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So IMO best would be a Android like style, where you have a boot loop animation (gif, apng) that's followed by some intro video once everything necessary is loaded.

That does sound good and makes a lot of sense.

I've tried the Startup.xml/Home.xml skin hack to show a video file on startup but it doesn't look very professional -- you see Kodi first, then the video file, then back to Kodi.

Still have to try Frost's Intro Movie addon but it looks old and may not work. We'll see.

No it doesn't if done right.

For example here is my Startup.xml for Confluence

http://pastebin.com/7Uripsnr

I've noticed you removed the following line from your Startup.xml:

Code:

<include>CommonBackground</include>

No-one mentioned that on the "official" thread. I tried it and it looks better but I still see some panel quickly slide in and out of the top right (probably the one that normally contains library update info). I guess this is as close to professional looking as it gets. Thanks for the tip.