Hello,

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.

Edited February 17Feb 17 by SVS

I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.