Dream Extraction
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Hey guys, is there any way to extract the video file from a dream, for personal use, of course?
I'd like to use a dream as animated wallpaper on my Mac.
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Reply #2 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:13 AM
Hey guys, is there any way to extract the video file from a dream, for personal use, of course?
I'd like to use a dream as animated wallpaper on my Mac.
No Jim can't get video from the dream
but most dream now have a video preview
and you can download that in most cases .
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 1:33 PM
Bummer. The dream in question is older, has no video preview, I don't think.
Reply #5 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:58 PM
Hello,
I would have to research it but there is no known tool for it that I am aware of.
Another option would be to contact the author for the raw footage.
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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager
Reply #6 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:40 PM
I see this:
If the dream is installed on your machine, the package is extracted when you preview it in Deskscapes. A directory is created C:\ProgramData\Stardock\DeskScapes\ExtractedData\[DreamName]{additional text}. The video should be in that directory with the usual appendage.
Reply #7 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:48 PM
I saw that too, Dave. Nothing there but a dream file.
The one I would like to use on the Mac is Ninja Star, by the great Cha Ninja. I'll bet finding him would be nearly impossible.
Reply #8 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 4:00 PM
Ninja Star
Ah. That's a hybrid dream. After it's extracted I see 8 files, one of which is NinjaStar-2_00000.NWA. That's the animation that runs on top of the backgrounds, there isn't any actual mpg/wmv on hybrids. Not quite sure what to tell you there. If you can figure out a way to convert the NWA you might be able to use that, but it would just be the moving image without the wallpaper background, you'd probably want to merge it with a static background somehow.
Reply #9 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 4:01 PM
I see this:
If the dream is installed on your machine, the package is extracted when you preview it in Deskscapes. A directory is created C:\ProgramData\Stardock\DeskScapes\ExtractedData\[DreamName]{additional text}. The video should be in that directory with the usual appendage.
I didn't know that but now I do .
But only for the AVI or WMV dreams that are in your dreams folder currently,
not for any past dreams that might have been there .
and excluding Hybrids.
I don't have NinjaStar
Reply #11 Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:20 AM
Yes NWA files are a proprietary format which you will not find any conversion utilities for.
The original author is the best bet here though the NWA had alpha so it might be some work for them to render things out with a background instead.
Reply #12 Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:47 AM
5 will get you 10 that the easiest way is to grab your mobile and take a video of the dream running on your machine....and use that.
Sometimes the old/rough way is the only way...
Reply #14 Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:17 PM
Or you can use those screen capture program like TinyTake for it..
Reply #15 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:36 PM
I haven't had time to capture the dream yet.
I have, however, been running videos as my wallpaper on Mac. Easy, with VLC.
Reply #16 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:39 PM
Reply #17 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:55 PM
Well, there are instructions on the web as to how to make it happen. Settings and such. Also, you can find some killer video (Apple TV screensaver) called Aerial. Works a charm!
Reply #18 Tuesday, March 12, 2019 11:59 PM
Reply #19 Thursday, March 14, 2019 2:32 PM
I seem to have given instructions for windows. This is for Mac. Sorry.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 9:18 AM
Hey Jim,
I have forwarded your question to Stardock Support team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.
Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.