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~ $ apt-cache policy live-wallpaper
live-wallpaper:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.7.1
Version table:
0.7.1 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.2/free Packages
0.4.2 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.2/free Packages

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I'm sorry but I can't vote for an application who uses so much resources:

Mem: 231084K used, 14456K free, 0K shrd, 3804K buff, 56884K
CPU: 64.6% usr 33.5% sys 0.0% nice 0.9% idle 0.0% io 0.0
Load average: 0.62 1.73 1.32
PID PPID USER STAT RSS %MEM %CPU COMMAND
1539 1104 user S 30292 12.3 63.7 /usr/bin/livewp 3
814 672 root S < 22224 9.0 18.5 /usr/bin/Xorg -logf
1103 980 user S 10276 4.1 14.3 /usr/bin/hildon-des
1104 980 user S 12208 4.9 0.8 /usr/bin/hildon-hom
1609 1603 user R 736 0.3 0.6 top
811 2 root RW 0 0.0 0.4 [sgx_misr]
757 1 root S 6772 2.7 0.2 /usr/sbin/ohmd --no
3 2 root SW 0 0.0 0.2 [ksoftirqd/0]
1467 1140 user S 17524 7.1 0.0 /usr/sbin/browserd
1501 980 user S 15672 6.3 0.0 /usr/bin/modest

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What live wallpaper theme are you running to see this much CPU usage? I use the Matrix one and I never see the livewp process take more then 15% (and even that is only when it spikes).

Are you playing video on multiple desktops or something? If so, it would seem unfair to blame the application for high CPU usage.

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Aplication is active only in one desktop. And I'm using a video from a tread "live wallpapers videos" named WAVES 30FPS.MP4

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I' using the latest 0.8.5 Live wallpaper. When I go to settings I see this:Attachment 13276

after few moment the live wallpeper is shown:
Attachment 13277

Why? Why I can not see the live wallpaper from the first instance, like Black Plastic one?

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Why can I found in unknown category xsnow if is not installed in my device?

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Mine, using only matrix

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Great dude but I described another problem. I didn't say that after uninstalling livepaper the icon is still in settings.
My point was that the icon of installed live paper is shown after a while and not in the first instance like black plastic...

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Hmm I have about 38-45 % CPU in theme Matrix from Category Livewallpaper.

Vlad.

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please take a look at post 441. If i uninstall and then install again live wallpaper my settings remain! why?
also the icon ''bug'' from my previous post is annoying!

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Have you tried this?

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no. but even if is working is not a solution to solve the problem. the problem should be solved by the developers.

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Hi Vlad,

Thanks for a great application. I am currently using 0.8.5 and I do not see the option to mute sound in a video. You seem to imply that it was added in 0.7.1. Please verify if this feature was added and if so where may I find it. If it hasn't, kindly let us know when.

Additionally, is there a recommended video format for smooth playback? I'm currently using a mpg video and the playback is quite choppy.

Thanks!

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Hi JayBEE.

I've tried to add option 'Sound' in version 0.8.5. But I had no success :mad:

Sound after starting of Livewallpaper video stream is off, but if I've pressed hardware volume buttons in my n900 then the volume changes and sound is not silent in the video stream
I've used options 'mute' and 'volume' from this page
http://www.gstreamer.net/data/doc/gs...pulsesink.html

And I've tried to direct audio stream to /dev/null. Then video stream doesn't work.

Can anybody help me to deactivate sound in gstreamer?

I can try to use Mplayer instead of gstreamer. But I need free time for it.

Vlad.

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This video is what i converted i set the fps and bitrate quite high to make it smooth,maybe if it was converted with lower settngs it may stay relatively smooth but use lower cpu usage.

What app are you using to show cpu usage on your desktop?

I use conky but the livewallpaper app stops when i open up conky so i don't get a good reading.

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I think is the systeminfowidget

Vlad.

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Try mp4 format.

I put a few files on an old post a few pages back (post #240) called sunrise,clouds,waves try these they seem to work fine.

sunrise,clouds,waves

Also just to confirm cpu usage

Waves 30fps mp4 shows 99% on systeminfowidget

and

matrix shows 40-44%

Re: Live Wallpaper discussion thread
 

Hi guys.
Well, after trying Live Wallpapers, I've decided it's not for me.
Great app and some good effects, but It's a bit heavy on the stock kernel.

However I'm trying to uninstall it, but running into problems with Sherman's Aquarium. Live Wallpaper won't uninstall because it requires files from Sherman's Aquarium 3.0.1-9. But I've got that installed, and indeed it is v3.0.1-9.

Cheers.

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depending on the desktop i'm putting it, matrix always has at least 40% cpu usage.
on my "main" desktop 50% minimum.
on the desktop with the facebook-widget it goes up to 90% when the widget scrolls text.
its just too much usage.

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The X-Savers are the prime suspect for me. 100% for most of those dropping to between 50 - 60%. The default Live backgrounds hover between 60 - 80%.

I managed to solve my uninstall problem in the end. Anyone else who has the same problem with Sherman's Aquarium and Live Wallpapers, you need to ignore what app manager is actually telling you and uninstall Sherman's Aquarium before Live Wallpapers.

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maybe it would be less cpu-intensive to use a short digital-rain video file?

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Maybe a 5sec looping video would work well as long as the quality isn't set too high.

Having said that I was going to create a few short vids for it using Particle Illusion. That'll create rain type effects in various video formats. Might still have a play about though.

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i just searched for some free loopable video files.
found some, though they were in mov and wmv-format (worked, though). even though the longest one was 6 seconds, they would still use over 80% cpu.

but obviously they werent optimized for the n900.

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You tried running them through something like Format Factory or Super prior to transferring them to the N900?

I might just re-install Live Wallpaper later, just for testing purposes. Then make a few cheap and cheerful vids in Particle Illusion, see how they fare up.

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i did not. btw, the files resolutions are lower than 800x480.

gotta say i wasnt able to find any proper free mp4-videofiles. i assume this codec is optimized for the n900 since the example video files on the n900 are mp4 as well.

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Hi Everyone.

We're going to finish the new version of Livewallpaper -0.9 this weekend or Monday next week.

Vlad.

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Nice one,

Any new features Vlad?

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Hi Vasvlad...
Thank you so much for developing thiis...makes our n900 more attractive...would you like to include swf files as supported files so we can use any swf files as wallpaper???

thanks before

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Yes. ;)
Tanya and I spent a lot of time on this release.
New themes will be added and will be added possibility use one theme in all views (as Android).

Vlad.

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I'm sorry. I didn't try to use swf. Maybe I do it later.

Vlad.

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Could you also add an option to disable all the desktop at once?
Also a sound off and on option?
More themes on more desktops (5, 6, 7, 8 or 9)?

Cheers

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Where do you want to see an option for disable all the desktops at once?
I wrote about sound earlier see the previous post 455
We're going to done support more desktops in version 1.0.

Vlad.

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Maybe a shortcut somewere, so i don't have to get to settings, live wallpaper....

Great news about the 1.0 version....
maybe you can add the Desktop+ app from nightshift with your app???

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Sound good,

I will look forward to trying it out once released.

Good work as always you two. ;)

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I installed Sherman's Aquarium, but I don't know how to make it work.

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just push the buttom knowless

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if you mean the button unknown from the live wallpaper, it doesn't work.

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hey vlad, heres a good example of interactivity on your live wallpaper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qgMkjqFkrQ
why dont you try programming your next live interactive wallpapers this way?
just a thought.

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it works very well here, after download Shermans Aquarium theme, I just press the unknown button and the theme button, then there is two choice :
Shermans aquarium & Xsnow (I don't DL this one yet)
Maybe don't forget to press the enable button and save.