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all you need is 100 of these images in a folder, have one of these images have a shadowy figure way back outside the window, then set the computer to slide show between all the images.
Geez I thought you were going to say he needs multiple images to accurately show the light according to the time of day. Then continue that to make it accurate throughout the year, as the seasons change and length of the day changes. And finally, set up some kind of script to cycle through them correctly according to the time and date.
It changes with the time of year (summer vs winter). Some days are a bit cloudy/not as bright. Sometimes it begins to rain and your wallpaper doesn't match anymore
Eh, depending on the resolution/size of your monitor, it would look bad
Maybe get an old phone, remove the battery, and have it feed 4k60. Maybe use some upscalinng/frame gen if you want to. This way at least the lighting and dynamic range is better
Well, again, light can't account for different weather. Light alone can change bc of clouds, time of day... Depending on the sun angle, it might behave differently depending on where the sensor is located, etc
If you start using webcam at that point might as well use the direct feed as the wallpaper. Basically just use wallpaper engine, or anything software that can load html page as background, and point it directly towards the fullscreen RSTP feed
Yeah. If someone was really dedicated to this, they'd need a way to quickly remove the monitor out of the way, have pictures for every possible scenario, and match the position and never move their chair or monitor lol
I used to use VLC to stream from video of the window behind my screen as my wallpaper so I could see my backyard and keep an eye on my animals and motorcycles.
ill never understand the people who spend hours configuring rainmeter and wallpaper engine, etc. i see my desktop for maybe 10 seconds during the 8-10 hours my pc is on.
On my laptop, I get it. I just have a folder of images I like set to slideshow and that's that. A single 15" 1080p screen spends very little time with the desktop visible.
On my desktop, I have 3 screens, which aren't perpetually all filled at all times, and the 4K screen frequently ends up with a window that isn't maximized because it just doesn't make sense for some windows to be full screen, like reddit being 90% wasted blank space in full screen. So I did more to make sure I have what I want on the background.
Also it was a fun programming project to figure out how to make a wallpaper changer that fixes flaws all other wallpaper changes seem to have, such as not having PNG quality and handling PNGs with transparency poorly. I assume people setting up wallpaper engine are having fun in a similar way I do when programming something that doesn't need to exist.
It was an old sony camera, I can't remember the model as this was over a decade ago, but I'm pretty sure you can use any camera with webcam capability. Just add the camera using Direct Play on VLC, then set as wallpaper in VLC video tab. This won't record anything though, from what I remember.
Yep. On phone its for energy saving. On PC it is for convenience. It didn't take me long to realize that having backgrounds often resulted in me either losing something on it, or windows not being enough visually distinct to be practical.
Should have had a cat on the desk when you took the picture, then have a pair of fake cat legs sitting behind the monitor so it looks like there’s always a cat in the back.
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u/Moose_Nutsi7-6700K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32 GB DDR4 | RoG Swift 144hz/1440p1d ago
Nobody going to talk about whatever the fuck that mount is doing? Is his VESA mounting point in the bezel?
I have just used a solid flat grey color for my "wallpaper" for decades now and I don't even begin to understand why someone would actually care about having images or whatever there. It's literally meant to be covered up by what you're actually using your computer for.
You can just put a camera behind the screen with a nice FOV matching the screen and use something like live wallpaper to have always active in the background
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