DVD Screensaver

Bouncing DVD logo screensaver for Windows.

Requirements

• Windows operating system
• 15 MB of free space if you are using the .exe or .scr file
• 17 MB of free space for temporary files if you are using the .exe or .scr file

Usage

.scr File

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.

.exe File

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.

.py File

Python Requirements

• Python 3.9 or higher
• Packages listed in requirements.txt

Executing

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
        │   ...

Configuration

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.

Configuration Options

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

Known Issues

• PC won't enter sleep mode if the screensaver is running

Credit

Example project by Edwin Kofler (eankeen) on repl.it. Images from Google Images and the example project.

License

MIT License