Thanks for setting that up. It's funny, there seems to be quite a number of wallpapers that use media controls now but none of them have any instructions.

@CrimsonJD
Follow this guide [github.com] for a step by step tutorial

I looked and looked and couldn't find the format for the user shortcut commands anywhere at all.
Can you please tell me what goes into the "Run Command" box to make this work?
Thanks!

@Goop
You can scale your image up to match your monitor's resolution

@aemon
You can upload your own custom image or video: go to "Background" > "Use custom background"

is there a way to make a custom image size to an ultrawide monitor? its under the ultrawide resolution but there is no way to match it with the custom image? thanks!

how to make the album cover be the background like yours?

ill send you the log file because it still doesnt work after reinstall

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the wallpaper? If that doesn’t work, you can send me the log file, and I can take a look.

its a bunch of failed openings scene json like a bunch from me restarting my pc and doing other stuff i guess any way to uncorrupt it?

@NᴀsH
It’s possible that your PC shutting down corrupted the wallpaper you were using.
Try loading a different wallpaper from the Workshop first. If that one works, uninstall and reinstall the wallpaper that’s giving you the black screen.

If you want to keep your previous settings, click “Share JSON” under the wallpaper’s settings and copy the code — it contains all your custom configuration, so you can paste it back after reinstalling.

If none of that works, check the log file at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine\log.txt
It might show what’s going wrong.

feel like i tried everything the wallpaper is just black now. sucks because i just had the settings the way i liked

@theghostale_ didnt work? it was working earlier but my pc shutoff then the wallpaper stopped loading

@NᴀsH
Try disabling the initial fade-in effect in the "Animations & Effects" section and see if that works.

its black screen now i dont know what i did but the wallpaper wont show up now and its pitch black

Please add a feature to adjust the positions of the media player and clock.
The custom background feature is very cool, but it's a shame that the clock and media player obscure it.

i hope u make the tutorial as soon as posible, cuz i wait for use this wallpaper perfecly <3

Hi, can you add change font size and style, as well as, rhythmic bar? thank you

can you still click the buttons with your mouse? Or do you need to assign a shortcut to a key?

hi @seekay can you please say how to run the file path to the link file as a command. Im still dont understand. I have a problem with cmd appering and i really want to fix this

guys, if someone doesn't like that a cmd window appears for a moment with working shortcuts, I have a solution for you. you should download nircmd from the official website, then write to nircmd.exe sendkey 0xB0 press for the next track and 0xB1, 0xB3 for the previous one and pause

@JaehyunPelon you don't open the file, you run the file path to the link file as a command.

Hi, i'm using the buttons as you suggested in your github for the cmd not appear when i use them, but even if i configure a shortcut to run minimized, the cmd still appears, idk if i'm doing something wrong

Hi seekay, sure

Are you fine with other creators using the "Wallpaper Engine Media Tools" you created? Would be cool to adapt this as a community standard so users dont have to get custom solutions for each and every creator.

Hi @ThyLordOfKittyCats! I’ll probably be making a tutorial soon, so stay tuned

Lol it turns out I have no idea what I'm doing. I tried using the guide you provided, but it seems I am in wayy over my head haha
Is there a resource you know of that I could use to better understand the process? (That or a way to dumb it down to my level)

Hi @phroliax, it seems to work fine on my end, and I’m not sure how to replicate the issue.

@ChesterField
I’ve recently added the ability to bind shortcuts to the buttons (scroll down to User Shortcuts in the wallpaper options). If you know what you’re doing, I’ve created a GitHub repo that can help by simulating button presses via CMD. You can find the link in this wallpaper’s description.

how to pause a track using buttons

I don't know if its just me but after I subscribed to this wallpaper it doesn't function at all aside from setting my wallpaper to black. I tried playing downloaded music, spotify, and music through my browser and no dice. I tried turning off Animation Effects both "Initial Fade In" and "Padlock Animation." I don't know if I'm supposed to turn my graphics to specific preset but the High and Ultra preset did not work for me. Looks really cool to use, would appreciate some tips on how to make it work!

Love this!

@1one1y
1. Install the BetterNCM plugin for NetEase.

2. In BetterNCM, download and enable Inflink.

3. Open SMTC via DOM inside Inflink: this forces NetEase to send the song data to Windows, so Wallpaper Engine can display it.

May I ask how to perfectly integrate the Chinese streaming software NetEase Cloud Music into this wallpaper?

@Statusquo_ Try disabling the initial fade-in effect in the "Animations & Effects" section and see if that resolves the issue.

The wallpaper doesn't work anymore for me. It's just a black screen. I really love this wallpaper. Hope to get a solution for this.

Peak

@pi0tter
Thank you so much for enjoying the wallpaper!

I’ve just updated it and added full support for Thai language. If you notice anything still missing or broken, feel free to let me know.

I really love this wallpaper but it doesn't support my native language (Thai) can you please make it supports Thai language? The texts aren't showing and I'm suffering it right now :*( (but I enjoyed your wallpaper though!)

Thanks for this, cool

best wallpaper

@Dancg3 Thanks a lot! I’m really glad you like it.

Unfortunately, the resolution of the album cover depends entirely on the music streaming app you’re using. Wallpaper Engine just receives the data (including the cover) from the app, so if Tidal sends a low-res image, there’s no way to improve it on my end. Spotify provides higher quality covers, so that’s why it looks better with it.

As for the buttons, there’s no way to make them control external music apps. They would only work for songs that are actually imported inside the wallpaper project itself, which doesn’t really make much sense for a music visualizer that’s supposed to follow external playback.

Hope that clears things up!

Best visualizer of the entire wallpaper engine, just a few questions, using tidal desktop app the album cover it's also low resolution any way to fix that? Or just stick to spotify, and second, is it possible to make the buttons of the player work? Thanks for your awesome work dude

Nice!

Thank you! This is the only Now Playing wallpaper on WPE that works with YT Music and properly displays both the artist’s name and the song title. All the others glitch with YT Music and only show the song title.

@my name is Ac Hi, it should be fixed now.

Hey, i've been using this wallpaper for a week now, the only thing i can notice here is that when the title of the music or the album/artist name is too long, it goes beyond the player

@flashNATION Hi! I just added it.

@PLAYER 您好！感谢您的反馈 🙏 🙏

关于您提到的混色逻辑，实际上是因为背景从封面中提取了两种颜色：原色和副色。

这两种颜色并不是根据它们出现的频率来选择的，而是根据它们的饱和度、对比度和视觉效果来选择的。因此，即使封面几乎全是黑色，但如果有一小块高饱和度的红色，程序仍会选择这块红色作为主色调。

这种方法更倾向于捕捉整体的 “视觉印象”，而不是像素中出现最多的颜色。

我会考虑您的建议，看看是否可以优化逻辑，例如增加一个机制来更好地识别背景色或色彩平衡，从而使结果更加准确。

再次感谢您的支持！很高兴你喜欢这个项目 😊

色彩会有断层，我的显示器是10-bit的，我也确认了软件层面
照理来说不应该会这样
另外，混色逻辑似乎可以优化，这在某些专辑（例如：spider-man-into-the-spider-verse，只取了白色和红色，其实还应该有黑色的），会产生奇怪的动态效果
最后，我很喜欢这个，真的
这两个问题无伤大雅
我真的很感谢你能做出这种东西