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First of all, you need to figure out if the problem is with the movie you are trying to play or your system configuration. You can do this by trying to play an MP3 or another movie and see if the sound works. If it does you should keep on reading for more information how to fix the problem. Otherwise you have to figure out what's wrong with your system configuration.

It's important to understand that video and audio are two separate things, which when combined make up movies. A movie consists of a video stream for the picture and an audio stream for the sound. The XviD codec is what makes it possible to decode the video stream, but it has nothing to do with decoding the audio stream. If the sound in a movie isn't working you have to find out which audio codec is missing and install it.

    Obviously , your video needs xvid codec to play  , and your windows dose not has one .  see following screen:

Yes  , if you are luck ,  you can hear the sound  , but no video .

FFDShow  is DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing DivX, XviD, H.264, FLV1, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, MPEG-4 movies codes .  It is free and  can be download from

                http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ffdshow.htm
                (it this link dose not work  , please try FFDShow on goolge.com)

Please note that  , you need directx9 or later installed before you can install FFDShow, or  it won't work  . So the steps are:

1) . If you don't have directx9 or later in your system , download it from :

You will have to install a correct codec for your movie .
Power Screen saver Builder uses windows media player application interface to play your movie . What movie format it supports depends on what codec you have installed onto your windows .
To check what codec you have installed , please visit :
http://www.efiresoft.com/codecs-in-video-movie-screen-saver.html

The default directory for screen saver is Windows system directory , and screen saver can be easily listed in screen saver settings window. So screen saver installer created by Power Screen saver Builder is also install to this directory . But you can changed the default installation directory.


Just turn to Advanced Output->Other , and dis-select the "Always install to Windows system directory." option.


Please see following :

Please note that , after your screen saver is installed to other directory , maybe Windows could not list it's own screen savers , If you want them back, just uninstall your screen saver or install a screen saver in System32/64 directory.

To make video movie screen saver loop seamlessly , you need

1 ) . Your screen saver project should be a pure video movie project. That is , you can just add only one video movie in screen saver project , no other type of media files (flash or images files) .

2 ) . Change the default interval to 0 second in Media -> Options

3 ) . (This step is optional.) Change the background color to a solid color similar to the movie background





4 ) . (This step is optional.) If you don't want a background to display, select full screen mode to display the movie is also help.

Power Screensaver builder supports multi-monitor since 3.6 version.

To specify which monitor to be used to display screen saver :

Please mouse right click on screen saver file (*.src) created by PSSB and select "Configure" item on the pop up menu , (you can also invoke this settings window by right clicking on desktop->Properties->Screensaver ) and then turn to the "Settings" tab . See following image:

Items in drop down list are enumerated from your windows system.

The first item in select list is entire virtual screen , if you select this item , screen saver will display on all monitors .

The second item that begins with "1 : " is the primary screen , the left - top coordinate is (0 , 0) .

The third item is secondary monitor , begins with "2 : " , and so on.

A big feature in this Screen saver maker software is that you can specify custom icons in your screensaver installation file (setup) . By using Advanced output options , you can specify the display icons (Icon on desktop or Start menu after installation) and icon in Add/Remove Programs section of Control Panel. Please see image below.




Please node : When you create your screensaver files , custom icon in Power Screensaver Builder dose not mean you can change the icon of screensaver file (.src) , it only works on Screensaver installation files (setup) .

You can add unlimited amount of pics in theory. But when you add lots of pics (such as more then 5000) to a PSSB project and build with these pics, you will get an output file that has very big size , it runs very slow because it takes lots of RAM. In this case , you can turn to the "output" tab of PSSB ,select the "Local media file" and "Look for media files in runtime directory" build options to create your output file. This type of output file has small size and will look for all your media file in it's runtime directory. Of course , you can also create several output which builder with media files and each of these output file contains not more a certain amount of pics.

Yes , you will. If you build with media files, you just burn the output file (.scr or .exe) onto your CD. If you build without media files , you have to select the "Local media files" AND "Look for media files in runtime directory." build options in output tab of PSSB , please keep the output file and media files in the same directory when your burn them onto a CD.

     To create a shareware screensaver that requires license key , for sale or for any use , first of all you should have a professional edition of Power Screensaver Builder.
     Following steps show how to create a shareware screensaver:
1 : Select "Registration" item in "Settings" tab , and fill some information required in "reg seed" , "trial period" and buy link .ect.



     The registration seed is a unique string that is used to distinguish with other screen saver you create , you can enter any string in the field , different registration seed for different shareware screen saver. it will be used as a parameter to create license keys to unlock your screen saver .

2 : To easy distribute your screensaver , please use a screensaver installation file (setup) in "Output" tab .

3 : Shareware screen saver will pop up window to let end user visit the buy page specified in the first step when trial period is expired or end use open the screen saver configuration dialog , such as following: