Custom intro before movie starts (1 Viewer)

[Deek]

Hi all. I'm new to the forums. I've been learning, implementing and using Media Portal for a couple days now. So far, I really like this software. In any event, I was wondering is there a way I could setup this software to play a custom movie intro before playing a movie. Kind of like how they do in the movie theaters. I created a custom intro for my home theater and would like for this to play before each movie VS. having to stop the intro clip at the end, go back to the main movie selection screen and select the movie.

 

[ryan20021982]

You would have to use the Movingpictures plugin for your movies it has the option to do that

If you dont use the plugin get it here
Moving Pictures - MediaPortal Forum

then after you have all your movies scanned in
Under moving pictures config go to the about page and click advanced settings then scroll down to Playback Option> Custom Intro Location

 

[Deek]

Ryan, you are the man! Thanks, I'll check that out.

 

[Deek]

I Played around with this for a few hours last night and still not been able to get this thing to work. In any event, I was able to include the exact path to the custom movie file and save changes. However, when I attempt to play a video, it goes directly to the video and not the custom intro I specified.

At first I figured that the system may not support .mp4 and .mov files (which my original intros were exported as). So, I converted a copy to .AVI and still have the same results. It's almost like MP doesnt even recognize my settings to play the custom file. Just for the record, here is the path I have entered in the advanced settings screen C:\Users\Deek\movie_intro\movie_intro.avi.

 

[infinite.loop]

You should ask in the moving pictures forum section if that option is not working for you.

 

[Deek]

Thanks Infinite.loop. I figured this out a little after I made that post. I should have updated my post here confirming that.