Live Wallpaper discussion thread

[mass243]

Originally Posted by wazd

You don't need to run Live Wallpapers every time. Just set your backgrounds once and you're done.

Talking about processing power - each wallpaper eats its own ammount. Videos are pretty heavy, Matrix is quite light.

Oh, I see.
Just tried Live Wallpapers on my N900. Seems pretty decent app. I have overclocked my device to 900 mhz and 1 screen with animated wallpaper seems to be an absolute maximum.

So still lot of work to do with this...

I wonder if all that makes android's live wallpapers to run smoother is code optimization?
Plus maybe lighter actual animations?
Because overclocked N900 should for sure be powerful enough to run these.

[vasvlad]

Originally Posted by f2thak

ooooh, new version... whats coming? thanks

We are going to create youtobe video about version 0.8 today.

Vlad.

[te37v]

Would 3200 x 400 videos work if they existed?

[Bratag]

Originally Posted by te37v

Would 3200 x 400 videos work if they existed?

Good God - why would you use that - just resize the thing ... lower the load on your N900

[navsin]

Tried using the app for two desktops which I normally use... Works absolutely fine on both... OC'd to 850 MHz in ideal profile. Thanks for this awesome personalization tool!!

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by mass243

Oh, I see.
Just tried Live Wallpapers on my N900. Seems pretty decent app. I have overclocked my device to 900 mhz and 1 screen with animated wallpaper seems to be an absolute maximum.

So still lot of work to do with this...

I wonder if all that makes android's live wallpapers to run smoother is code optimization?
Plus maybe lighter actual animations?
Because overclocked N900 should for sure be powerful enough to run these.

What video format are you using for your live wallpapers?

[mass243]

Originally Posted by Bazza

What video format are you using for your live wallpapers?

I'm using .avi at the moment.

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by mass243

I'm using .avi at the moment.

Try this from a previous post of mine and see if this improves performance.

Originally Posted by Bazza

Sorted out the choppy video playback problem.

Live wallpaper seems to like an mp4 encoded file best.

So i converted some .mov files to mp4 set at 800x480 resolution at 30 fps with bitrate set to 1200 kbps

i used 'super' video converter and the results are good.

Try these samples i converted from the link below.

SUNRISE CLOUDS WAVES MP4

[vasvlad]

I just uploaded the new youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yUFankdUTc

Vlad.

[rolan900d]

Originally Posted by vasvlad

I just uploaded the new youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yUFankdUTc

Vlad.

Great work from the team Vlad!

Now come and let me try it!