a 2MB GIF used about 70MB, while a 170MB video used around 100MB of RAM. IF your wallpaper is larger, the resource usage will naturally be higher, e.g. MPV's performance was at 3-5% CPU, the memory usage was at around 50. What is the performance impact of AutoWall? Most of the GIFs I recorded were pretty huge in size, so here's a short sample of the Mario wallpaper. The application also comes with the Weebp open-source wallpaper engine, which AutoWall uses along with the MPV video player in the background to display animated wallpapers. There is a reason why it is so big, the program ships with the MPV executable which is around 60MB and has a couple of DLLs required for the player. When extracted, the folder measures about 64MB in size. That is a good thing, otherwise it would get pretty distracting.ĪutoWall is a portable software and comes in a 23.5MB archive. The program does not support audio, so even if your videos have some sound, it will not be played. So you can have your favorite scene from a movie, sports, or even a game's video as your desktop background. In addition to Animated GIFs, AutoWall also supports the following video formats: AVI, MP4 and MOV. AutoWall has a sample Full HD GIF in its 'VideosHere' folder. If you have a Full HD display, look up '1920 x 1080 GIFs' or 'free stock videos' and you'll find plenty to choose from. Most GIFs are not full screen, so unless you have one that matches your desktop's resolution, it will look a bit odd. AutoWall does not scale the wallpaper to fit your screen size. Your desktop should now have the animated wallpaper as the background. Hit the apply button and watch the magic. The text field in Autowall should display the path of the selected file. Select an animated GIF from your computer. Click on the browse button to select the file that you want to use as your wallpaper. AutoWall is a simple program that allows you to use animated GIFs and videos as your wallpaper.Įxtract the archive, run the Autowall executable and you'll see a compact GUI appear.

Video as wallpaper