BackDrop_
Ghost video overlay — watch anything while you work
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Patrick Chen

BackDrop_ - Ghost video overlay — watch anything while you work

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I kept pausing the same anime episode to get back to work. So I built BackDrop_. It plays any local video (MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, TS) as a transparent overlay on your full Windows desktop. Opacity from 0–100%, mouse clicks and keyboard pass through to whatever's underneath. No cloud. No account. Files stay on your drive. One-time payment. Works for anime while coding, news overlays for traders, or ambient video while studying.

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Patrick Chen
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Hey PH! I'm Patrick, solo developer behind BackDrop_. I built this because I kept pausing the same anime episode for the tenth time to get back to work — and then never resuming it. BackDrop_ renders any local video as a transparent overlay directly on your Windows desktop. The opacity slider goes 0–100%, mouse clicks pass through to whatever's underneath, keyboard works normally. No uploads, no account. The file stays on your disk. Currently running it at 25% opacity while I work on this very launch 👻 Happy to answer any questions about the implementation or the use cases!