VideoSaver is a screensaver that allows to use one or multiple videos from your computer. It supports the same video formats and codecs as Windows Media player (asf, asx, avi, wav, wmv, wvx, mpg, dvd, etc).
The interface consists of a single window with two tabs. The first is the ‘Playlist’ tab, where the videos are added to a playlist; there is no limit, you can create as many playlists as you wish and add any quantity of videos. The other is the ‘Options’ tab where users can adjust the default playlist, speed, types of accepted files, playback order, shortcuts and controls, and other options.
VideoSaver has multiple monitor support: it is capable of playing videos on 2 or more displays. It has a Bouncing option which makes a video move around the screen during playback. VideoSaver has the ability to continue playback where it was left off the last time. Also, it supports random playback.
Users can find lots of similar applications on the market and some even for free. So VideoSaver’s advantages reside in its settings like size, number of loops, etc. which can be configured individually for each video.
The new version is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
v3.2 [Feb 1, 2010]
- New compatibility option added: if you experience problems when playing desktop style videos on Windows XP and earlier, go to Options and check the 'use single renderer for desktop style' option.
- New more flexible license agreement: VideoSaver is now licensed either per user or per computer, previously it was always licensed per computer. Licensing terms are now the same as for UltraMon.
- QTConv and SaverControl have been discontinued, and are no longer included with VideoSaver. If you are using UltraMon you can get the SaverControl functionality via UltraMon menu > Screen Saver. Several tools and online converters are available for converting QuickTime files to WMV or other file formats. The Admin Kit is also no longer available, but VideoSaver still uses a Windows Installer setup which is compatible with software deployment tools.
- Existing customers: if the name the software is registered to contains special characters, you'll need a new registration code for use with version 3.2.0. Click here to access your updated registration code. This change was made to enable support for all character sets (Unicode) in the Registered To name.
- Several changes have been made to the setup to make it simpler and more compatible with multi-user systems or systems where separate user and administrator accounts are used: VideoSaver now always gets installed for all users, previously the software was only installed for the current user. The installation folder can no longer be changed, VideoSaver always gets installed under Program Files (the actual screen saver gets installed in the Windows folder). After installation, VideoSaver doesn't get set as the active screen saver automatically.
- Windows 7/Vista: when playing WMV videos in desktop style, the video on the left-most monitor of a multi-monitor system is displayed upside down
- Generic unknown error message shown when playing incompatible videos on Windows 7
- VideoSaver crashes when playing .vob file on Windows 7 multi-monitor system in desktop style.
