How to Turn Videos Into Live Wallpaper on Android

Instructions

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  Visit the web version of the Google Play Store or access the catalogue from your device’s built-in Play Store application.
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  Search for an app called, Video Live Wallpaper, developed by C.C.P. Cre@ions. The app is free – choose install and download it to your device.
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  Live wallpapers cannot be run from the app drawer (they aren’t visible there either). To access the installed live wallpaper, you will need to press the menu key on a home screen and select the wallpaper option.
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  From the next dialogue, choose live wallpapers, which will take you to a list of installed live wallpapers you can choose from. Scroll down to find ‘Video Live Wallpaper’ and select it.
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  On the next page, tap the ‘Settings’ button. You will have to accept the End-user License Agreement to proceed.
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  Now you can choose the videos you want to play by tapping the ‘Video file or directory’ option. It will take you to a basic file system view, using which you can navigate to your video directory and select either a single video or the whole folder.
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  You can check boxes next to ‘Recursive directory’ to include all subdirectories of the chosen directory and ‘Random file’ to play files randomly rather than in order.
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  The ‘Swiping smoothness’ feature will let you choose between a smoother swiping animation and a smoother video while you swipe.
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  Checking ‘Shift video’ will make the move the video as you swipe to change home screens, while the swiping lag will allow you to set the swipe speed.
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  Once you are all set, press the back key to return to the previous screen, where now you should be able to see a preview of the videos you selected. Tap the ‘Set wallpaper’ now.
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  You should be able to see the wallpaper in action on your home screen now.