You work 8 hours a day. Your watchlist hasn't moved in months.
BackDrop_ fixes both.
Play any video from your drive as a ghost overlay on your desktop. Your mouse clicks through it. Your keyboard types through it. Your work doesn't stop. Neither does the video.
Your 'watch later' list is a broken promise
Hundreds of episodes. Films you bought. Series you downloaded. You keep adding and never watching — because work always wins and the day ends before the screen time begins.
Opening VLC means losing your desk
One click on VLC and your workspace collapses. Every window pushed aside, focus gone, five minutes lost to setup. Most days you close it before pressing play.
No PiP solution works for local files
Browser PiP is locked to streaming platforms. Third-party tools require accounts, cloud sync or subscriptions. None of them touch the files already sitting on your drive.
8 hours of work. 8 hours of watching. Same screen.
Install BackDrop_
Signed installer. No account, no cloud, no setup beyond clicking install. Done in under 60 seconds.
Drop your video
Any file or folder. BackDrop_ starts it as a ghost overlay over your entire desktop — instantly.
Dial the opacity
Slide from barely-there to fully visible. Match it to whatever you're doing — code, spreadsheet, calls.
Work normally
Your mouse ignores the video. Your keyboard types through it. Your Zoom still works. The video just plays.
Built for the desk that never sleeps
Ghost overlay
Transparent over your entire desktop. Adjustable from invisible to opaque, in real time.
Click-through
Zero mouse interference. Click, scroll, drag — the overlay is invisible to your pointer.
Any local file
MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, TS and more. No streaming, no upload, no account. If it's on your drive, it plays.
Folder playlist
Point BackDrop_ at a folder and it queues everything in order. Perfect for series or long playlists.
ESC to vanish
Press ESC and it's gone instantly — call starting, boss walking over, meeting incoming. One key, zero traces.
100% offline & private
No account. No cloud. No analytics. What you watch is strictly yours. It never leaves your machine.
Your desk. Your content. Both, at once.
One-time payment. No subscription. Signed installer. Windows 10/11.
25% off with code BACKDROP25 — valid until June 30
Questions
Will it interfere with my work apps?
No. BackDrop_ is fully click-through — your mouse and keyboard interact only with whatever is below the overlay. Tested with VS Code, Excel, browser, Zoom and Slack open simultaneously.
Can I hide it instantly during video calls?
Yes. Press ESC to make it disappear in a single keystroke. Press Ctrl+Shift+Space to bring it back silently. No one on the call sees it either way.
Is my content private?
Completely. BackDrop_ reads files locally from your drive. No upload, no account, no telemetry. What you watch is your business, entirely.
What about performance? Will it slow my PC?
VLC handles playback with minimal CPU overhead — the same engine that runs on low-spec hardware worldwide. BackDrop_ itself adds almost nothing on top. Safe even on mid-range laptops.