Screensavers

Windows 3D Maze screensaver, present from Windows 95 to ME.

A Screensaver is a category of computer program that's main objective is to "save your screen" by reducing burn-in reduction after a certain period of inactivity. This is usually done with fast moving patterns and dark backgrounds.

Modern computers don't usually have screensavers (or will just turn the screen off) as burn-in has become less of a problem for LCD screens than CRTs. However, many still use them for their looks or nostalgic value. This has often led to a misconception that a computer/phone's wallpaper is the screensaver; this is incorrect! Most modern phones don't have a screensaver whatsoever; they'll just cut to black.

Recording Screensavers

Recording a screensaver is somewhat tricky; they only appear when you're inactive (not moving the mouse or keyboard) after a certain amount of time, and go away once you become active again. The easiest way is to approach it like this:

• Open up your screen recorder of choice (for example, OBS.)
• Make sure you are capturing the whole window, rather than just the screensaver or another program
• Start recording, then either run the screensaver directly, "preview" the screensaver from its menu in the corresponding settings window, or wait for it to show up naturally.
• Don't press anything! Let it run for a few seconds to gather footage. The second you move your mouse or keyboard, you have to start all over again.
• Once you're done, clear the screensaver and stop the recording.

List of Screensavers

The screensavers listed here have are of value for tennis: either as useful Media Generators, pseudo-plugins or just cool stuff to put in your video.

XScreenSaver

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

The largest and most popular screensaver package for the X Window System, XScreensaver contains hundreds of unique screensavers for your computer.

It is developed primarily for Linux machines, however official ports also exist for Mac, iOS and Android. It was also unofficially ported to Windows as XScreenSaverWin.

Photos and captions of each screensaver can be found here, while video previews of each screensaver can be found here.

Polyhedra

Shows a random polyhedra that bounces around the screen, while also showing statistics and facts about said shape.

Windows

These screensavers are all available on Windows. Most Windows screensavers are in the *.SCR format.

3D Maze

A screensaver that endlessly scrolls through a maze. Present from Windows 95 to ME. You can change the bitmaps of the walls, floor and ceiling to anything you want (including animated textures!)

Windows 98

A screensaver that draws endless cubes out of an image onto the screen. Also available on Windows ME and 2000, under their respective OS names.