I had recently installed a webcam on my roof and it broadcasts beautiful live images of the surrounding Sierra mountains. The camera is connected to my computer via CCTV and USB. I was wondering if it is possible to use a live video feed as a desktop wallpaper.

i dont know about backround but it may be possible do use a web element and get the stream from it and make it backround sized

Hi Gary, Adding to asd23's suggestion: The camera-output(jpg, gif, mpg...?) can probably be streamed onto an ordinary HTML webpage that you create(with frontpage or any decent webpage-creator) by using an ActiveX element. I don't think Windows has one of those, so you will need to search the web for that one. !!WARNING: ActiveX elements are pieces of software, like a button or a textbox, and may contain MALICIOUS code if you get them from a 'dodgy' site, so if you find one, check the web to see if other sites have information about it. Once you have created a webpage with the streaming-element, then you can use Windows' own 'Active DeskTop'(check Help&Support) to show this webpage as the desktop. Seems like you've got plenty of work to do, but afterwards you'll -basically- know how to set up your own internet tv-station! There may be programs on the web that will do the job for you, although it's not that difficult. You just need to find an ActiveX element that enables streaming-video, and put that on a webpage. Google for 'VideoOCX', this may be a start. I don't have a camera, so this is just how I would try this. Hope this gets you started with that tv-station :) svg