Live wallpapers are already a thing on mobile phones, and they look good. While they consume a little more power and resources, it is not a good idea to have them on your mobile. But laptops and desktop computers make very good devices to display live wallpapers on. Windows does not have such functionality, and you can only use static images as your wallpapers. The post talks about freeware called DesktopHut that lets you apply live wallpapers on your Windows 11/10 computer.
What is Desktop Live Wallpaper?
A Live wallpaper is a moving desktop background. It is basically a video that displays the animation. While Windows OS does not offer this feature natively, you can set an animated live video wallpaper as a Windows desktop background using a free tool easily.
How do you get a moving Background on Windows?
Windows 11/10 does not let you display animated desktop backgrounds natively. But using this trick, you can easily set an animated live video wallpaper as your wallpaper.
Read: Live Wallpaper Clocks for Windows PC.
Is Live wallpaper good for PC?
An animated live wallpaper looks good, but it can be a distraction. Moreover, it will also hog resources, so if you plan to see one for your desktop, make sure your PC hardware specs are good enough to ensure smooth animation. It can drain your battery and also put additional demand on your CPU.
Read: Set a live Earth wallpaper as your Windows desktop with Desktop Earth.
DeskHut for Windows PC
The tool is phenomenal and simple, too. It lets you play any video file as a live wallpaper on your desktop—anything you like. The tool is portable and can be executed directly.
Once up and running, you can select a video file to play and hit the Play button. You can then head to your desktop to watch it play. Playing a live image on a desktop does consume some resources, but DesktopHut makes sure minimum resources are consumed while the wallpaper is rendered on your computer.
DesktopHut is available for all platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. And the tool is free. It comes with quite a few customizations on the Windows variant. You can enable the dual monitor mode with two monitor screens connected. This is a nifty feature for anyone looking for live wallpapers on both screens. Other than that you can even enable sound and control the volume if the selected video file had any background music, that would be played along with the wallpaper.
TIP: You can also use freeware BioniX Wallpaper Changer to set an animated GIF as the desktop background on your Windows PC.
There is also an option that will automatically start the program with Windows start-up and will also start your live wallpaper automatically. You should choose a smaller video file for better performance and less resource usage. Also, if you are doing any other graphics-intensive activity, such as playing a game or editing a video, it is recommended that you stop playing the live wallpaper.
How to set Live Wallpaper as Windows desktop background
Now, come to what wallpaper options you have. You can indeed play any video file, but your normal video files are not going to look well as animated or live wallpapers. But don’t worry; DesktopHut gives you access to thousands of free animated wallpapers you can download. The wallpapers are available as video files and can be downloaded separately and then used with DesktopHut.
There are a lot of free wallpapers available both in HD and 4K formats. You can easily find wallpaper for your favorite game, vehicle, or something more abstract. The wallpapers are small (around 25MBs) and work well with DesktopHut. If you cannot find the perfect live wallpaper, you can also create one and use it as your wallpaper.
The tool is suitable not only for animated wallpaper but also in other cases. For example, if you simply want to play something on your desktop and don’t want a separate media player, DesktopHut is quite useful, plus it also looks cool.
Live wallpapers look good. Though they consume some extra resources, as long as you are on your desk and plugged in, it should never be a problem. And if you want to play a game, you can always turn them off temporarily. DesktopHut is quite flexible and gives you all the options as a live wallpaper utility.
Visit desktophut.com to download DesktopHut. Remember to decline any third-party software which it may offer to install. Please also read the comments below.
BONUS TIP: For your information, Desktop Live Wallpapers is a good free Microsoft Store app that can also help you bring animated wallpapers to your desktop. You can load all your personal video files into this app and set them as your wallpaper or download from hundreds of beautiful animated wallpaper collections.
Wait, there’s more! Here are some more free software to set video as desktop background in Windows 11/10. Go here if you are looking for Live Wallpapers for Windows PC. This post will show you how to run Screensaver as Wallpaper in Windows.
