tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post562025578186477426..comments2023-05-27T02:09:21.980-07:00Comments on The Undocumented Spot: Paint Player, How to Play Movies in your MS PaintUndocumentedspothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11645582160844894927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-9292196841942554352012-09-08T20:40:43.802-07:002012-09-08T20:40:43.802-07:00The screenshot is unnecessary, as what you're ...The screenshot is unnecessary, as what you're picking up in that screenshot is a dark purple that the software displays which shows Direct X where to render the video (I think). This is why when you quickly and rapidly change the size or location of the video window, you'll see a bit of black-looking edges while Direct X tries to catch up to the new render location (again, a guess). <br /><br /><br />To better do this:<br />1: Play a video using DVD software or Windows Media Player or MPC (and likely some others) <br /><br />2: Open MSpaint on Windows XP (or anything, really, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't work at all in Vista or 7. I haven't tried with 8, or with any version lower than XP, but 2000 likely works too)<br /><br />3: Paint the canvas a specific dark purple (16, 0, 16 in RGB and #100010 in Hex [in paint you can do this by going to Edit Colors, then Define Custom Colors])<br /><br />And that's it. FYI: right clicking with the eyedropper tool in MSpaint will change your secondary color to whatever you're hovering over. When you use the eraser tool, it writes over in that secondary color.<br /><br />A note about item 2: I mean anything. Try this: right click on the desktop and choose properties to bring up the display properties. Go to appearance and then to advanced and color every item that isn't text 16,0,16 and everything that is text to anything else (white or black recommended). Now when you play a video (Media Player Classic or VLC are recommended, because they allow you to get rid of all of the program's user interface when you play a video) the video shows through every window and menu and looks kinda cool (if a little hard to read), especially if you're looping one of the videos from the Electric Sheep screensaver (http://www.electricsheep.org/node/247)Linkz57https://www.blogger.com/profile/10011893553037437030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-38952979933490696862008-12-14T15:55:00.000-08:002008-12-14T15:55:00.000-08:00Hi Anonymousit always work for me, I learned it be...Hi Anonymous<BR/>it always work for me, I learned it because I try to grab a screen shot from a movie forgetting that I can't do it that way.<BR/><BR/>Maybe something done wrong . Make sure you grab the screen shot using prntscr key while a dvd or cd is played in full screen, after you paste the image on MS paint, make sure to let the move play in a maximized window in the background, and the MS paint window simply will be above the movie window.Undocumentedspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645582160844894927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-3082618761373715872008-12-14T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-14T13:10:00.000-08:00man i did it once on acadent but now i cant and it...man i did it once on acadent but now i cant and it doesnt work when i tryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-48576768229799884302008-12-03T16:22:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:22:00.000-08:00Thanks Anonymous for stopping by,I wonder now if y...Thanks Anonymous for stopping by,<BR/>I wonder now if you do change the video hardware acceleration, would one be able to print screen a frame from a movie, without help from another software? I ll test that, though I doubt it, and for that I'm not sure if it will end the magic, or simply it won't play any movie. I ll test and get back and post here<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your suggestion (;Undocumentedspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645582160844894927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-78830368382032456442008-12-03T13:07:00.000-08:002008-12-03T13:07:00.000-08:00change video hardware acceleration and magic will ...change video hardware acceleration and magic will finish<BR/>:))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506441105858069234.post-64611586279053866032008-08-18T14:55:00.000-07:002008-08-18T14:55:00.000-07:00coolcoolUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00846120455951835342noreply@blogger.com