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Question

How to enable Desktop Movie as a startup program on Windows

May 7, 2015 3:07AM PDT

I downloaded Desktop Movie onto my Windows 8.1 computer and it works great. Except that when I restart my computer I have to manually start the program and then select the movie I want as my desktop wallpaper. I've tried going into Task manager to see if the program could be enabled as a startup program, but I did not see it listed. Is there a way to enable it as a startup program so that it automatically plays the movie when I restart and log into my computer. Or is there another program (preferably free) that could accomplish this task? I should also mention, since some programs are only compatible with certain video formats, that the video I wish to use a the desktop wallpaper is in .mp4 format. Thanks

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First, MP4 is a "container format."
May 7, 2015 3:25AM PDT

It's technically a container format so we have to know this so we don't lose time trying to find MP4 players. Here's more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14

So many MP4s will fail to play as noted by "The registered codecs for MPEG-4 Part 12-based files are published on the website of MP4 Registration authority (mp4ra.org),[22] but most of them are not widely supported by MP4 players."

I'm guessing you are using Desktop Movie from Falcosoft.
http://falcosoft.hu/softwares.html

They have a support forum but in short you place a shortcut to any app you want to start in the startup folder. As the startup folder has been around from at least 2000, I'll pause here as I would be duplicating the web.

But in parting I like to TRANSCODE VIDEO WITH HANDBRAKE (see google if you don't understand that phrase.)
Bob

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May 11, 2015 4:16AM PDT

Your recommendation regarding the startup link was most helpful, thank you.

I would like to clarify that I was not experiencing a problem playing the video using a media player (nor Desktop Movie (DTM) when I manually selected the video that I wished to use as a desktop wallpaper), but rather getting DTM (which is indeed produced by Falcosoft, my apologies for not specifying the product's developer) to play the video automatically upon the computer's startup. I have visited Falcosoft's website and have submitted my question regarding DTM automatically playing the video upon startup to their "message board." I am awaiting their response. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I also noticed that when my computer auto-locks I receive the following error message "Application Error. Exception EAccessViolation in module dmovie.exe at 00497D00. Access violation at address 00498D00. Write of address FFFFFFFF." Perhaps a community member can explain what is causing this error to occur and can suggest a solution?

In regards to the Handbrake transcode, I was wondering if you could clarify what you may have had in mind?

I'm most appreciative for your quick response, the helpful suggestions and the information that you provided. Thank you so very much.

Arthur

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That error has been reported as
May 11, 2015 4:32AM PDT

Errors in players and codecs. It's not something you did wrong. That's my explanation.

As to working around such I use Handbrake and try another encoding. (that's what I had in mind.)
Bob

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have you tried
May 7, 2015 6:09PM PDT

putting a link to the file in your "startup" folder?