Streaming Wallpaper

Lively can play video streams as wallpaper.

Not working?

1. Update the youtube-dl binary.

Updating youtube-dl

1. Download the latest version of youtube-dl software.
2. Close any running video wallpapers.
3. Navigate to Lively install location.

• For non-admin install:

  C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Programs\Lively Wallpaper\

• For admin install:

  C:\Program Files (x86)\Lively Wallpaper\

4. Goto \plugins\mpv\ folder and copy the youtube-dl.exe file to this location.
5. Make sure "Detect Streams" is checked in Lively Settings -> Wallpaper > Stream
6. Simply drag and drop the video website address into lively window to set as wallpaper.
7. If you did the above steps correctly, after restarting the application stream quality settings should be visible: Lively Settings -> Wallpaper > Stream -> Video Quality.

Note

This is mainly intended for live streams and will consume internet data.