Custom movie trailer/intro

ewiles · 2007-09-02, 22:31

I have created my own 20-second intro that I would to play before every movie. I can't seem to find a good way to do this. My first thought was to add it to the database as a file, before the movie file. However MP doesn't seem to treat this as a playlist. In other words it doesn't play the first file and then move on to the second one. Is there an easy way to do this?

ewiles · 2007-09-11, 02:46

I'm guessing this is currently not possible. Meedio had a pre-movie manager that did this task. MP appears to have no such function/plugin.

Marcusb · 2007-09-11, 04:42

there's no easy way to do this at the moment.
If the file was in a folder with exactly the same name as a movie, but with a 1 and a 2 at the end then 1 will play first, but that would mean a lot of setting up time on your part.

Evil Dead 1.divx ( <- pre movie)
Evil Dead 2.divx ( <- actual movie)

It's been asked a few times, usually to add the THX or Dolby to the beginnings, but I think at this stage it's considered there are more important things to work on.

I'm happy to be proved wrong though

rabidlama · 2008-01-09, 01:06

im looking for a way to do this too, i want to be able to play Pearl and Dean intro's before the main movie ;-) just add's to the experience imho.

Fingers crossed!

flamezmack · 2008-01-16, 11:00

it does work for me...make a m3u playlist that will sort it

DragonAge · 2008-01-20, 01:42

hi i just made myself a intro aswell. i realy want to have like a pre-movie manager as someone nicely put it. anyone found that or anyway to do it. to make a playlist all the time is not something i would be happy to make to all the movies. perhaps we could make it as a suggestion for media portal 2 ?

2007-09-02, 22:31	#1 (permalink)
ewiles Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Silicon Valley Age: 32 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Custom movie trailer/intro I have created my own 20-second intro that I would to play before every movie. I can't seem to find a good way to do this. My first thought was to add it to the database as a file, before the movie file. However MP doesn't seem to treat this as a playlist. In other words it doesn't play the first file and then move on to the second one. Is there an easy way to do this?

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2007-09-11, 02:46	#2 (permalink)
ewiles Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Silicon Valley Age: 32 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	I'm guessing this is currently not possible. Meedio had a pre-movie manager that did this task. MP appears to have no such function/plugin.

2007-09-11, 04:42	#3 (permalink)
Marcusb Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,932 Thanks: 67 Thanked 28 Times in 28 Posts Country: My System	there's no easy way to do this at the moment. If the file was in a folder with exactly the same name as a movie, but with a 1 and a 2 at the end then 1 will play first, but that would mean a lot of setting up time on your part. Evil Dead 1.divx ( <- pre movie) Evil Dead 2.divx ( <- actual movie) It's been asked a few times, usually to add the THX or Dolby to the beginnings, but I think at this stage it's considered there are more important things to work on. I'm happy to be proved wrong though

2008-01-09, 01:06	#4 (permalink)
rabidlama Portal User Join Date: May 2007 Age: 36 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	im looking for a way to do this too, i want to be able to play Pearl and Dean intro's before the main movie ;-) just add's to the experience imho. Fingers crossed!

2008-01-16, 11:00	#5 (permalink)
flamezmack Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	it does work for me...make a m3u playlist that will sort it

2008-01-20, 01:42	#6 (permalink)
DragonAge Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	hi i just made myself a intro aswell. i realy want to have like a pre-movie manager as someone nicely put it. anyone found that or anyway to do it. to make a playlist all the time is not something i would be happy to make to all the movies. perhaps we could make it as a suggestion for media portal 2 ?