Cinema Mode Intros

[SultanOfTux 3]

Hi Emby Community,

Great Cinema Mode plugin with VantagePoint! I've added two custom MP4 intros (App Version 2.0.2, Server 4.1.4.1.90), but during playback:

• Progress bar/overlay + filename flashes every time between clips.

• Mini-player HUD resets – totally kills the seamless cinematic flow.

Is there a setting to hide HUD/progress during the intro chain? For true black-screen continuous playback like native trailers? Is this planned for a future update?

Thanks in advance!

[Luke 42077]

Hi, what do you mean by resets?

[SultanOfTux 3]

“Resets” means the mini-player HUD reloads completely on each custom MP4 intro transition—showing filename, progress bar, and overlay briefly before hiding again. This breaks seamless cinematic flow, unlike native trailers with continuous black screen. No current setting hides it; combining intros into one file is a workaround.[emby +2]

[Luke 42077]

OK generally I think this is what we should do, except intros are obviously an exception and so we'll need to account for that. Thanks.

[unisoft 352]

On 05/12/2025 at 06:01, Luke said:

OK generally I think this is what we should do, except intros are obviously an exception and so we'll need to account for that. Thanks.

And just show a black background between clips rather than the themes background (more relevant to other emby clients where a theme may be set that does not have a black background). Asked for this before but still get background flashes between each clip and on screen display flash up like on Apple TV client....