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Build a Slow TV OSX screensaver in 2min

Download the screensaver zip file here on github.

on Tue, Aug 23, 2016

My desk, this morning, running a Norwegian train trip video at the XOXO Outpost

Download the screensaver zip file here on github.
Double-click to install.
Go to Desktop & Screensaver in System Preferences, click the Screen Saver Options button.
Click the default google.com URL once, then again to edit it (it’s a little buggy). Make the display time match your screensaver settings (mine is one hour or 3600 in the field).
Paste in https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7VYVjR_nwE?&autoplay=1&controls=0&iv_load_policy=3 as the URL, which auto starts video, hides the UI controls, and hides annotations.
Enjoy!
(options for later) swap in a new YouTube Slow TV URL by editing the hash in the URL to a different video, or add a timestamp URL argument to jump further into the video, or stack up a bunch of different videos for just a few minutes each, etc.

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