dude this is very old stuff. I find it surprising that so few people know abt this so called *trick* ....
More of this ... but hope many of u kno dis already ...]
** Go to [Tools -> Options-> Performance] in Windows Media Player and disable Video Acceleartion (set the slider from "full" to "none"). Whoa the aforementioned *trick* doesn't work ... because directdraw video acceleration is disabled.
** U can save that JPG/BMP in paint and open that saved file in any Image viewer.. the video continues to play in that image viewer too (provided WMP continues to play in the background.
** Wanna see a video playing as a wallpaper ? Either set that *active* image as a wallaper OR use VideoLAN Client. Goto [Video-> Wallpaper].
** Also wanna see ASCII characters in VLC instead of the video. Follow The screenshot:
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Go on tampering wid the advanced settings and u will fing secrets !!!!