional scheme of the photo as wallpaper.

You may be wondering by now If it is possible to do it in Windows, MacOS, Androd or even in iOS and we can only answer yes, it is completely possible in each and every one of these systems. Therefore, we are going to focus on Windows but we will try to cover a brief discussion of other systems. In any case, you have to know that it is something simple and that it will not take you long. The end result will be that you will have learned to put a video as wallpaper and you will be able to amaze half the world. Prepare the answers, because everyone will ask you how to put a wallpaper video.

How to put a wallpaper video in Windows

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Windows is one of the systems with more users today, so we are going to focus mainly on this system when placing a wallpaper clip.

If you are one of those Windows users and more specifically of its latest version, Windows 10, we have to tell you that luckily there are many methods and programs with which you can place that video as the wallpaper. Of course, keep in mind that putting a video as wallpaper will consume resources, so if your pc is just hardware, you better not go ahead with that idea. If not, just keep that in mind, its performance may decrease a bit.

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After conducting a search and testing different programs, we have found the one that in our opinion best fulfills its mission, in a more direct and simple way for the user, without complicating our lives, which in the end, we are talking about it being only a background of screen. It is about Push Video Wallpaper and its version for Windows 10. This program is designed to put a video as a wallpaper.

The procedure that you will have to follow is the following:

  • You can download Push Video Wallpaper for freeAll you have to do is search for it in Google and a download page such as Mega will appear quickly. 
  • From accept the typical license agreement that we accept in every program todayYou will have to indicate the destination folder in which to install the program and make the necessary adjustments to run it at the end of the installation, wait for the process to finish.
  • After that, you will have to access the installed file and start executing it by double clicking where you see the word “Launch Wallpaper ».
  • Once you do this, the same Windows 10 operating system the program will start and you will realize it because you can see this on the home screen and more in detail with a small notice that the system will show you in the lower right corner of your screen.
  • Coming almost to the end, you must press the notice that we mentioned before and a small window will be shown where you can select the existing videos, keep in mind that these videos already come with Push Video Wallpaper but you can add the ones you want to add. You just have to delete those videos that come with Push Video Wallpaper. It may be that absolutely no videos are coming, so you will have to add them directly.
  • Finally, you can finally proceed to enter your own video or create it, if it is even more personalized. If the program tells you something like “playlist is empty”All you have to do is click on the sign "+" for add other videos from folders on your computer. 
  • When you have chosen the video you want to put as screen background, select it and click on the "Open" button which you will find at the bottom.

Once you do this, it should already work. Therefore, You will have already solved the question of how to put a wallpaper video in Windows 10. 

Focusing a little more on Push Video Wallpaper, so that you can make the most of it, we have to tell you that it also you can change the names of each and every one of the videos you upload, adjust the duration time of the videos (in minutes) and if you want to put a series of videos so that once one is finished, another begins, you will have to specify those settings again. You will only have to add the minute of the video change between each of them. It is very easy since the program is constantly to the point, there is no loss. Remember to configure the video to fit the screen properties. Otherwise it will look bad and will not suit your resolution. 

From the Push Video Wallpaper official website you can download different video packs to use as wallpaper, so you won't have to create yours if you don't want it. The catalog they have is quite extensive, therefore, you will have a choice.

You have to keep in mind that In order to work with Push Video Wallpaper, your Windows computer must have a compatible extension, such as: AVI, MPEG, MOV etc. Otherwise you will not be able to play any video and all of the above will have been useless.

How to put a wallpaper video on MacOS

how to put a wallpaper video on macOS

As we mentioned at the beginning, if you are a user of the MacOS ecosystem do not worry, there are many programs and solutions in the Mac Apple Store so you can put a video as wallpaper on their devices. Although this post is dedicated to Windows, we do not want to stop recommending an option.

We will recommend the one that is the best option for us. Is named "Add Movie Wallpaper" and we think it is the perfect app to put a video wallpaper on macOS. To begin with, it is a free application which also brings a multitude of videos, so you don't have to complicate creating or downloading one. But, if instead you want to add yours, you can also do it without any problem.

Once you have downloaded the application, you will have to click on it and instantly a video will be put on the wallpaper, do not panic, you will have to configure it. To make this configuration you will have to go to the icon that has just appeared in the mac menu bar, the same place where you will find the volume, clock and others. When you click on the button, several options will appear. You will have to click on "Open at login" so that every time you start the Mac it will open. You also have a button "Pause" "Preferences" or "Quit" 

To configure it you will have to click on "Preferences" and after that, a window will appear. That is where you will control the video you want, its speed and its aspect or ratio. In "Preferences" you will also find "movie" which is a menu with a drop-down list of dozens of Add Movie Wallpaper's own videos. You can add yours or choose one. Once you have this, you will see the button "Preserve Aspect Ratio", that's where you will have to click so that the video does not deform and maintains the aspect ratio with your screen.

In favor of Add Movie Wallpaper it must be said that does not consume too many Mac resources, while other applications do. That with it you will get that customization that you are looking for from the first moment you started reading this article and that it supports HD videos, therefore, you will have quality videos as your wallpaper.

As points against that we have found Add Movie Wallpaper we have two, It is in English and does not integrate with Mission Control. 


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