Last updated on 2012-06-11, by Tony

How to Make Video Screensaver for Windows XP

According to Wiki, A screensaver is a type of computer program initially designed to blank the screen or filling it with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use. With a cool screensaver in hand, you can make your computer much more attractive. To this extend, you can use video screensaver for Windows XP which is not only unique in design but also excellent in content.

To make your desktop cool, you can make animated desktop wallpaper with Flash video. To make your screensaver special, you can make video screensaver for Windows. The processes of making video screensaver for Windows vary on different Windows system. Windows 7 and Windows Vista can manage the process directly while Windows XP needs the help of some adds-on.

Therefore, this post will show you the process of making video screensaver for Windows XP. Since Windows XP can only support video screensaver in some specified formats, this post will show you the step to manage the process in details.

I. Download and Windows XP Video screensaver, a useful adds-on of Windows Media Player with which you can make video screensaver for Windows XP more easily.

II. Convert the videos to WMV videos for Windows Video screensaver. Since Windows XP Video screensaver can only support the input of a few videos like WMV videos, you need to convert other videos to WMV files with Video Converter.

1. Open Video Converter and click “Add Video Files” in the drop-down menu of “File” to input the video.

2. Set the output video as WMV file in the drop-down menu of “Profile“.

3. Click Converter button to start the conversion. When the conversion ends, you have completed the process of converting video to WMV files.

III. Set the WMV file as video screensaver for Windows XP. After the conversion, the video file you get is supported by Windows XP Video screensaver. Therefore, you can set the video as Windows screen saver.

1. Right click the desktop and then choose “Properties” in the drop-down menu.

2. Click “Screen Saver” tab and select “XP Video Powertoy” in the drop-down menu of “Screen saver“. After that, click “Settings” button.

3. Choose “Manually selected file (use edit box below)…” in the drop-down menu of “File or playlist to use“. Click “…” button to input the WMV video and then click “OK” button.

4. After that, the WMV video has already been made as video screensaver for Windows XP.

Those are the steps to help you make video screensaver for Windows XP. Generally speaking, you need to download Windows XP Video screensaver and then convert the videos to those formats supported by Windows XP Video screensaver. If you have any other ideas on this, you are welcomed to share with us.