I use .jwmrc as the single control file (settings and startup), messy at present, but I've swapped out the desktop icons manager (pcmanfm --desktop) and instead call a script (that I've called wallpaper)
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<StartupCommand>setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</StartupCommand>
<!-- <StartupCommand>sleep 8s && pcmanfm --desktop</StartupCommand> -->
<StartupCommand>sleep 8s &&exec /home/user/Desktop/Docs/scripts/wallpaper</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>numlockx</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 8s && osmo</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 4s && xrandr --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1280x768 --output DVI-I-1 --off;sleep 2s &&xrandr --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1280x720_60.00 --output DVI-I-1 --off</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 8s && radiotray</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 4s && libreoffice --quickstart</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 4s && wicd-client --tray</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>sleep 4s && volumeicon</StartupCommand>
that wallpaper script contains
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#!/bin/bash
cd /home/user/Desktop/Docs/scripts
echo lady-gaga-poker-face.mp4 >playlist
echo lady-gaga-judas1.mp4 >>playlist
echo lady-gaga-bad-romance.mp4 >>playlist
echo gossip-heavy-cross.mp4 >>playlist
mplayer -vf scale -zoom -xy 1280 -loop 0 -rootwin -playlist playlist
which just loops through the playlist indefinitely (loop 0) using the root window as the display (I scaled it to my screen resolution level of 1280x720 (720p)).
i.e. the wallpaper is animated in the sense that its a mplayer playlist of vids.
A neat thing is you can just add the desktop icons back in, in my case by running pcmanfm --desktop and the normal icon type desktop appears (and the vids still keep playing, but are sound only). Then stop the desktop ... and the vids appear again. i.e. toggle the desktop (icons) on and off as desired.
I think in rox you could do similar by setting
and unsetting (assign a empty value
Pulseaudio and pavucontrol is quite handy as a single frame shows all of the different channels that are playing and you can dial-up/down the individual channels (maybe turn down the 'wallpaper' to turn up the radio ... or a currently playing youtube ...etc.).