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Video Live Wallpaper

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Set a video or animated GIF as a looping live wallpaper

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About Video Live Wallpaper

Pick any video or animated GIF from your device and set it as a looping live wallpaper.

Features:

* Pick a video or GIF using the system file picker

* Preview it looping (muted) before setting it

* Adjustable playback speed (0.25x to 2.0x)

* Choose between "fill" (crop to cover the screen) and "fit" (show the whole frame, with letterboxing if needed) scaling, in both the preview and the wallpaper

* Portrait phone videos display the right way up

* One-tap wallpaper setting through Android's own live wallpaper picker

GIF notes: transparent areas appear black, and GIF files over 50 MB are not supported.

Android applies a live wallpaper to the home screen and lock screen together. This is a limitation of the Android live wallpaper API, not of this app. Some devices' system pickers may offer extra choices; if yours does, the wallpaper plays on whichever screens you select.

Privacy: this app contains no ads, no analytics and no tracking. It does not request internet access. The only data it stores is a reference to the video or GIF you choose, kept locally on your device.

Free and open source software, released under the Apache License 2.0.

What's new in 1.3.0

Adds animated GIF support: pick a GIF with the file picker and set it as a looping live wallpaper, with the same speed, Fill and Fit controls as video. Also fixes portrait videos recorded on phones appearing rotated and stretched, playback speed not returning to normal after moving the slider, and the in-app video preview ignoring Fill/Fit. GIF decoding is built into the app, with no new libraries.

How to install Video Live Wallpaper

  1. Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
  2. Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
  3. If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
  4. Open Video Live Wallpaper from your app drawer.

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