lively

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE Windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Updated CEF Web Browser.
  Security fix for CVE-2020-15999 Heap overflow.
• Resizable Wallpaper preview window.
• Fixed mouse cursor position issues in multiple screen setups.
• Fixed wallpaper preview not working for stream type wallpapers.
• Browser fallback for stream type wallpaper.
• (Preview) Microsoft Edge (WebView2) support; still in early development - some wallpapers and features will not work.
  Currently requires Microsoft Edge Canary channel to be installed separately on the system:
  https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download
• Updated included .net core runtime to 3.9 (if 3.7 or higher version is already installed, will be skipped.)
• libMPV player custom configuration file support:
  https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Video-Guide
• Taskbar-icon progress indicator during wallpaper creation and app update.
• App updater window can be minimized now.
• UI tweaks/adjustments, updated untranslated regions.
• Updated libmpv video player.
• Updated Inno installer.
• Turkish, Serbian, Bahasa Indonesia languages added.
• Updated localization texts for Polish, Korean, French, Russian and Malay.

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Set simple picture (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png, *.bmp, *.tif, *.tiff) wallpaper; now you can organize all your wallpapers within lively!
• Preview wallpaper now fills the whole window.
• Website is reloaded after adding to library, fixes issue with webpages that don't resize own their automatically.
• Some UI tweaks.
• Updated localization for French.

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Set Unity, Godot game or any program as wallpaper.
  (Automatic play/pause is disabled for program type wallpaper at the moment.)
• Temporarily disabled wallpaper resizing on screen property change due to alt-tabbing issue when running fullscreen games.
• Some UI tweaks.
• Added Catalan language thanks to Arthur.
• Updated localization texts for Malay and Russian language.

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Fixed a critical bug in which problem arises when alt-tabbing from a game's fullscreen mode to desktop.
• Lively web browser disk-cache option is now available, website settings and cookies are restored on relaunch if enabled.
  (For example you can use keyboard input in Preview wallpaper option to save state and then set it as wallpaper.)
• Lively web browser now auto-plays videos without having to mute it (default chromium behaviour is overriden.)
• Selected screen is now highlighted in Wallpaper layout /control panel menu.
• All files type added to file dialogue in Add Wallpaper page.
• White border added to color rectangle of lively properties to easily identify darker colors.
• Debug menu option is added, see logs within the application itself.
• Copy of up to 6 logfiles are also kept now.
• Updated libmpv.
• Added Vietnamese and Japanese language thanks to ShaneVu:
  https://github.com/ShaneVu
• Updated some localization texts for german, korean.

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Wallpaper preview - opens a live preview of the wallpaper in a new window with full input support.
• Fixed a bug where it was not possible to customise wallpaper properties of multiple wallpapers in duplicate mode.
• Fixed a bug where system-traymenu appears on different screen than the one where cursor is present.
• Temporarily removed libvlc videoplayer and disabled Convert to video feature.
• Installer now checks whether .net core is installed.
• Updated some localization texts.

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• Duplicate screen layout mode added! Easily set same wallpaper in multiple screens.
• Wallpaper resizer/scalers added for gif, video and stream wallpapers.
• Fixed a bug where mouse interaction not working properly in Span wallpaper mode.
• Fixed application crash when multiple lively .zip files are dropped into the window.
• Fixed a bug where if https is not present in url field then adding new wallpaper fails.
• Fixed a bug where if wallpapers folder is not found/accessible, app startup fails.
• Fixed a flicker that appears when web wallpapers are launched.
• Uninstaller will now prompt whether to close lively if running.
• Added Dutch language thanks to Marieau
  https://github.com/SprMario

Lively v1.0 onwards REQUIRE windows 10 version 1903 or above.

• wallpaper volume control (video wallpapers only.)
• fixed a critical bug where app crashes when customizing wallpaper properties.
• fixed a bug where webpages without default white color turns grey.
• fixed improper behaviour of wallpaper properties with per screen layout.
• added lively .zip to add wallpaper page.
• fixed stream wallpaper not being detected in add wallpaper page.
• turned off video stretching in libmpv videoplayer.
• fixed some localisation texts.

Note: You will get .net core install dialogue again, I'm not doing any check right now - so if already installed just skip.

Lively v1.0 REQUIRES Windows 10 1903 or above.
This update has been several months in the work and a major milestone for lively, the user interface and the code have been rewritten from the ground up.

Release Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EygCDN4NHc

So what's changed? Everything!

Windows 10 UI - Fluent Design

Lively v1.0 has a complete UI makeover; there are no dials and buttons - everything is much more simpler and minimal!
Supports both dark and light theme - switches dynamically with windows settings.

Better wallpaper playback

New libvlc and libmpv videoplayer options added (directshow is depreciated.)
Streaming wallpapers are supported by default.
New uwp control for gif playback.
Cefsharp has been updated to 84.4.10

.Net Core 3.1 & Better code

Lively v1.0 is now .net 3.1 from .net framework 4.7
The code also underwent several refactorization with mvvm design in mind.

& more

• Dynamic theme - lively adapts to Windows 10 theme settings (Color and Accent) and as you switch the theme lively also changes.
• The wallpaper play/pause monitor system has also been improved, now it takes into account window class names to detect Windows elements like startmenu, app switcher, taskview and even checks for rainmeter widgets.
• Lively settings are written to Local Appdata and the wallpaper install location can be changed through a neat and simple UI.
• Windows screensaver and display turn off now works when video wallpapers are running.
• Video stuttering issue fixed.
• If lively is already running and you try clicking the icon the already existing instance of lively is opened from tray.
• New sharpziplib is used for lively file creation/extraction, it is now possible to move to a higher compression algorithm (currently still zip to keep backward compatability.)
• The livelyproperties window is now rendered by the main application, so the UI is more consistent with the rest of the application.
• Fixed an issue where screen parameter change causes the wallpapers to resize incorrectly in multiple screen systems; now the wallpapers are detached and added again.
• Memory improvements, the new app takes about the same memory as the old while rendering high quality preview clips in the new library page.
• Different UI modes, "light" if you want to disable some of the fancy stuff like only exiting exiting currently running wallpaper during new wallpaper import process (gif capture.) and animated tiles in library.
• Cef browser debugging port is enabled, so that you can debug web type wallpapers.
• Stream wallpapers is integrated with libmpv and libvlc so that you don't have to configure anything.
• Added an option to hide the system-tray icon if it annoys anyone. (to exit the application you will have to re-enable to get access to traymenu... not intuitive I know.)
• New wallpaper control panel to see and manage running wallpapers on different display devices and also there is a indicator near the topright menu showing number of running wallpapers.
• The new add wallpaper page is made more minimal and simpler to navigate; there is a single browse file dialogue.

What does not work

• Wallpaper library search.
• Application type wallpapers - Unity, Godot, programs etc..
• No audio controller (volume control mute)
• You tell me :)

Feature Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2AGRdKsXo

What’s New:

• Web type wallpaper video support (.webm format only, licensing limitation.)
https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Web-Guide-VI-:-Webpage-Video-Support
• Full resolution preview screen capture - the animated preview gif created is of higher resolution and captures a snapshot of the whole wallpaper.
• mpv player scaling algorithm set to always stretch video/stream.
• Updated Cefsharp (web browser) to 81.3.100
• Updated several of the libraries.
• Updated the intro help video & added a new video showing minimized to tray.
• Portuguese language added thanks to: Joao Branco
https://github.com/jb95x
If you are interested in helping translate lively contact me.

Fixes:

• Lively Web Properties Button text changes to “True” after some use.
• Added a process ignore rule to Rainmeter widgets, so that users can opt for Pause on Focus changed and still have the wallpaper running when interacting with widgets https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/issues/58

Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

Known Issues:

• Wallpaper size being incorrect with multiple display with varying scaling dpi.
• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• (old) Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images (“Export Lively .zip” is the recommend method.)

IMPORTANT: This update contains very important bug fixes, update immediately!

What’s new:

• Chinese language added thanks to: Hui Shao
https://github.com/hui-shao
• French language added thanks to: Tugdual Meeus
• Arabic language added thanks to: Mosab Ashraf
• German language added thanks to: Ben Albrecht
If you are interested in helping translate lively contact me.

Fixes:

• Lively save file corruption mitigations.
• Better windows startup checking (verify the value of registry key in addition to presense)
• Mouse input disabled for stream type wallpapers (mpv player movable bug fix.)

Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

Known Issues:

• Wallpaper size being incorrect with multiple display with varying scaling dpi.
• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• (old) Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images (“Export Lively .zip” is the recommend method.)

What’s new:

• Russian language added thanks to: David Surenyan
https://github.com/David374
If you are interested in helping translate lively contact me.

Fixes:

• Incorrect mouse location in Span wallpaper mode.
• White flashing when launching web type wallpaper.
• Taskbar icon of wallpapers not hiding in some systems.

Important Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

Known Issues:

• Wallpaper size being incorrect with multiple display with varying scaling dpi.
• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• (old) Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images (“Export Lively .zip” is the recommend method.)

What’s new:

• Mouse input is enabled for webpage & application type (.exe) wallpapers.
(Only left click & movement, can be turned Off in settings.)
• Updated some libraries used.

Fixes:

• (Web) Links are opened in the same window.
• (Web) Right click context-menu disabled.

Important Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

Known Issues:

• Wallpaper size being incorrect with multiple display with varying scaling dpi.
• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• (old) Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images (“Export Lively .zip” is the recommend method.)

What’s new:

• Don’t forget to checkout Lively’s reddit page for more animated Wallpapers: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivelyWallpaper/
• New Performance setting: Pause wallpaper when on battery power (Laptops/UPS.)
(Web wallpapers will look blank when paused, this is a known limitation that will be addressed in future update.)
• Span wallpaper playback behavior change:

1. Only Pause Wallpaper if foreground application is stretched across all displays when “Per Display” display rule is selected under Performance settings.
2. Pause wallpaper if foreground application is maximized in any monitor when “All Display(s)” is selected.

• (Web) New dropdown control for web interaction, “Folder Dropdown”
Automatically populates the dropdown menu based on the folder contents.
Learn more: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Web-Guide-IV-:-Interaction
• (Web) “Restore to Default” option for customisable wallpapers, restores wallpaper properties to original value (Existing wallpapers from pre v0.9 will restore to last saved value)
• (Web) ColorDialog default color will be previously selected color.
• Turned off Deferred Scrolling for Library list (wallpaper tile preview as you scroll.)
• Some UI changes/tweaks.

Fixes:

• (Web) Fixed several issues with customisable web wallpapers on multiple monitor systems: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/issues/23
• Wallpaper file checking is skipped during library loading in-order to stop disk power-on/activity each time lively is launched from tray (when wallpapers is on separate drive.)
• Windows 7 wallpaper disappearing fix (still not officially supported by me, just update your system people _)

Important Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

Known Issues:

• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• (old) Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images (“Export Lively .zip” is the recommend method.)

What’s new in Lively v0.8.5.0:
• Don’t forget to checkout Lively’s reddit page, I posted some additional customizable wallpapers: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivelyWallpaper/
• Video & GIF player scaler selector in settings, some UI changes.
• New optional portable build of Lively, require no installation. (App auto updater is not supported.)
Download: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/releases
• (Cef) slider control shows value.
• (Installer) Installs latest VC++ redistributable if missing.

Fixes:
• (Important) Lively subprocess fix.
• Library list will auto scroll towards the newly added wallpaper.

Important Notice:
• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”

What’s new in Lively v0.8.0.0:

• Web Wallpaper Interaction through Lively menu.
Change the properties of web wallpapers real-time:- get location from user to display weather, manipulate shader properties, customize webpage etc…
Gear icon will appear on top-right of supported wallpapers, set the wallpaper first to access the new menu (can also be accessed from system-tray.)
Get Started: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Web-Guide-IV-:-Interaction
• UI redesign, parallel wallpaper installation, creation & stacked notifications with hyperlinks.
• Pause Wallpaper option in system tray-menu (web wallpaper will minimize & normal desktop wallpaper will appear, this is normal for now)
• Some bundled wallpaper changes/removal.
• Italian Language added thanks to: Interity
If you are interested in helping translate lively: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/tree/master/resources/translations

Important Notice:

• Auto update might fail due to smartscreen filter, the setup is downloaded to “Documents/Lively Wallpaper/tmpdata/update.exe”
• Light themes are temporarily disabled.

Fixes:

• Cancel option not working when installing wallpaper.
• Crash in Create Wallpaper page (drag & drop is still recommended method.)
• “Show on Disk” context-menu not working in Wallpaper Layout window.
• Crash when windows 10 Taskview is open while video wallpaper is running.
• Crash when stream type wallpaper is loaded from library while mpv/youtube-dl is not installed.
• “Export Lively .zip” not adding subdirectories properly.

Known Issues:

• Screensaver might get disabled when using default video players, as a temporary fix:
“Open Windows media player rightclick empty area top - > Tools - > Options and then select Allow screen saver during playback.” or use DirectShow videoplayer.
• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images.

What’s new in Lively v0.6.5.0:

• New installer version of lively, does NOT require administrator rights (default option).
• Auto-Updater, download & install lively updates within the application itself.
• Reduced delay if “Preview Gif” is disabled when adding wallpaper to library.
• UI changes/tweaks.

Important Notice:

• New location for installed wallpapers & plugins is “Documents\Lively Wallpaper”.
• For existing users of lively: copy “SaveData”, “wallpapers” & “external\mpv” folder to this location; Error logs will also be saved in this location.
• When uninstalling lively, user will be prompted weather to delete/keep this folder.

Fixes:

• Better windows startup registry handling.
• Some video stream fixes & addition.
• Add wallpaper screen crash fixes.

Known Issues:

• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images.

What’s new in Lively v0.6.0.0:

• Automatic Library Import: Files (video/webpage/stream/application) loaded from disk will be automatically added to Library complete with preview clip & thumbnail generation.
• “Export lively .zip” works with drag and dropped files (see above).
• URL (Online) & Video Stream type wallpapers allowed in Library, there will be a special icon on the tile & warning will be shown before opening.
• Image size restriction removed in wallpaper creator, lively will resize the image.
• Increased thumbnail quality, using 200x200 without resize.
• Spanish language added thanks to: Felipespindola
If you are interested in helping translate lively: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/tree/master/resources/translations

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Web Audio visualizer type wallpapers not responding to audio when applications are in focus.
• Fixed an issue where on quickly opening lively, application hangs with “Restoring Wallpaper” message.

Known Issues:

• Automatic Library Import is currently disabled for “Duplicate” wallpaper mode.
• Video stutter with default video players in some systems, as a temporary fix use mpv.
• Scrollbar might appear in web wallpaper after adding to library, as a temporary fix restart wallpaper.
• Image resize in wallpaper creator is not multithreaded yet, UI will not respond temporarily for large images.

What’s new in Lively v0.5.1.0:
• Enabled hardware video decoding in mpv video player.

What’s new in Lively v0.5.0.0:
• Youtube.com & other video platform streaming wallpaper support.
Instruction on how to set it up: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Youtube-Wallpaper
• Lively themes, new light & dark themes in settings. (applications will auto restart to apply the new theme)
• Mpv player support for video wallpaper, use this if you experience issues with the other video players.
Instructions: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Video-Guide
• New Audio setting: Other Application Focused, continue audio playback when other applications are open (except when wallpaper playback is paused)
• Multimonitor: Duplicate wallpaper mode, sets the same wallpaper across all screens simultaneously.
• Transparency slider.
• Application wallpaper audio mute option.
Fixes:
• Fixed some crashes in Wallpaper Creator.
• Fixed crash when launching app type wallpaper that exits unexpectedly before gui is ready.
Other:
• Preview gif & Image are now optional in Wallpaper Creator.

What’s new in Lively v0.5.0.0:
• Youtube.com & other video platform streaming wallpaper support.
Instruction on how to set it up: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Youtube-Wallpaper
• Lively themes, new light & dark themes in settings. (applications will auto restart to apply the new theme)
• Mpv player support for video wallpaper, use this if you experience issues with the other video players.
Instructions: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Video-Guide
• New Audio setting: Other Application Focused, continue audio playback when other applications are open (except when wallpaper playback is paused)
• Multimonitor: Duplicate wallpaper mode, sets the same wallpaper across all screens simultaneously.
• Transparency slider.
• Application wallpaper audio mute option.

Fixes:
• Fixed some crashes in Wallpaper Creator.
• Fixed crash when launching app type wallpaper that exits unexpectedly before gui is ready.

Other:
• Preview gif & Image are now optional in Wallpaper Creator.