NATIVE PLAYBACK
AVQueuePlayer and AVPlayerLooper keep local MP4 and MOV files moving through a deliberately small playback path.
WORK · II
01
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
PRESENT, THEN OUT OF THE WAY
DESKTOP, UNDISTURBED
Borderless, click-through windows sit below Finder icons, never take focus, and preserve ordinary desktop interaction.
ONE PLAYER, EVERY DISPLAY
A shared player drives one passive wallpaper window per connected screen without multiplying decode work.
SYSTEM-AWARE
Playback pauses across sleep, display sleep, and locked sessions, then recovers only when every suspension reason has cleared.
02
PLAYBACK PATH
ONE SOURCE, EVERY SCREEN
INPUTLOCAL MP4 / MOVSECURITY-SCOPED BOOKMARK
LOOPAVQUEUEPLAYERAVPLAYERLOOPER
COMPOSITIONCOVER / CONTAINMUTED PLAYBACK
OUTPUTWINDOW × DISPLAYCLICK-THROUGH DESKTOP LAYER
03
MENU-BAR UTILITY
ONLY THE CONTROLS THAT MATTER
Live Wallpaper
PLAYINGSELECTED VIDEOaurora.movLOCAL FILE · ACCESS RESTORED
SCALING
COVERCONTAIN
LAUNCH WITH macOS
The app lives in the menu bar rather than the Dock. Choose a video, select its fit, pause when needed, and let macOS restore it at login.
- FILES
- LOCAL ONLY
- PERMISSIONS
- NO SCREEN RECORDING
- DEPENDENCIES
- NONE
04
SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR
SUSPEND WITH INTENT
- 01SYSTEM SLEEPPAUSE
Playback intent is preserved.
- 02DISPLAY SLEEPPAUSE
No video keeps the screen awake.
- 03SESSION LOCKPAUSE
A separate suspension state is retained.
- 04WAKE + UNLOCKRESTORE
Windows and looping playback are rebuilt.
05
LOCAL BY DESIGN
NOTHING LEAVES THE MAC
No uploads. No analytics. No tracking. No account. The selected video remains where it already lives.
- 01
macOS 13 Ventura or later is required.
- 02
Playback is intentionally muted and supports local MP4 or MOV files.
- 03
Current public builds are ad-hoc signed and not yet notarized by Apple.
- 04
Wallpaper windows remain visible to screenshots and screen sharing.
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