How To Use a Video As Your Wallpaper On Windows 11 or 10

A nifty little trick to impress your co-workers or cat

If you’re sick of a basic blue background or that same old picture wallpaper on your Windows PC, why not try a video wallpaper? You’ll need a third-party app to do it, but here are our favorites- free and paid.

You might not have realized the depth of personalization available in Windows. One of the more exciting features is the ability toapply live wallpapers. Rather than a static image, you can see a moving video as your desktop background instead.

If you prefer, you can also check out ourYouTube channel, where we posted a short video going overhow to use video wallpapers in Windows.

Set a Video Wallpaper with DeskScapes

DeskScapesis a premium customization app that lets you personalize your desktop background by setting videos, images, and animated wallpapers. It’s our favorite pick due to its extensive library of wallpapers, the ability to set playlists and create your own animations, and good controls for multiple monitors.

You can try out a free trial for 30 days and purchase it for $3.99.

After installing, follow these step-by-step instructions to set a video wallpaper using DeskScapes:

And now, you can sit back and enjoy your new animated background.

Set a Video Wallpaper with VLC

It should be no surprise to anyone familiar with the free and open-sourceVLC media playerthat it includes a feature allowing you to apply videos as desktop wallpapers.

VLC can play almost every type of video imaginable, so if you’re looking for ways to apply a video as wallpaper to a Windows desktop, this is one of the quickest and easiest methods.

There are downsides to using VLC for this. You can only keep the video as wallpaper while VLC is open and playing your video (though you can loop the video). And, while you can have an open window in front of your video, you won’t be able to see your desktop icons while it’s playing. It’s a fine way to apply a temporary video wallpaper, but if you want something more permanent, one of the other apps in this tutorial will be better.

To use a video as a wallpaper with VLC, follow these steps:

Set YouTube and Other Videos as Backgrounds with Push Video Wallpapers

Another good dynamic wallpaper app isPush Video Wallpapers, a free app ($10 purchase to avoid upgrade suggestions) that lets you apply local videos, animated GIFs, or even YouTube videos as video wallpapers for your desktop.

Push Video Wallpapers includes sample videos and GIFs for you to try out when you first install the app, but you also can use local videos, GIFs, or YouTube videos. You can even create playlists.

To use a video as a wallpaper with Push Video Wallpapers, follow these steps:

Push Video Wallpapers is a great, free option to turn any video or GIF into a playlist to use for video wallpapers. The only limitation for free users is a regular reminder asking you to upgrade, which costs around $10 for a single license.

Set a Video background with the Desktop Live Wallpapers App

Another great app isDesktop Live Wallpapers, which, like Push Video Wallpapers, lets you add your own videos and use them as live video wallpapers for your desktop.

The free version of Desktop Live Wallpapers only supports WMV video files and has limited playback controls, but you can upgrade to Desktop Live Wallpapers Pro for $3.99.

To set a video background using Desktop Live Wallpapers, follow these steps:

Alternatives To Video Backgrounds In Windows 10

You have alternatives if you don’t want to use a video as your wallpaper on Windows. You canuse high-resolution 4K wallpapersinstead, giving you a bright and colorful desktop without worrying about battery life (for laptops) or resource usage from continuous video playback. Be sure to check out our guide tochanging your desktop background in Windowsto learn how.

Ben Stockton is a freelance technology writer based in the United Kingdom. In a past life, Ben was a college lecturer in the UK, training teens and adults. Since leaving the classroom, Ben has taken his teaching experience and applied it to writing tech how-to guides and tutorials, specialising in Linux, Windows, and Android. He has a degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Computing.Read Ben’s Full Bio

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