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vWallpaper 0.3
April 28, 2008 by Douglas
Categories: vWallpaper, videos, wallpapers
97 Comments
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Another version of vWallpaper! This developer is on a roll! Now there is the option to choose between wallpapers! This is so sweet. I found 6 that I’d like to share with you! Just SSH in and upload them to /Library/Skrew/Videos/
Download (right click, save as):
redmatrix
numbers
lightshow
lightning
fireworks
movie
UPDATE: I fixed the links. I had .mov on them and they are .mp4 files. You do not need to change the extention once you download them. They will work as .mp4 files. I am working on a site: vwallpapers.com You will be able to download and submit backgrounds.
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hmm i can only download the movie 1?? any ideas
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Douglas on April 28th, 2008 12:45 am:
Try again…
still not working
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This developer is on a roll! (not role)
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only movie working for me too, cant download anything else, downloads as 4k file and when the link is clicked it cant be found on server
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plz.. fix the links
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likwidfuzion on April 28th, 2008 1:28 am:
You can download the above videos here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/84dzd3
please fix the link… none of them work
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Doug only the movie.mov is working the other ones are not found on the server??? the movie one works great though any suggestions
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I am guessing the links are broken its a very cool app though
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I’ve SSH in and uploaded the movies to /Library/Skrew/Videos/ but how do I change them?
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lexton on April 28th, 2008 2:48 am:
I got it!! Just had to update my sources!
Could anyone upload these to an ishare account so I can download it straight from the iPhone? Greatly appreciated!
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Its not working on my iPod Touch… I switched off Theme Wallpaper in Summerboard Prefs, but its still not working..
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collinb on April 29th, 2008 12:24 am:
same for me, i have theme walpapers off in summerboard and dont have customize installed, did everything right but nothing shows up
iPhone fw 1.1.4
I just added a music video to /Library/Skrew/Videos/ and now I have a video music video playing as my background!!! This app is awesome!!!!
I just renamed the file extension from m4v to mov and it works!! Try it and let me know!!
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Well I got it to work now, but when I choose one of the videos you provided that I SSH’ed into my iTouch, they dont work. Only the two stock videos work…
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collinb on April 29th, 2008 12:37 am:
what did you do that got the videos to work
It’s because your DL’s are broken.. Please fix them!
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collinb on April 29th, 2008 12:25 am:
how did you get it to work?
I right clicked the links and picked save as and i was able to download all of the videos.
maybe you guys should learn to follow directions…
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SeijinZero on April 28th, 2008 4:04 am:
i followed the directions, but it DID NOT work. It looks like it works, but I downloaded 1 kb of nothingness. Check your downloads
Yomommassis on April 28th, 2008 4:19 am:
you got me there
only the “movie” one works
As of right now only the MOVIE file works, all of the other downloads have broken links.
So we have to wait for the developer to reupload the videos. :/
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my comment says 4:48 am but my clock says 2:48..someones lying. >:l
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this wont help you dl the videos, this is just the link to the developers iflicker page for the vWallpaper videos
there is one there called cloud that he didnt put here for some reason
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahhyeah/sets/72157604771138217/
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I just tried powering down my iphone by holding down the power button and after I slide the cursor to turn off it wouldn’t. So I forced it off by holding the power button down until it shuts down. Now my iphone won’t start back up. It’s frozen at the silver apple screen. ;( Anyone having similar issues?
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hi douglas, i found the same files you made available for download. the reason why all the other files won’t work is because it’s still under .mp4. “movie” is the only one that was a .mov file. all you have to do is change it to .mov so everyone can download it. if you guys still want to do this on your own, you can download the zipfile at http://www.sendspace.com/file/84dzd3
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Hi Douglas,
I found a zip file of the vwallpaper that you provided and everyone is having a problem with the download because every file except the movie file is .mp4, not .mov.
If you don’t want to wait until Douglas fixes this, you can do this on your own, download the zip file at
http://www.sendspace.com/file/84dzd3
and don’t forget to change the file to .mov
there are also four new ones:
Fire http://www.sendspace.com/file/u8q6k7
Matrix http://www.sendspace.com/file/labgom
Driver http://www.sendspace.com/file/v59mz2
Ocean Weave http://www.sendspace.com/file/h6fred
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Douglass, I know what happened. Please change files to .mov, it’s still in mp4
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for everyone else that can’t, wait you can download the zip file at http://www.sendspace.com/file/84dzd3
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They aren’t working for me either. This is all a neat idea, but, what does this do to your processor/battery/resources on the iPhone? It has to kill them all, no?
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Not working for me
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Not working
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This should be added as a source to get on installer!!!
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Or just added to another source…..
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Is there like a way to SSH all my sms’s to my mac, and then back to my iphone after restoring? that would be the easiest way I think, but is it possible?
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Where did you find those videos doug?
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Douglas on April 28th, 2008 8:41 am:
google searched
Can anybody say me why i’m not able to view videos when i’m using this ? a few minutes ago, i was able…
any ideas ?
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Links with safari do not work,
with firefox yes.
sorry for my english >.<
bye
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it seems like that is a common problem in this early version of the app… Probebly a bug that will be fixed in later versions..
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IT WORKS!
i just downloaded the files and renamed them from .mp4 to .mov and it worked!
it looks really cool
Thanks for the cool app!
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The only thing that I don’t like about this application is that you can’t go from iPod listening to the home screen, to another application. I know its not anyone’s fault, the phone is just built like that, but its still irritating. When you hit the home button, the phone sees the wallpaper as a movie and tries playing the audio from that. Basically, you can’t leave the iPod app if you’ve got this installed. I’m not blaming anyone, its just the nature of the beast. By the way, did I mention this is the best app ever?
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Are you using the iPod Touch or the iPhone?
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I’m on the iPhone, actually. This is weird! You know how if you’re getting a call, the music fades down slowly, then rings? It is doing that every time I hit the home screen. I don’t get it…
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I’m going to screw around with it for a little while. Thanks for the heads up!
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Also, because of this, it screws with MobileScrobbler.
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this app is soo cooooool…!!! i love this site really and i love my iphone…just a little question can put a complete movie off background
???
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go to http://www.vwallpapers.com all the videos are there.Cheers!!
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I combined it with the theme called reveal. they look brilliant together
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Where do you upload those files to? When I SSH my iphone i dont see the media/screw/video … i tried creating it but nothing worked! Any suggestions?
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Pyri on April 28th, 2008 10:51 am:
\ Library \ Screw
Not the var \ root
Pyri on April 28th, 2008 11:04 am:
its the Library folder in the main root directory, not var\root. I did that too, lol.
nice videos Douglas!
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Thanks man!!
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Pyri on April 28th, 2008 11:15 am:
I’m glad to be of service! ^^
hi doug, if you need, these are 2 videowallpapers.
LEAF: http://www.mediafire.com/?usmknu4m2ya
COSTA AZZURRA: http://www.mediafire.com/?bnfmg0tizgx
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I emailed the developer saying you guys aren’t having this problem, lol. Am I really then only one? :/
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Thanks alot
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this is so cool, needs an option to loop or somehting cause at end of video it seems to blink then replay
GREAT WORK!
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I’ve noticed an interesting thing, for me at least -
While vWallpaper is running, iPod music no longer plays in the background outside the iPod application.
I guess only 1 application can run in the background at 1 time
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I tried adding a video with sound, and the sound actually plays when you go to your home screen on the iphone. This is why when you are playing music via the ipod function, that the music stops playing when you go to the homescreen (it is playing the sound from the .mov file, whether there is sound or not)
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OK… This is cool… or freaky, depends on how you see it…
First of all, mp4 extensions DO work with vWallpaper…
What I did was, I took a video using iPhone Video Recorder (trial version)… After saving the file, I SSH that file into the Skrew library…
I then activated it using vWallpaper… IT WORKED!!! but the freaky part was, it came along with the SOUND!!! LOL…
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why not just show how to make your own
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Does the ipod not go to standby now once vwallpaper is running? That sort of blows, eh?
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justin on June 21st, 2008 7:30 pm:
Yeah, I have noticed that too. I always forget to put it in standby after I deny a call! This is what makes this a battery intensive app.
Thiis sounds like a great app, but I don’t like the fact that u can’t listen to your iPod if you leave the iPod app. Can you use xlaunch or the dock app to avoid going to the home screen and keep the iPod music playing?
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Pyri on April 28th, 2008 3:57 pm:
Holy crap that’s a good idea! I’m about to try it! I’ll let you know, lol.
Does anyone know the terminal commands to move the screw folder to the largest partition, because the more people make videos for this the less space we will have lol
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I have on two occasions now had the same conflict between vWallpaper and Caterpillar from RipDev. vWallpaper works fine and then when Caterpillar is installed I lose all sound. Only a restore fixed this. Anyone else having this issue? Dave?
Thanks all,
Mike
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madhero on April 28th, 2008 11:29 pm:
I have no conflicts so far..
I had caterpillar installed about a month back.
how about the battery time of this app… will it drains the battery really fast??? your exp.? thx
Dr. TK
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justin on June 21st, 2008 7:33 pm:
Battery isn’t too effected unless you forget to put the phone in standby when your done. The auto standby seems to not work when vWallpaper is running.
dont work for me.. to sad
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If you make your own, how is there a time limit? I put some in that were about 20 seconds and it didn’t work.
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The two that come with the app itself don’t work for me. Any solutions?
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Has anyone had a problem shutting down your iPhone while running vvWallpaper. Everytime I try and shut off my IPhone the normal way, it just re-boots back into the home screen. The only way I can shut it off is do a Home Button And Shutoff Button reset. Running 1.1.4
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vege on April 28th, 2008 6:26 pm:
yes, am on 1.1.3 and have the same problem. cannot just swtich off the phone pressing only the shutoff button.
madhero on April 28th, 2008 11:31 pm:
I’m on 1.1.3 and I shut off with no problems… Though I had to do it twice, but the second time iPhone shut off like normal…
[quote]This developer is on a roll[/quote]
He means “spring roll”
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I was so excited about this app… I managed to install it no problems….. Downloaded some videos and added them through shh…. But it has issues:
1) Your phlone will never auto lock… not too terrible… but when you are in a hurry ( I am ALLWAYS) you will inevitably forget to lock your phone and if you leave it long enough and dont have much battery left… your shot! Your eventually looking at a dead battery… While I do believe it might take a while… this could be a seriuous consideration.
2) I use Snapture as my MAIN camera now…. It will NOT work with this app running NOR will the regular camera! I even tried taking a photo through editing a contact… No GO!! No camera function.
This app has wonderful potential… it is NOT however ready for the phone…..
I think it would be fantastic if there were a rating system or a ready to use rating … still needs work check back rating system here on this website of yours… if the purpose of the site is to teach and share info GREAT!!! Job well done! Kudos…. however why not save us all some time and test things out n just give us an at a glance orverview to save precious time… I know im not alone when I say id apreceiate it….
Cant wait to see if this app improves… I had a grass dock installed and the waves crasing on the beach looked amazing in this configuration… even had some swaying grass… it looked so reak… but it isnt functioning properly. The Iphone is a perfect piece of equiptment in that everything works so seemlessly… ( well we knwo what its missing cut and paste … video with audio ect…..) this is just a wrench in the machine at this initial offering… Good luck to the developer in making it work properly!
Jason Joseph
http://www.JasonJosephStudio.com
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it work fine for me and it’s really looks amazing, beside the ipod stop playing on home screen, i got another problem too, when i receive calls the ringtone just cannot play or play for a second or two and stop, after the call the video background just freeze, and have to restart it again from the app. anyone else have this problem too?
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Hey guys
im doing move video
private/var/Applications/vWallpaper.app/Library/Skrew/Videos/
it’s right?
and but not working
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Ken on April 29th, 2008 6:12 pm:
I don’t think you can move from partition to partition….I created the new folder and LINKED to it and deleted the original and then re-copied the files to the new folder
Hey,
This seems excellent and I got this to work on my first try… Guess this app was improved from the time of the first posts…
I have a common question that has been in the previous posts, but it seems to have never received a response. So here goes once again:
What effects does this app have on the battery’s life/charge? I would like to know if it’s worth it to keep this app going, or if will be draining the my battery. We’ll, thanks!
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This is a battery drainer. It’s been good to turn it on and show it off to my nokia & standard iphone buddies, but left on too long leaves me coming up on the empty side rather quickly. I just turn it on for a few minutes - no longer.
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it’ll be nice if you give credit to whoever made the videos u posted on vwallpaper.com
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I have videos from windows vista dream scene if you will like them send me and e-mail at ceez11@yahoo.com
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Ok forget about sending me and e-mail, this is a link were you can download WINDOWS VISTA DREAM SCENE VIDEOS!! just install them under the folder and read the read me .txt file. This is the link to download the zip file.
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This is the link to download the zip file,
http://www.mediafire.com/?v3xldbmttld
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Ok forget about sending me and e-mail, this is a link were you can download WINDOWS VISTA DREAM SCENE VIDEOS!! just install them under the folder and read the read me .txt file. This is the link to download the zip file
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?v3xldbmttld#
Enjoy!!!!!!
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This app won’t work for me.. I can’t find the directory either? I reinstalled about 3 times It won’t work :(..
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i already tested n it works…
but got few disadvantages… or may b a bug.
when u activate vwallpaper ur iphone wont autolock n the background light is ON all the time.. so u have to manually lock ur iphone
it will also corrupted ur ringtone…. it will only rings once n then went into silence mode… (only vibrates)
it will also make ur iphone sound bcome much softer..
lastly this app will make ur iphone abit laggy n delay..
hope it can b fix all above…
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I downloaded the videos and ssh them into the correct folder Libary/Skew/Videos and they don’t even show up. I can only view the two stock video’s ………. “Fire and Weater”.Mov. I actually deleted the Fire.mov from the folder and it still shows up in the Vwallpaper app. list.
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Great app! Truely cool!
I agree this one is a bit of an occasional use app for the reasons avaultz mentions above.
Thank you!
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hi im having trouble with the ssh when i open it open root file the open library there is no Skrew folder there for the videos. I downloaded a bunch of videos but theres no video folder for me to put them in . Any help will be Appreciated.
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