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Set up a pre-show for movie nightAdministrators

Trailers, your own clips and the cinema look before the film. Ready as it is; make it yours.

In Broadcast: Server, Watching, Pre-show.
In Classic or Neu: Settings, Movie night, Pre-show.

Simple

  1. The pre-show

    Before a film, Usherr plays a short show like a cinema’s: a welcome, a reminder to silence phones, trailers of what’s coming, your own clips, the countdown, then “Feature presentation”. “Movie night” is ready, so there’s nothing you have to set up.

  2. See it

    Watch a sample plays tonight’s pre-show here, without a film. Skip or close it to come back.

  3. Your theater’s name

    Shown on the welcome card: “Welcome to …”. Type a name, then click anywhere else to save it.

  4. Your own clips (optional)

    An old cinema ad, a sound logo, a holiday bumper: type a category, then Upload clips. A category named after a holiday (Halloween, Christmas) plays only in its season. MP4 plays everywhere.

  5. Your pre-show is ready

    It plays before every Showtime. Book a film for a time, and leave the Showtime screen open on the TV.

Advanced: every option

  1. The pre-show

    Before a film, Usherr plays a short show like a cinema’s: a welcome, a reminder to silence phones, trailers of what’s coming, your own clips, the countdown, then “Feature presentation”. “Movie night” is ready, so there’s nothing you have to set up.

  2. See it

    Watch a sample plays tonight’s pre-show here, without a film. Skip or close it to come back.

  3. Before any film, too

    Normally the pre-show plays before a booked Showtime. Switch this on to have it before any film you press Play on in this browser. Skip is always on screen.

  4. Themes

    A theme is the pre-show piece by piece, in order: cards (welcome, silence your phones, countdown), clips from a category, the holiday’s clip, coming-soon trailers. Edit one to change its pieces; Only when… limits a piece to some films, like a Dolby logo only before Atmos films.

  5. When each theme plays

    Pick a theme for days of the week, dates or holidays: a kids’ theme on Saturday mornings, a scary one in October. A Showtime can also pick its own.

  6. Clips

    Your clips, by category. Each category is a folder. Untick a clip to leave it out without deleting it. Clips take turns, so the same ones don’t come round every night.

  7. Your own clips (optional)

    An old cinema ad, a sound logo, a holiday bumper: type a category, then Upload clips. A category named after a holiday (Halloween, Christmas) plays only in its season. MP4 plays everywhere.

  8. Your theater’s name

    Shown on the welcome card: “Welcome to …”. Type a name, then click anywhere else to save it.

  9. Your pre-show is ready

    It plays before every Showtime. Book a film for a time, and leave the Showtime screen open on the TV.