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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:06:05+00:00

How can I use an existing movie source as a background in VLC using

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How can I use an existing movie source as a background in VLC using VLM Video Lan Manager?

My current VLM code looks like this:

new isight broadcast
setup isight input qtcapture://
setup isight output #mosaic-bridge{chroma=YUVA,vfilter=alphamask{mask=../mask.png},width=320,height=240}
setup isight enabled

new background broadcast enabled
setup background input fake://
setup background option fake-file=/Users/imac/Desktop/bg.png
setup background option fake-aspect-ratio="4:3"
setup background option mosaic-width=400
setup background option mosaic-height=300
setup background option mosaic-keep-picture
setup background option mosaic-rows=1
setup background option mosaic-cols=1
setup background option mosaic-position=1 
setup background option mosaic-order=1,1,1,1
setup background output #transcode{sfilter=mosaic,vcodec=mp4v,vb=10000,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=512}:bridge-in{delay=400,id-offset=100}:standard{access=file,mux=mp4,dst=test.mp4}

control isight play
control background play
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  1. Editorial Team

    The flag that you are looking for is --video-wallpaper

    Add this to your VLM:

    setup background option video-wallpaper=1

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