We’ve run into a portability issue when creating sequences in PreShow Experience on a desktop or non-media-server player.

Currently, PreShow stores all media references as absolute file paths tied to the original machine. This means that if we move a PreShow project folder to another server or workstation, the sequence breaks because the media paths still point to the original device location.

This creates unnecessary extra steps when deploying sequences for:

• Short films

• Theatre intros

• Touring productions

• Multi-server installations

Instead of simply moving the PreShow project folder and relinking a single base directory, we have to manually update or recreate paths due to the absolute references.

Requested Feature

It would be extremely helpful if PreShow could support relative file paths for media content.

For example:

• When setting a content directory in PreShow, the software would treat that folder as the base path.

• All media within the sequence would then be referenced relative to that base folder, rather than to an absolute system location.

• When moving the project to a new machine, we would only need to update the base content directory once.

Benefits

• Improved portability between systems

• Easier deployment to media servers

• Cleaner project structure

• Reduced setup time for touring or distributed environments

• Fewer broken media links

This enhancement would significantly streamline workflow and reduce errors when moving projects between machines.

Thank you for considering this request.

Would it be possible to add a “loop” option to this module? This would allow the slides to restart either in alphabetical order or in a continuous random order, while keeping the background music uninterrupted. We believe this feature would also be beneficial for the Trivia module when the trivia set has been shown in its entirety.

Thanks for considering this request!

Best,
Spires

I used to go back and forth with the original author, and a few times with the CE author with 1 suggestion. The ability to select trivia for specific movies, so I could set up my trivia to tie in with the movies. Both said it was a good idea, and would consider it. Nothing ever came from it, so I would copy just the trivia for the movie I wanted into the trivia folder before I started XBMC. I stopped using Kodi for a chunk and came back to see you can now add conditions to your sequences. While I haven't tried it yet, this looks exactly like what I was suggesting both other authors should add. Well it looks like it can do a whole lot more actually.

This is my favorite XBMC Addon, I remember how sad I was every time it died and I was never sure if it would even come back. This new version is awesome and the added conditional elements are perfect. To me that was about all that HTE was missing, and 15 years later to finally see it is crazy.

I just want to thank Matt for the hard work and not letting CE, or whatever it was last called died. I have appreciated every programmer that picked up working on this when the last author let it die. And Kudos for the UI, I loved HTE but the UI was clunky and it was overly complicated to make sequences. Hopefully I'll be able to use PSE forever, I remember staying on an old buggy version of XBMC just because HTE was dead and wouldn't work with the newer versions lol. That's how much the plugin meant to me.

Select all the bumpers that you regularly use from the list below.

Is it possible to play background music when you pause the film?

I'm running Zidoo x20pro and I would like to try Preshow under Omega with the Aeon MQ 8 skin, is this possible? thank you in advance for your next response 

Mike

My reasoning for this is to have the skin button run my default full PSE sequence anytime without the context menu pop-up as it's nicer and cleaner especially when hosting guests.

But sometimes I'd like to run a shorts PSE sequence before a movie, something with a trailer or 2, the audio bumper and then automatic control over home automation lights through Z-wave).

Any idea if this is possible?

Skin: Confluence for PreShow Experience in Kodi 21

• Submitter
  Matt
• Submitted
  04/28/2024
• Category
  Skins

Skin: Estuary for PreShow Experience in Kodi 21 Omega

• Submitter
  Matt
• Submitted
  04/28/2024
• Category
  Skins

Please post your experiences with PreShow Kodi 21 Omega here.

Years ago I found CinemaVision in some forums, but I gave it up after the problems with newer versions of Kodis... - So I'm so glad having found PSE for my Zidoo Z9X Pro with Kodi 20 (ZDMC 20.2). It's working at last (after I recognised that I have to have a skin supporting PSE... 😉 ).

Now I have to tune it a little bit, but the main work is done.

Only one (I hope so...) last point is left making troubles. 🤨 Maybe here is one PSE-Pro who can help me:
My content of bumpers is stored on a HDD attached directly to the Zidoo-Player by SATA, because my network won't handle the traffic of some of the trailers... they stutter...

Unfortunately it seems, PSE only accepts paths for its content on network-drives. My NAS is set up by a SMB-connection to Kodi. Bumpers on the NAS are being found...

How can I manage to make PSE using the HDD (shown as "USB" in Kodi)?
Is there a workaround in Kodi?
Or is it possible to implement local drives in PSE for its content?

Thanks so much!

Greetings from Bavaria, Germany - Robert

MyScopeNox for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20

• Submitter
  Matt
• Submitted
  03/08/2023
• Category
  Skins

Artic Zephyr Reloaded for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20

• Submitter
  garzilla
• Submitted
  03/19/2023
• Category
  Skins

I came to the site 6 months ago I started trying to get preshow to work under a zdmc with nexus 20.2 without success now I'm coming back and hoping that someone can help me! I specify that I deactivated the external player in the zdmc interface to do my tests when I configure the different preshow parts with local files only, no external announcement this works but when I want to test the scene it tells me clerical error I am attaching my log and thank you to anyone who can help me

Mike

ZDMC LOG mike.docx

Confluence for PreShow Experience in Kodi 20

• Submitter
  Matt
• Submitted
  12/11/2023
• Category
  Skins

Here is a list of skin mods that have been created to work with PSE:

Amber PreShow Skin in Kodi 20

• Submitter
  Matt
• Submitted
  12/11/2023
• Category
  Skins