DisplayFusion RSS: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 11 May 2025 07:37:32 GMT

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I am still having issues with this and I am on the latest version of DisplayFusion Pro. Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 update, build 22631.5189. I have tried it as multiple encodings of MP4, AVI, WMV, and MKV with no luck. I know this function use to work for me but I stopped using it because the last video I was using was super long and took up a bunch of disk space. The video I am using now is significantly shorter than the one I know worked once upon a time. I also have the latest K-Lite Mega pack installed with all the check boxes marked. Doesn't even trigger them in the tray when I try and run a video background. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.

pretty easy to explain -> Win11 23H2 uses a different way of playing back media -> update to Win11 24H2 and your problems should be gone -> it has the benefit that you are using the current version of windows

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 11 May 2025 02:21:40 GMT

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 03:43:04 GMT

Got the lastest update and video backgrounds are working again, no issues.

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:29:11 GMT

thanks - gif/mp4/flv work again

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:06:47 GMT

We've released a new version that should fix this up. Please let me know if you run into any issues after updating.

Thanks!

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:50:57 GMT

Just got the 11.1 update today and I'm having the same problem. Tried various formats and sizes on both displays. It's just black. On Win11 23H2.

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:52:57 GMT

11.1 video background still doesnt work (doesnt matter what file type)
log found here ( https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/animated-webp-as-background/?ID=0192b92e-0f97-7073-8586-587adf270ce8 )

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:29:23 GMT

11.0.5 works with video background -> 11.1 beta 7 doesnt work

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:58:02 GMT

now we are back with NO VIDEO Background again...

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:05:51 GMT

found the issue:
Win11 24H2 "thinks" its a ARGB32 10fps gif -> while all other players sees them as 25 or 30fps gif
so we have to wait either on AMD/Nvidia or Mircrosoft for a fix
i assume WDDM 3.2 to be responsible for this -> but it can also being displayfusion not reading gif correctly

i also provide some info on how i encoded the gif:
ffmpeg -> fps=25 or 30; use palette; resize output -> works in IrfanView/WindowsPicture/MPC-HC -> does not work with Peek and therefore Displayfusion

EDIT: i was able to "trick" windows to think its a 20fps gif -> i reduced speed to 75% or 66% for several gifs -> those play back faster with displayfusion but slower for any other programm mentioned before

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:04:45 GMT

what codec do you recommend for gif?

EDIT: re-installed K-Lite Mega and now it works fine <- NO IT DOES NOT WORK
EDIT2: no it doesnt -> gif are still slide-shows

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:45:10 GMT

That's likely a codec issue, you can try testing out other codecs to see if they work better. I've also attached that gif as an mp4 below, it should work for you

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:36:34 GMT

Hi,

thank you for mostly fixing this issue

mp4, flv and gif works
yet gif has a problem that the "framerate" gets changed to a slower than normal speed. - its like slowmotion

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:20:16 GMT

We've released a new beta that should fix this up, please let me know if you run into any issues after updating.
You can grab the beta here: https://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:37:41 GMT

No updates yet

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 09:42:43 GMT

did you find a solution yet?

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:35:34 GMT

by the way: while your at it maybe also include animated webp into "video-background" - as they are significantly smaller than gif

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:41:58 GMT

Thanks for sending that over, we were able to reproduce that here so we've added it to our list to look into.

Thanks!

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:30:46 GMT

here a video that also doesnt work - like all dont work

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:29:52 GMT

here the gif

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:13:37 GMT

Could you send me over one of the videos you're trying to load as well?

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:16:06 GMT

2024/10/17 21:02:48.8248##_##INFO:L1##_##displayfusion.exe:5672##_##DFWallpaperSettingsSave:SaveWallpaperSettingsTHREAD:87##_##-##_##Save: Display #1:C:\BG\cube.gif,##_##-
2024/10/17 21:02:48.8248##_##INFO:L1##_##displayfusion.exe:5672##_##BFFormBase:WndProc:1322##_##-##_##[FormWallpaperApply] HandleCache is NULL: CacheFromNCCreate: 0x000f0b12,##_##-
2024/10/17 21:02:48.8252##_##INFO:L1##_##displayfusion.exe:5672##_##BFFormBasenHandleCreated:532##_##-##_##[FormWallpaperApply] Handle: 0x000f0b12,##_##-
2024/10/17 21:02:48.8255##_##INFO:L1##_##displayfusion.exe:5672##_##DFWallpaper:SetWallpaperAll_NOWALLPAPERIMAGESLOADED:438##_##-##_##Reason: Wallpaper Form, ImageMode: DifferentImageEachMonitor,##_##-

this should be the bug

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:11:32 GMT

i switch from a normal jpg background on both screens to a gif on on screen and an mp4 on the other screen
result is a black background on both screens.

i only logged the bug - so time is 21:02

NOT IN THE LOG: if i add any normal picture to one of the screens instead of gif/mp4 it results in showing the image. but the gif/video on the other screen is still black.

hope this helps

RE: Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:54:21 GMT

Could you send me a debug log? Here are the steps:

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

Win11 24H2 no VIDEO/GIF background

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:50:56 GMT

I updated to Win11 24H2 and had no video/gif backgrounds anymore.
Then I re-installed Windows again (as a way to fix this - and other stuff in my Win7-Win10-Win11 install - lazy me) = same result. No Video/Gif Background.

i tested: MP4, FLV, AVI & GIF
i have all codecs installed.

nothing works - desktop is just black 😕

best wishes
Benjamin Hoffmeister