Live Wallpaper discussion thread
 

Description:
Live wallpaper is the desktop widget, developed by Tatiana Makova and Vladislav Vasiliev that provides animated homescreen backgrounds functionality for Nokia n900.

Video demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp30hGusgOg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4CWd1q8RLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yUFankdUTc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VIUusJMh8

Latest release in extras-testing:
live wallpaper 0.85

Please test and report bugs here. Thank you.

Re: live wallaper
 

No, and I filed a bug about it a long time ago.

Re: live wallaper
 

Umm... We are working on it ;) (the support for live wallpapers)

Re: live wallaper
 

It's going to allow any window (even xv) to be either in front (with transparency) or in the background of the home screen. you will also receive clicks. So, you can develop now and when we release the support, you can convert your window to be a live wallpaper pretty quickly. Happy hacking!

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There is already a "live-wallpaper" application in extras-devel but I haven't tested it yet.
Is that yours?

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Can install that beacuse of libhildon version..

Re: live wallaper
 

Got it installed, it has a sample live wallpaper, but it doesn't seem to be working properly (might be because of the changes in PR1.2).
If anyone wants to try it out here you go.
http://mohammadag.ucoz.com/maemo/liv..._0.1_armel.deb
If it says something about dependencies apt-get -f install.

Not responsible for any damage that happens :)

Re: live wallaper
 

MohammadAG
what does it do for you?
dare I suggest it "works for me"..

Re: live wallaper
 

It adds a live wallpaper as a background, it has a city + moving train sample.
It doesn't work properly on PR1.1.1 since it requires PR1.2, but when the background gets blurred the static background is shown (so it won't appear in the menu or when the status bar is opened).
Try it, it shouldn't hard the device, much :P (jk)

Re: live wallaper
 

mo,
mine installed from extras-devel ;)

Re: live wallaper
 

may i ask what is meant by live wallpaper?, does this mean like a video?.I only ask because i once saw an app running on an android handset that refreshed the desktop from a webcam.Pretty cool i thought considering all the free to watch webcams on the go.

Re: live wallaper
 

technically it can be anything :)
its just another method of using the background area of the desktop
developers can use it for live whole desktop effects or just for changing a picture every now and then.

Re: live wallaper
 

cheers, would love the webcam idea how would i request it and who from?.Thats if request can be made lol.

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Oh I just noticed! konttori closed my bug as "Fixed" now! I'm dying to see how this works.

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Cool, can you make more moving wallpapers? Like the moving galaxy on the Nexus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKchi0eMqeI

Re: live wallaper
 

Download the package and install it :)

Re: live wallaper
 

mr. incredible.
whilst not a live wallpaper, it certainly is living
download liqflow.

perhaps we can make use of the dynamics and possibly even direct rendering.

Re: live wallaper
 

Hasn't xfree86/freedesktop.org always been able to run apps in the 'root' of the desktop (that is, where your desktop image normally shows up). Desktop wallpaper in X was always a matter of simply loading a graphical viewer as root to show a desktop image. Just not understanding why, if the N900 is now running xorg, that this seems challenging instead of trivial.

Re: live wallaper
 

Hi
New version of livewallpaper (0.2) is available here:
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/admin/q...?group_id=1471
and in extras-devel

Changelog:
* Added two planes in theme "Berlin"
* Added clouds in both themes, they moving according to a wind direction
* Appearance of object, wind direction are defined randomly
* At night in windows lights up and light dies away in theme "Modern"
* Fixed memory leaks
* Fixed view buttons in edit mode on hildon desktop
* Added Rich animation parameters

Vlad.

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Can someone make a youtube vid please. Very curious as to what it looks like.

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Hmm. Probably in weekend I will make it.

Vlad.

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I am also curious for a youtube video as well. Or at least a screencast if it works.

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I just uploaded to garage and extras-devel new version (0.3)

Changelog:
* Fixed problem with tram
* Added dark clouds in the night
* Added semaphore and windows in Berlin
* Added new pictures in Berlin
* Fixed problem with plane
* Changed in timer's algorithm

You can find the deb package and screenshots here:

https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=1471

Vlad.

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can not be installed, it tells me missing applications libhildon1 >2.2.10

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Can you explain how you did the live wallpapers? Is it really animating the wall papers or is this something that site above wallpaper/replaces it like a widget?

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It is a widget :)

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Hi guys,

This is my second post on the board and I came over to share a little tool that I have stumbled upon that I thought might be cool if it could be implimented on maemo some how. Anyways this thread seems more appropiate for it I guess?

It is appears to be a simple HTML/Java tool for animated backgrounds and banners for panaramic images with little interaction features.

http://www.spritely.net/documentation/

My first thaought was an Aquirium desktop of sorts. Seems pretty cool. IMO

Re: live wallaper
 

Please install from this link
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_...elease_id=3489

Vlad.

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I just uploaded video with demo of LiveWallpaper to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp30hGusgOg

Vlad.

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Does it work on all four screens?
Does it stop when the device is locked (black screen) to save energy?
Is it possible to have a smoother animation?

Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

I just saw this video of a animated wallpaper running on the N900, I just wanted to share my excitement, It is probably bad for the battery and performance but at least you can show off to your android 2.1 friends with animated backgrounds!

I still dont know if its loopalbe, gonna try it now

Just imagine a matrix one with actual falling glyphs! :)

http://dailymobile.se/2010/04/15/vid...ive-wallpaper/

cheers!

PS. not taking credit for making, publishing or discovering it!

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

dude great find, atleast take credit for discovering it :)

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

definitely sounds rather battery life killing lol

cool though.. id like a matrix one.. hehe =)

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

ok I tried it, it runs ok, wanst that hard on my cpu

It is actually a big widget that covers the entire screen

will test a bit more

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

nice, i agree the matrix would look great. i was waiting for somthing like this

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

it's in extras-testing and there's already a thread about it

Re: live wallaper
 

[QUOTE=DaSilva;612207]Does it work on all four screens?

It works on one screen ( in current version). Do you need animation in all screens?
Yes, of course.
Maybe.


Vlad.

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

it's in extras testing?
that was fast, I'm excited too but I never thought it would be ready for end users so soon.

thats a big step for maemo, at least in my eyes

Re: live wallaper
 

Thanks for the nice wallpaper.

Not much happening on the Berlin theme, is it? Some clouds moving and the traffic light switching. Anything I miss?

Re: Nice moving wallpapers on 900 (video)
 

Really nice idea actually. Wouldn't mind to see that on my N900.