Battery drain: how do you deal with desktop wallpaper video constantly running in the background?

[Lexora-org]

Coding an activation of moving video only when desktop is visible, otherwise keep static for minimum battery drain.
Is this technically feasible?

[glouel]

I have to admit that I don't know if that's possible. I need to look at APIs but that's a great idea in general to have something like that. Maybe we can test for window positions of other apps, I'll have a look and report back.

In the meantime, to lower consumption, use the slider to change speed. The slower the speed, the less it will consume battery.

[abdullah-manzoor-ba]

What if it triggers if a specific application is in the foreground? E.g. I use Show Desktop to hide all applications. It can either have A) Finder or B) Itself in the foreground.

[glouel]

I did some basic testing, it's possible to know roughly how covered the desktop is, so this is doable. Keep an eye for the next alpha, although no promise on timing.