Bouncing DVD logo screensaver for Windows.
- Windows operating system
- 15 MB of free space if you are using the
.exeor.scrfile - 17 MB of free space for temporary files if you are using the
.exeor.scrfile
Download the dvd-screensaver.scr file from the latest release and optionally move it to a user folder like %APPDATA%/lemonyte/dvd-screensaver. Right click on it and select "Install". In the screensaver settings menu select "dvd-screensaver". Moving the file to the System32 folder is known to cause issues with x86 builds.
Download the dvd-screensaver.exe file from the latest release and run it from file's directory with this command: ./dvd-screensaver.exe -s. The .exe file is only dependent on temporary files it creates which get deleted when the program exits. This file is identical to dvd-screensaver.scr with the only difference being the file extension.
- Python 3.9 or higher
- Packages listed in
requirements.txt
Download the source code from the latest release and unzip the downloaded file. Open a terminal window and navigate to the unzipped directory. Run this command to start the program: python dvd-screensaver.py -s. In order for the Python script to work the images directory must be in the same folder as the Python script. The directory structure should look like this.
dvd-screensaver
│ dvd-screensaver.py
│ config.py
│
└───images
│
└───1
│ │ ...
│
└───2
│ ...
To open the configuration menu run the Python script, .exe file, or .scr file without the -s argument. The -s argument is required to run the screensaver without opening the configuration menu, see the Microsoft Docs for more details. The configuration JSON file is saved in %APPDATA%/lemonyte/dvd-screensaver/config.json.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of images | Number of items bouncing around on screen |
| Image style | Style of image, can be either 1 or 2 |
| Refresh speed | Refresh speed of the display loop in updates per second. Values higher than 120 may cause it to not function properly |
| Image width, height | The maximum width and height of the image in pixels |
| Image speed type | Speed type, can be random or constant |
| Image speed x, y | If the speed type is set to constant the integers are the x and y speed of the image in pixels. If the speed type is set to random the integers are the range for the speed to be chosen from |
| Image color type | Color type, can be preset, random, or constant |
| Image red, green, blue, alpha | RGBA value for the image(s) if the color type is set to constant |
| Invert transparency | Transparency inversion, colored areas of the image become clear and vice versa |
| Background red, green, blue | RGB color of the background |
- PC won't enter sleep mode if the screensaver is running
Example project by Edwin Kofler (eankeen) on repl.it. Images from Google Images and the example project.