Web Player

Lively supports webpages as wallpaper.

Everything that works in browser will work in additional to Lively API for enhancements.

Web Player Setup

Currently lively supports these web players:

• Cef (Chromium Embedded Framework)
• WebView2 (Microsoft Edge)

Cef (Chromium Embedded Framework)

Lively bundles lightweight chromium rendering engine using CefSharp.

Some difference between Lively browser from regular browser behavior

• Video/audio autoplay is allowed, no need to mute audio.
• Lively API support for System Data and Input.
• Hyperlinks open in the same instance.
• Custom link handling for Shadertoy and Youtube.
• Right click menu is disabled.
• File downloading is disabled.
• Uses memory cache, settings and cookie gets removed on exit (disk cache can be configured in lively settings.)
• Minimal - no extension support, less RAM usage.
• Does not support x264 video codec due to licensing.

WebView2 (Microsoft Edge)

Uses the native operating system Chromium Edge browser.

Currently under development, do not create bug reports.

Support x264 video codec.

Follow the following steps to use WebView2 for rendering web wallpapers (Installer version only.):

1. Download the WebView2 plugin from Release page.
2. Extract and copy Wv2 plugin folder to <install_location>/Plugins/
3. Install WebView2 runtime Evergreen Standalone Installer x86 (Click here to download.)
4. Enable Lively settings -> Wallpaper -> Web Browser -> Engine -> WebView2

Other application that require WebView2 will also make use of this and windows update will keep it up-to-date.