DreamScene Preview Ultimate Extra available

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Microsoft have just released the 'Dreamscene Preview' Ultimate Extra to users of the Ultimate Edition of Windows Vista. Dreamscene, which was revealed at CES 2007, was missing from the lineup of extras at the launch of Vista, as it needed further work. This preview release allows Ultimate Edition users to see what the final technology will be like once the final version is released to the public.

Your desktop background comes to life with Windows DreamScene™. When you download this Ultimate Extra, you can select a video for your desktop background the same way you select a stationary picture. You can choose one of the high-quality looping videos that we’ve included, or use a video from a company that produces content for DreamScene. You can even use your own video as a background.

To download Dreamscene, click the Windows Update or Ultimate Extras shortcut on your start menu, and click the 'Check for new updates' link.

Link: Forum Discussion

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(4 replies) #1 +AltecXP on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:42

no link?

#1.1 DaveLegg on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:47

I was in a rush to get it posted whilst installing it and having to reboot, added a forum link now.

#1.2 MeWhOeLsE on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:47

Its an ultimate extra, of course there's no link. It says go to windows update

#1.3 PureLegend on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:48

^ It's not on the internet...

#1.4 DeeJay2 on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:52

Check you favorite bit torrent sites for a copy of dreamscene to run on non-ultimate versions of vista.

(2 replies) #2 BigCheese on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:51

What is the difference between this preview verison and the final version?

#2.1 rIaHc3 on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:53

Quote - (BigCheese said @ #2)

We dont know but I will tell you the differences between this version and the beta version once I have it installed.

#2.2 Island Dog on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:40

This is a preview, best guess would say they are still working on any improvements or fixes for it for the final version.

#3 rIaHc3 on 13 Feb 2007 - 19:52

There will probalbly be a link soon on torrent sites.

#4 -Hiroshi- on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:05

Hopefully the thing has improved in performance, because I heard complete horror stories from people using the previous build.

#5 gregor on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:07

no cpu going up at all. just tried it. works flawlessly. one more thing MS- give us some usefull wallpapers and we'll be happy

#6 xxdesmus on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:14

DeskScapes is available now as well...

Stardock DeskScapes

#7 AnimaL on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:16

Oooooh new video - yellow and green aurora. My Racoon vid disappeared tho!

Performance still rubbish on latest nVidia drivers.

#8 -Hiroshi- on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:18

yeah... this thing has crap performance..

#9 Tailgunner9 on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:21

Hope the video quality of the video clips is much better than on the beta version. It was terrible.

#10 gxsaurav on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:22

I can't even download, i am stuck at 5% from last 20mins, must be toooo many users downloading it

#11 brianshapiro on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:26

The best thing about DreamScene is that it gives you new options for positioning any wallpaper.

Maintain aspect ratio, or Crop to fit screen.

#12 Islander on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:26

Well, it doesn't show up here, just checked for updates. Maybe only in the United States??

Edit: Nevermind, after clicking the third time, it came up

#13 -Hiroshi- on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:27

Well I used it for a little bit, however there is no hardware acceleration at all in these videos, so the performance is awful, also, it's easier on the CPU if you use .mpeg to encode the dreams, .wmv appears to bring the system to its knees.

#14 hotdog963al on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:29

Oh. My. God.
Why is having a video as your wallpaper such a big thing for Microsoft, can't they just release the full version already. Such a small thing, why is it taking them so long to release it. XD

#15 StonedMonkey on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:31

downloading now yay

#16 dagamer34 on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:42

Where do you find videos?

(1 reply) #17 Helba on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:52

It's a cool idea, but it really isn't that big of a deal at all.

Why does it have to be an 'Ultimate' extra? I know it's just another stupid incentive, but can't we just all revel in its excellence?

Whatever. I'll just wait for an XP compatible crack.

#17.1 DeeJay2 on 13 Feb 2007 - 20:55

Quote - (Helba said @ #17)

it really isn't that big of a deal at all.

Exactly. You could do this with X-windows on Unix since the mid 90s.

(3 replies) #18 So-Unreal on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:00

Dont install this one its running at like 68% cpu load. the beta was only 23% load and the Stardock DeskScapes was 23% I guess they are the same?

#18.1 Islander on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:03

Depends on the video file though, the included one takes about 10% of my CPU time, other videos I tried up to 60%.

#18.2 brianshapiro on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:04

I'm keeping it installed if only for the new wallpaper positioning options.

#18.3 RAID 0 on 15 Feb 2007 - 09:04

Well yeah if you're running a P4. What CPU do you have? I'm thinking faster CPUs are better for this?????????

#19 mikejd1 on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:19

question: Does this work if you have dual monitors?

also, how do i get it to start, its grayedout when i right click the desktop

Last edited by mikejd1 on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:27

#20 dagamer34 on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:26

It's still a bit buggy. Forced my system to freeze and restart twice. Any way to report bugs?

(1 reply) #21 Lino en Kuldes on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:36

Anyone else having problems playing the video that comes with this? I tried some WMVs and MPGs that I had on my desktop and they work fine, but the default one (which is the one I actually want to play, as it was my static wallpaper too) doesn't work...

#21.1 +Jedimark on 13 Feb 2007 - 23:02

Yup, I can't get the Video provided by Microsoft or the Theme from Stardock to play - get an error message in a baloon popup

(4 replies) #22 Nexx295 on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:38

It uses 35-40% CPU with my Core2 Duo E6300. It's too much, they need to improve this.

#22.1 neufuse on 13 Feb 2007 - 21:57

Quote - (Nexx295 said @ #22)

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 with 1GB RAM and nVIDIA 7600GS, only 2% here usage

#22.2 Beastage on 13 Feb 2007 - 23:09

Wha?? Athlon XP 3200+ with 1.25gb ram and radeon 9600xt , 0%-1% cpu use....

Works fantastic imo

#22.3 Nexx295 on 14 Feb 2007 - 02:21

I'm not joking. when I start DreamScene, explorer.exe starts using at least 35% up to 60% CPU. Only when it's paused it uses only 5%.

Maybe it's because of the graphics card - GeForce FX 5200

#22.4 leojei on 15 Feb 2007 - 00:00

the thing that enables DreamScene is DWM, not explorer. If your explorer is eating up cpu speed that means something's wrong with your configuration.

Mine only eats up 1%-3% and mine is only a P4 with a RADEON 9550!

#23 Mr Plant on 13 Feb 2007 - 22:05

I thaught MS said this thing wouldn't use cpu cycles? What gives.... Why can't it be hardware accelerated also?

(1 reply) #24 tdrock on 14 Feb 2007 - 00:11

where is the video that was shown on vista lunch event, the grass moving and sun raising
?

#24.1 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:39

It'll be at http://dream.wincustomize.com next week.

#25 Kombatant on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:02

E6600, X1900XTX here, 3-4% utilisation. Must be the drivers for those of you that have problems.

#26 Frogboy on 14 Feb 2007 - 01:38

Where to get additional animated wallpapers: http://dream.wincustomize.com

#27 Mr Plant on 14 Feb 2007 - 02:50

Anyone running this on the latest Catalyst ATI drivers - and still got high cpu usage?
(Just trying to work out if its ATI's drivers causing the slowdown and hogging...)
P4, 3Ghz cpu here...

(2 replies) #28 balupton on 14 Feb 2007 - 05:21

well that sux, it doesn't work for dual monitors:
"Windows DreamScene cannot run because the total desktop size exceeds the primary video adapter's maximum texture size."

#28.1 riley on 14 Feb 2007 - 15:51

Quote - (balupton said @ #2

Works fine for dual monitor here. Perhaps a limitation of your video card? Or, that message makes it sound like your resolution is too high for DreamScene? I'm running dual 1920x1200 and it works...

#28.2 leojei on 15 Feb 2007 - 00:02

yeah, I guess not alot of video card supports that much of texture size for both screens, since most of the cards have been engineered to support 1 screen with 3d... probably they didn't think we would play games/videos/3d stuffs in dual screen setup (ie: which is what DreamScene is doing)

(2 replies) #29 goggles on 14 Feb 2007 - 06:19

doesn't work for me - the option is greyed out.

what gives? is it due to me using nvidia drivers.

#29.1 Mr. Dee on 14 Feb 2007 - 11:01

Instructions how to enable it here:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns&#...#33;15724.entry

#29.2 goggles on 14 Feb 2007 - 20:13

Quote - (Mr. Dee said @ #29.1)

Instructions how to enable it here:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns&a...#33;15724.entry

thanks - tried that and the option is still greyed out.

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