Hi everybody,
I made an app in which you can download looping videos, that I made myself, and with the use of another app (Video Live Wallpaper), you can set these videos as live wallpaper.
I had this app Video Live Wallpaper for a year or so already, but all you could do was set some downloaded movies or youtube videos, but they never really fit the screen, especially in portrait mode. So I started making some looping videos 480x800 (my own screensize) and put them on my phone. People thought it looked really cool and asked me to make some for them.
Then someone suggested to make an app out of it. I studied my ass off to learn some basic java and android and the result is Ace Live Video Wallpaper.
I still have to improve some things on it, but it's working good on my phone and a couple of other peoples phones who tested it for me (galaxy note and htc glacier, and myself I got a Dell Streak 5).
I only make 3 different screen resolutions, 320x480, 480x800 and 720x1280, but the 720x1280 videos work good on a galaxy note with 800x1280 resolution. All videos I make are 16 fps and maximum bitrate is 1mb. So all videos are around 10 to 20 seconds and only 0.5 to 2 mb in size.
I got a free version and a paid version.
Here's the free version:
Ace Live Video Wallpaper Free
Please let me know what you think of it and how I could improve on it.
Some screenshots:
What are the differences between the free and paid versions?
HQRaja said:
What are the differences between the free and paid versions?
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The free version only has about 5 videos. With the paid version, the list of videos keeps growing.
Updated app. Now got video preview and fancier interface.
Updated the app. The video list keeps growing.
The free version has around 70 videos and the paid version now has over 150 videos.
I'm thinking of integrating submissions from video artists. Let me know if anyone's interested.
Thanks.
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I completely changed the interface. Everything is now categorized. And it's now possible to buy individual video packs.
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I'm thinking of including a section where people can submit their own made videos. I've seen some pretty well made boot animations that would be perfect as a live wallpaper.
If anyone is interested just contact me.
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Crunchroll has released their app in the market. You can watch Anime streams on your Evo's and other android devices.
As of right now the app is subscription based until they add ad support. I know a couple of people have been waiting on this.
I read their website for pricing info so here it is:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/premium_pick_plan?membership=anime
I think the pricing is pretty fair.
There seems to be a bit of artifacting with it at least on my galaxy tab.
It just came out today so I'd give it a couple of days for an update.
We're currently only showing the low quality 240P version of the videos since that looks just fine on standard Android phones. We do have a 360P version but we haven't allowed people to access it yet since we need to set up a good way for people to either manually choose between the 2 or have it set up to automatically choose. The 480P version should look much better on the Android tablets.
Awesome. Any ETA on that?
I don't have any ETA on when the better quality videos will be made available. I think the whole UI is going to be changed first. Also, we're more concerned about converting all of the videos for it since many shows are missing videos, especially Drama ones.
Also, I edited my previous post since I had typed the wrong resolutions. We currently show 240P on Android and have 360P which isn't selectable yet. (360P and 480P were currently available resolutions for Roku)
Quality is good but it's missing all the ones I would like to see such as Hunter X Hunter, Gut's Rage, Dragonball Z and some other ones. Are you going to be adding those?
Hey everyone,
Browsing through the marketplace or a website for Live wallpapers is a pain, and I'd like to have a lot more than I currently do. How about you guys share some of your favorites? Maybe even include a mobile friendly link if you're feeling frisky?
Thanks!
I use 'wallme'.
You set folders in your gallery to be set as a wallpaper sideshow.
Many options available such as duration, transition, zoom, fade etc.
Android Sparkle LWP
Aquarium is nice the free version doesn't let you customize how many/what type of fishes and other things but it's pretty cool IMO.
https://market.android.com/details?id=fishnoodle.aquarium_free&feature=search_result
city at night when i'm on default homescreen.
Ive always loved Light Grid Pro's hexagon style
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Oh man Light Grid is amazingly mesmerizing, and so customizable its crazy.
i've been using video live wallpaper for ages now. my fav has always been this video of the internal working clock. it fills up the whole screen with moving gears similar to what you would inside the watch. what i normally do is go to youtube and download a vid of my choice. this way i can always keep changing my wallpaper. i have mirror lights, particles, ink on water, the beach, rain, pug licking my screen, etc.
Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
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Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
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Use 'Video Get' (freeware) on your pc.
kershner25 said:
Can you explain in a little more detail how you rip these YouTube videos to be able to use them as wallpapers?
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pretty easy. i don't have the link right now as it's in my laptop at home. but basically you can google it and several websites come up for saving youtube clips. what happens is you open the site in one window/tab. in another tab you have youtube open. so say you typed in the search field (of youtube) for clockwork. several video clips will come up. click on one and copy the http address as seen in the field above. paste this into the search field of the youtube video download site. once clicked, you'll get several format opitons. by far the most common are mp4 and flv. fortunately, video wallpaper plays both. save the file and transfer it to your phone.
from your phone, open video wallpaper. go to the menu screen and choose the video you want to play. presto! instant wallpaper.
btw, i noticed that some wallpapers are off-centered. if you're using adw launcher, click on the menu and bring up scrolling wallpaper option. this way you can choose which parts of the video wallpapers shows what detail. i think this should work as well with the default launcher.
hope that helps.
Waterize
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Waterize works perfectly on xplay but force closes sometimes on sony tablet s
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Seeds of Life
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kalicinscy.wallpaper.seedsoflife
(Im using an HTC Sensation, Rooted with InsertCoin ROM, incase that has anu effect)
What is the best, lag free way to record me android phone's screen? Would the Android SDK be the best, or is there a neat program out there?
since you are rooted, there are many free apps in the market for you to choose from. personally, i've used shootme, but that's been a while ago.
Solved! I ended up finding an app for $2.99 called ScreenCast. It records with NO lag at all and SUPER high quality, I highly recommend!
There is a free version, however it only records up to 30 seconds of footage, so it is like a testing version.
SCREENSCAST!
Ah, didn't know you wanted ability to record video playing on your device. Glad you found something and thanks for sharing. I'll have to check it out, too.
ShootMe has screencasting available. It disappeared from the market, but I have the apk if anyone wants it. It was/is a free app.
I'll note that the fps are pretty low on ShootMe, don't know about the app you mentioned.
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i've found a few...share them people
sendit- using google drive send a file to any phone/os in an sms
tasker- do it all through voice
Also give link with the app names
Thanks
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OStream:Speed up your facebook.. Its awesome still in beta phase bt i love it!!
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touchretouch- edit photos after taken
pro hdr camera-excellent hdr camera
quick pic- excellent picture, thumnail, precaching of photos and videos. Excellent internal player too
photaf- 360 panoramic
powernzb-nzb downloader
bbc arabic
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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
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I think that the name and target of the thread is not clear enough.
It mentioned specifically "aren't too popular". So... wtf is 'What's up' doing with that?! And most of the rest.
Please only put apps that you found, use and not seen in the first pages on the forum. Do not make this a list with your apps... please!
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People, I think the point of this was to post "Non- Play Store" apps, as in ones only found on forums on XDA.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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The OP listed tasker as an app. Its on the play store. People can post whatever cool apps they use. If you don't like it, start your own thread.
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This. And I mean seriously, how long until these apps hit market? It's the most available platform. A cool app is a cool app on xda or store
But we already have tons of "what's your favorite app" threads. It would be interesting to discover new sous that aren't already on the okay store. But it's whatever. Do as you please everyone.
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"coolest apps you've discovered on this forum that aren't too popular"
Maluuba
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maluuba.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYWx1dWJhLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..
ES file explorer: Holo Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32439406
And dSploit, but that one is pretty popular, i guess
Greetz
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New rule you have to put a short description for each app you mention
Aptoide uploader is really nifty. You make yout own private app store for your friends. I liked it over a competitor appsfire.
Appsaffinity- goof apps discovery app
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Xperia Launcher + Widgets, modded to work on all devices...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34823516
YouTube with screen-off playback and HD via 3G
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23243273
Greet
// j_dee
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Nice j dee! I hate it when my youtube shuts off in the gym. Can't leave the screen on and put it back in my pocket
Come on peeps keep em coming. I like the list so far. It's small and precise not large and burgeoning. Let's go over something very relevant: STREAMING from your HD
Jbeans 4.2 Camera- Full Screen Camera (compared to 4.1.2) and gallery you could flash for your 4.1.2 phone
Mediahouse Player- An organized app that collects all the shared music videos off of shared directories on your computer use in conjunction with. Allows you to favorite directories/devices. Really neat app
mx player- easy ui can easily disable/enable hardware software encoding for audio and video during play
v player- like mxplayer, could be better with UI, but unlike MX player allows you to set buffer to a whopping 8mb...so longer initial load for video but plays back perfectly otherwise
ES file explorer- save network drives
I usually make the default player for ES v player and for media house mx player. Good setup. Mx Player allows you to manage defaults for video players in-app too. Another neat feature. Well worth the money for that app.
From the computer end there are a lot of options to stream (I made a post about this a while back...search on me) but I like PS3 Media server 1.70.1 for my PS3. It allows for real-time transcoding for devices where your video format (ie mkv) isn't available. I also install TVersity server on my computer end and both servers as well as the raw files allow me to wirelessly stream every tv show except for planet earth which has a ridiculous bitrate.
Only other thing to worry about on the computer end is to make sure your sharing settings etc are set up as openly as possible. I have a homegroup password and everyone in it is allowed to at least read my directories
Hey zetsui,
sure, I love my HOX and GNEX phones (by now even more than my PC) and why not participate in sharing cool underdog apps?
Is that Mediahouse player the one you can download from the Play Store? Sounds pretty usable to me
Greet
// j_dee
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Yes you can dl it from playstore it is thr upnp dlna browser.
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Mi sound recorder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28295194
Way better than stock audio recorder. Can record as mp3 at 128kbit/s, good enough for me. Of course, you can increase it. Can record as ogg too.
Solid explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer
Might be popular, but worth a mention anyway. Fast, free, full of useful features, no ads... Did I mention the slick ui?
Cpu adjuster
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.cputweaks
Like setcpu, but free. You can have 3 profiles in the free version. Ought to be good enough for beginners.
Also worth checking out: servers ultimate.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate
These apps are in xda too, but play store linking is more convenient.
Advanced Touchpad Remote Control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcoid.advancedtouchpad&hl=en
Turns the phone's screen into a multitouch touchpad.
Perfect for Laptops with short HDMI cables.
Was wondering if we have any apps or sites to stream Movies new releases or searchable movies in good quality or Hd ...even movies that are just released..
(Much like Movies2go for cydia)
Something along the lines of that app.
Or even a site that works well.. With no ads or watch ads for credits
Anything better than Netflix which all movies are Sooo outdated.
Not looking for an app
More like a site that I can bookmark and stream Full length movies .
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I know some .. like hdviet.com but they may not accept ip outside of vietnam, and for english i went to glowgaze.com, they update really fast, i catch all my tv shows here.
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Look for Showbox, you can even download them to your sdcard
Edit; Get it--> Here
Edit 2: Sorry, i have just seen that you are not looking for an app