Exactly right - many people do exactly what you're asking for Scott. You use your web interface to your Kaleidescape, go to the Scripts tab, and you should be able to easily set up your first script to play your intro and then the movie.
BUT, you have to customize the script to explicitly reference the movie you want, and then change it for your next movie night. The script will say:
PLAY "Scott's Movie Intro #1"
PLAY "Iron Man"
(and you can of course add trailers, trivia questions (if you have the right content), a DTS or THX intro, etc.)
Here's an example of a script I've used to automate an entire movie night, with an intro, short feature, trivia questions, trailers, DTS intro, and the feature.
BUT, scripts can't have variables... nor can they jump in and automatically change for any movie you pick, by forcing the playing of your intro before any movie selected.
So you need to plan ahead a bit and make a script for your particular selected movie for that night, then edit the script for the next night.
That, in my mind, is a huge bummer and why I've stopped using scripts. Without variables, they're pretty useless in most situations.
I've asked Kaleidescape for years to give us some more programming flexibility with scripts, but no response and no changes to script commands or editing in many many years. Oh well, it was something that held great potential and then was flawed in its execution (IMO) and kind of abandoned by their software teams as far as I can tell.
We can continue to hope... and if you agree that it should do more, let them know. I'm probably the only one who ever asked. At the very least, add your voice to
this thread here.
--josh