AMV Screensavers

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:17 pm

Just a heads up for XP users, I was checking out www.analogx.com and spotted something he made for Windows Media Player 9. It lets you play video files for your screensaver. There's nothing quite like having Koop's Euphoria (or any other video) start playing for as your screen saver. Once again, just a little head's up.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:29 pm

Except that it'd be a tremendous waste of idle CPU cycles

Donate them to worthy causes!

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:43 pm

Cool, I'll check it out (screw helping seti, I want my screensaver)

Sporkmaster · Post by **Sporkmaster** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 3:58 pm

How to you set it up where you can play multiple files? I do not use Windows media player that often, so I do not know how to rate a file in that program.

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 5:16 pm

Sporkmaster wrote:How to you set it up where you can play multiple files? I do not use Windows media player that often, so I do not know how to rate a file in that program.

It's easy, just make a playlist with nothing but your AMVs and then in the settings of the screensaver you just pick your amv playlist.

Sporkmaster · Post by **Sporkmaster** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:03 pm

Got it working thanks.

y2kwizard · Post by **y2kwizard** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:33 pm

trythil wrote:Except that it'd be a tremendous waste of idle CPU cycles

Donate them to worthy causes!

Is SETI@home really a worthy cause?

NME · Post by **NME** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:48 pm

Omg lets donate our unused cycles to find aliens, or cure antrax.

No.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 7:16 pm

y2kwizard wrote:
trythil wrote:Except that it'd be a tremendous waste of idle CPU cycles

Donate them to worthy causes!
Is SETI@home really a worthy cause?

Why isn't it?

I mean, what's the worst that could happen? We find nothing and have to look at a different part of the sky?

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Aug 16, 2003 7:36 pm

I was just thinking the opposite - that if I were a vid maker who'd cried tears of blood over my Art only to have it end up as a screensaver, I'd probably commit hara-kiri.

"Ooh, pretty!"
"B-but - layers of meaning! Metaphor!"
"Lookit the colors..."
"...sigh."