Please see the following for information on codecs if DeskScapes is telling you that you do not have a video codec: http://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp
If a dream was encoded by an author in an unsupported Windows 8 format you will need to contact that artist or install a codec that will work on Windows 8.
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