Observed arrival · 2026-09-20

YT Wallpaper — Quietly Alive

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A native macOS app that turns trimmed moments from YouTube or personal videos into offline live wallpapers.

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For: Mac users who want ambient video desktops
Worth noticing: The app trims selected seconds from long videos and re-encodes them locally to HEVC.

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The workflow is built around extracting short sections rather than downloading entire videos: users paste a YouTube URL or select a local file, trim the desired interval, choose an aspect ratio, and save the result for offline playback. The page shows examples for 4K HEVC, 32:9 displays up to 5120 × 1440, and separate wallpaper behavior across multiple screens. It also presents a 50-item bundled collection and a cloud-synced view of several Macs.

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