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How can I use a video as my desktop wallpaper? I would like to have it like normal wallpaper so the icons etc. sit on top of it, just as in a static wallpaper picture.

A similar question was asked at How do I set a VLC instance to run as a Live Wallpaper but no answer was given that support icons, for example, it seems.

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  • Same as this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/174362/installing-live-wallpapers-ubuntu-12-04 – fossfreedom Nov 03 '13 at 19:47
  • @fossfreedom To be honest I am not sure. If you follow the links you get "IMPORTANT: The development of these compiz plugins stopped. You can find a new version of the live wallpapers which don't require compiz here: https://launchpad.net/livewallpaper " and then you see that live wallpaper doesn't seem to support playing arbitrary videos. I could be wrong of course... – Simd Nov 03 '13 at 19:50
  • Or this one: http://askubuntu.com/questions/7351/play-a-movie-in-the-desktop-as-a-wallpaper But it is NOT possible with icons. You need to use something like screenlets instead of icons. – Rinzwind Nov 03 '13 at 19:51
  • @Rinzwind Thank you. That is three years old. Maybe something has changed since then? – Simd Nov 03 '13 at 19:55
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    Nope @felix it is not possible due to the way the desktop is created. – Rinzwind Nov 03 '13 at 19:57

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You can try anibg, xwinwrap, gwinwrap

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