Dreamscene for Ubuntu??

[MadsRH]

Can I get somthing like Vista's Dreamscene for Ubuntu? Perhaps included in Compiz, Beryl or Looking glass?

http://windowsultimate.com/blogs/ext...reamscene.aspx

MadsRH

[Pucce]

You should try xwinwrap.

[rabid9797]

frontend for xwinwrap w/ beryl
http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopic.php?t=3488

[LinuxIsInnovation]

Please provide something for compiz.. Im using Gutsy.

[smartboyathome]

It will work with Gutsy too (Compiz Fusion in Gutsy is just Beryl+Compiz core).

[LinuxIsInnovation]

The link provided for the frontend doesnt have any download link..
And I had installed xwinwrap package.. no launcher was created, neither did it install some command line tool..
Please guide me how do I install xwinwrap and get along with DreamScene.. Im new in the Ubuntu family you see

[smartboyathome]

Have you tried my howto?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=577144

[LinuxIsInnovation]

This isnt working..When I start the movie, the desktop turns into a bluish shade.. I can hear the audio but the video isnt played.. Ive done exactly as you said in the previous steps. I am using X11 output for MPlayer..

[smartboyathome]

Do you get any output from the terminal for xwinwrap?

[LinuxIsInnovation]

Heres the output I get:
root@glade-laptop:/home/glade# xwinwrap -ni -o 0.6 -fs -s -st -sp -b -nf -- mplayer -wid WID -quiet Raindrops.mpg
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz (Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing Raindrops.mpg.
MPEG-ES file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG2 1280x720 (aspect 3) 29.970 fps 8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.
gnome_screensaver_control()======================= ================================================== =
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
================================================== ========================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12

gnome_screensaver_control()
Exiting... (End of file)
mplayer died, exit status 0
root@glade-laptop:/home/glade#

And heres a screenshot of what I see:
http://i9.tinypic.com/80pfcdt.png