# IdleStyle

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**IdleStyle** offers fully customizable screensavers with custom animation support. Custom animations can be used to display a range of things such as images and videos.

More: [Github repo](https://github.com/Jax-Core/IdleStyle)

## Customization

### Animation styles

Choose your preferred animation style in the animations tab.

### Video Backgrounds

**Configuring ffplay:**

To use video backgrounds, you must first install and configure **ffplay** which is a part of [**ffmpeg**](https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases)**.** Follow the instructions below to setup **ffplay**.

1. Open [this link](https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/latest/ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip). This link will download a zipped file named `ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip`
2. Extract the zipped file you just downloaded and open the `ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl` folder. Inside, you will find another folder with the same name which will be required in the next step.
3. Open the `ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl` folder, and go into the `bin` folder.
4. Copy the `ffplay.exe` (`CTRL + C`).
5. Open File Explorer and navigate to `%appdata%\Rainmeter\JaxCore\CoreData\IdleStyle`.\
   \&#xNAN;*<mark style="color:orange;">For existing Rainmeter users:</mark>* <mark style="color:orange;"></mark><mark style="color:orange;">`%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\CoreData\IdleStyle`</mark>
6. Paste the `ffplay.exe` you copied in **Step 4** into the folder named `IdleStyle` which you opened, on **Step 5**

**Setting up the video background:**

1. Open Core and head over to the **Modules** section.
2. Select **IdleStyle** from the list and proceed to the **Animation** tab.
3. Second from the bottom, enable the custom video background preset.
4. Go to **Appearance** tab and under **Customization** press the `DefaultVideo` button besides the `Video Path` text.
5. Choose the custom video background you want to use. **Please select common file formats such as `.mp4`**


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