MP4 screen saver (SaveHollywood)

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/31201/setting-custom-screensaver

@woodsb I have been tasked with the same thing, using SaveHollywood. I have had 0 luck on getting this to work. Were you able to get this to work and if you have, can you share?
Thanks,

You'll need to push out a package containing the screen saver, the video to be used, and a plist giving instructions to the screen saver. Make sure you place the video files in a universally available location (not /tmp/ or inside a user's home folder) and set the plist to the correct location.

plist name: fr.whitebox.SaveHollywood.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>assets.library</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Path/To/Vids</string>
        <string>/Path/To/Vids/Special Content</string>
    </array>
    <key>assets.randomOrder</key>
    <true/>
    <key>assets.startWhereLeftOff</key>
    <false/>
    <key>frame.background.color</key>
    <string>0.000000|0.000000|0.000000</string>
    <key>frame.drawBorder</key>
    <false/>
    <key>frame.randomPosition</key>
    <false/>
    <key>frame.scaling</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>frame.showMetadata</key>
    <false/>
    <key>frame.showMetadata.mode</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
    <key>movie.audio.mainDisplayOnly</key>
    <false/>
    <key>movie.volume.mode</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>screen.mainDisplayOnly</key>
    <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

Hello @cpresnall I have a package for screen saver and the video to be used. How do I get the plist pushed out? Many thanks
Where do you suggest the video to be located?

@cbruce I put everything in the same Composer package. The video files can go anywhere you like (we use users/shared/shsaver)
The plist needs to be sent to library/library/preferences/fr.whitebox.SaveHollywood.plist

@cpresnall So I need to create another package for fr.whitebox.SaveHollywood.plist?

Just use the same package with another folder embedded.

Grabbed what I can for you in a screenshot out of Composer. My company is security conscious about what we expand file wise though.

@cpresnall So I can just copy the fr.whitebox.SaveHollywood.plist (modify where I drop the .mp4 file) and then drop it into composer? You have been a great help !

@cbruce Exactly! Jamf and their tools make this so much easier than it used to be. Composer is a real lifesaver when used correctly.

@cpresnall in your screen capture you list Users/Shared . In the Shared directory, that is where you have the video, correct?

@cpresnall I was able to deploy to 3 machines. Thank you so much for all of your assistance (and patience) !

@cpresnall Do you know if this is still working on Catalina? I've been previously managing these settings with a profile that I created from the ByHost plist and created with mcxToProfile.py, but now it's no longer working. I came across this post and tried your suggestion but no luck. Could you also explain why the .plist is placed in /Library/Library/Preferences and not /Library/Preferences ? Thanks!

@mottertektura We do have this working in both Catalina and Mojave. We've not made any changes to the installation, but have repeatedly erased and re-installed/upgraded these devices as they are in a testing lab.

Has anyone used SaveHollywood recently? I have tried as posted above, although the use of Library/Library is very confusing. I have using /Library/Preferences, given I dont understand how you can have Library/Library, but no luck. I can get Save Hollywood to install and deploy the video to Shared folder but the plist does not work and I have tried deploying the plist to various places.

Has anyone gotten this to work recently? Cant seem to set the preferences for SaveHollywood