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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer @originalburger last edited by burnout426

      @originalburger What type of video file are you trying to add or is it an animated gif?

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      • animebotw
        animebotw last edited by

        @burnout426 look, just saying, this seems a little complicated, is there any alternative? It seems complex, but I havent tried it, I tried the first few steps and to follow along but then Opera started getting weird, like "Relaunch Opera and Download Version 2.356378" Or something along those lines.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @animebotw last edited by burnout426

          @animebotw The easiest way to do this is to click the Easy-Setup button, click "Add your wallpaper", and point it to your animated webp file. That's it.

          Goto https://mathiasbynens.be/demo/animated-webp, right-click on the animation and choose to save the webp file. Then, add it.

          If your video is an mp4 or webm file, search for "m4p to webp" or "webm to webp" on the net for how to convert your file to webp.

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          • bluequadre
            bluequadre last edited by

            this would all be solved by "allowing gifs". 🤦🏻♂ why opera gotta b like it do man

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @bluequadre last edited by burnout426

              @bluequadre There's https://ezgif.com/gif-to-webp and https://ezgif.com/webp-maker to help with that.

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              • Astrophel77
                Astrophel77 last edited by

                Worked for me! reminder that if you have a long video (mine was 1min long) it may take some time to start on first use.

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                  op87654321234567890p @plasma last edited by

                  @plasma can you all subscribe all purpose furybolded text youtube channel

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                  • aam2018
                    aam2018 @plasma last edited by

                    @plasma If anyone is still looking for an answer. If you have a webp format file, just open it up in Opera and right-click on it and choose the option, Use image as wallpaper. More detailed info here if you need it: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-convert-animated-gifs-to-webp/

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                    • Spthepero
                      Spthepero @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 i did everything right, i got my .webm, .ini, & .png file and zipped and then pasted it in the profile path but still it didn't show up in the opera

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @Spthepero last edited by

                        @spthepero said in Custom Animated Wallpaper:

                        and then pasted it in the profile path

                        You have to add the zip via the "Add wallpaper" button in the Easy Setup menu in Opera.

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                        • WaffleGuy520
                          WaffleGuy520 @burnout426 last edited by

                          @burnout426 my smol potato head no understand...... jokes aside I would rly love if someone makes a video explaining how.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @WaffleGuy520 last edited by

                            @waffleguy520 Go to opera://settings/wallpapers (copy it to address bar), click on the Add your wallpaper (or something like that) button, select the file you want to upload, click on open. Simple as that.

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                            • KazBodnar
                              KazBodnar @burnout426 last edited by

                              @burnout426 I did that, now how do I set it as a wallpaper?

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                              • aam2018
                                aam2018 @KazBodnar last edited by

                                @kazbodnar Just click on the thumbnail of the wallpaper you want to use.

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                                • burnout426
                                  burnout426 Volunteer @KazBodnar last edited by

                                  @kazbodnar If you added the zip file, Opera should just switch to that wallpaper. But, if not, goto the end of the wallpaper thumbnail list to see if the wallpaper you added is there and select it.

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                                  • Zoroth-thexallmighty
                                    Zoroth-thexallmighty @burnout426 last edited by

                                    @burnout426 I've been having an issue were my animated wallpaper seems to go into a static image after a short amount of time. I was wondering if you could help me in any way, with this issue

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                                    • burnout426
                                      burnout426 Volunteer @Zoroth-thexallmighty last edited by

                                      @zoroth-thexallmighty If you zip it up, upload it somewhere, and link to it, I can download it and see what it does for me.

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                                      • DivineDivinity
                                        DivineDivinity @burnout426 last edited by DivineDivinity

                                        @burnout426 I'm a mac os user and I'm unable to get the the file folder for themes. Finder is also saying webm isn't supported when I try to add my own theme via the easy setup menu. Is there a way around this? I've already tried searching for the directory in Terminal...

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                                        • DivineDivinity
                                          DivineDivinity @DivineDivinity last edited by

                                          @divinedivinity ZIP folder is also showing as an unsupported type when I try to upload it through the add your own wallpaper section

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                                          • burnout426
                                            burnout426 Volunteer @DivineDivinity last edited by

                                            @divinedivinity You probably have to show hidden files in finder to see the profile folder (path at the URL opera://about) and everything in it.

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