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Movie on Startup?

If you want it to play after logging in (as a startup item), you can do so by writing a very simple script. If you want it to play before logging in, I've no idea how you'd accomplish that.
 
I rarely ever restart my computer so even if it does get old, its just for the lolz. But yes, it is that video which I've changed around a bit to be more epic. But i would want it to play before it shows the login screen.
 
It is not exactly what you want but I made a little script which ask you if you want to play the welcome video. Because it first asks if you want to play the video it doesn't become really irritating. You can copy this in apple script if you want: (Then save it as an application and put it in your startup items)

set question to display dialog "Would you like a welcome video?" buttons {"Nah, don't feel like", "Yes, thanks"} default button 2
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Yes, thanks" then tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open "Macintosh HD:Users:rijnderwever:Movies:Nieuw project.mov"
play document "Nieuw project.mov"
present document "Nieuw project.mov"
end tell
if answer is equal to "Nah, don't feel like" then tell application "Welkom"
quit
end tell

You have to replace "rijnderwever" by your own user name and "Nieuw project.mov" by the name of the video you want to play in your movies folder. If it doesn't work you can always ask. :)
 
don't do it said:
AppleScript Error

QuickTime Player got an error: cant make "my movie.mov" into type document.
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Try this:

Code: 
tell application "Quicktime Player"
     set the_movie to "DIRECTORY_TO_FILE"
     open the_movie
end tell

Place this in the appropriate part of rien333's code and it should work (it is for me at least). This still won't let you play before login but you can set it as a login item.
 
dissolve said:
Try this:

Code: 
tell application "Quicktime Player"
     set the_movie to "DIRECTORY_TO_FILE"
     open the_movie
end tell

Place this in the appropriate part of rien333's code and it should work (it is for me at least). This still won't let you play before login but you can set it as a login item.
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It does work, but it doesn't play in fullscreen and it also doesn't start automatically playing (While mine's does). And no matter how much you try, you can't play it before the login screen. I'm now working on a working apple script for automatically playing a movie fullscreen at startup. (All for you guys! :p) I also made a icon for this apple script a while back. If you want it you can always ask. :)
 
rien333 said:
It does work, but it doesn't play in fullscreen and it also doesn't start automatically playing (While mine's does). And no matter how much you try, you can't play it before the login screen. I'm now working on a working apple script for automatically playing a movie fullscreen at startup. (All for you guys! :p) I also made a icon for this apple script a while back. If you want it you can always ask. :)
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I know, I was just correcting a small section of your code that wasn't working for the OP. Quicktime Player doesn't like the "play document" command, but "open" seems to work; at least that was my experience.
 
Created the right code:
Code: 
set question to display dialog "Would you like a welcome video?" buttons {"Nah, don't feel like", "Yes, thanks"} default button 2
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Yes, thanks" then tell application "QuickTime Player"
	set theMovie to "Macintosh HD:Users:rijnderwever:Movies:Nieuw project.mov"
	set openMovie to open theMovie
	present openMovie
	play openMovie
end tell
if answer is equal to "Nah, don't feel like" then tell application "Welcome"
	quit
end tell
Enjoy! :)
(Make sure you replace rijnderwever by your own username, etc. and save it as an application named "Welcome" without quotes)
I also have a pretty nice icon for this application, made by myself. So if you don't like the standard apple script icon, ask for it.
 
rien333 said:
Created the right code:
Code: 
set question to display dialog "Would you like a welcome video?" buttons {"Nah, don't feel like", "Yes, thanks"} default button 2
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Yes, thanks" then tell application "QuickTime Player"
	set theMovie to "Macintosh HD:Users:rijnderwever:Movies:Nieuw project.mov"
	set openMovie to open theMovie
	present openMovie
	play openMovie
end tell
if answer is equal to "Nah, don't feel like" then tell application "Welcome"
	quit
end tell
Enjoy! :)
(Make sure you replace rijnderwever by your own username, etc. and save it as an application named "Welcome" without quotes)
I also have a pretty nice icon for this application, made by myself. So if you don't like the standard apple script icon, ask for it.
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Nice script. I haven't tested it, but it looks good (and I presume you checked it out yourself :p). OP, save this as a script or application with Applescript Editor and add it to your login items under the Accounts Pane of System Preferences. Unfortunately, I really don't think you can place it before the login screen as that would require altering the boot sequence. Maybe someone else knows how...
 
dissolve said:
Nice script. I haven't tested it, but it looks good (and I presume you checked it out yourself :p). OP, save this as a script or application with Applescript Editor and add it to your login items under the Accounts Pane of System Preferences. Unfortunately, I really don't think you can place it before the login screen as that would require altering the boot sequence. Maybe someone else knows how...
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Thanks for the compliment. :) (I did spent some time on it) I can confirm that it works, tested it on all my machines.

It think the os just won't let you play a video before the login screen, it is something that just is not build in.
 
It can't be that difficult. (one would think).

Every new mac plays a movie at the first startup.
 
Richard1028 said:
It must be as the script doesn't do what the OP wants. You still need to log in.
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A 10 line script which almost does what you want is far better than writing your own operating system that does exactly what you want.

dissolve said:
Unfortunately, I really don't think you can place it before the login screen as that would require altering the boot sequence. Maybe someone else knows how...
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It won't be possible to do this even by altering the boot sequence, as login items are user specific, so you have to choose a user to run them.

Also, I don't remember the OS X intro movie running before the login has been completed. I thought it played as soon as the system gets to the desktop in its first start, ie. before you have set passwords and login screens and all that.
 
Erasmus said:
It won't be possible to do this even by altering the boot sequence, as login items are user specific, so you have to choose a user to run them.

Also, I don't remember the OS X intro movie running before the login has been completed. I thought it played as soon as the system gets to the desktop in its first start, ie. before you have set passwords and login screens and all that.
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I was trying to remember this too. But, it certainly plays the movie after an OS upgrade in which login settings have already been determined. I can't remember, but I think the movie played before providing the login screen.
 
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