Ok this is what I did. I renamed the n900 short 3.avi into n900short.avi. Changed the values in the default.conf to: [hildon-welcome]'filename=n900short.avi' copied both files via usb into my document folder. Disconnected the usp. opened x terminal and typed the following: sudo gainroot mv /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/default.conf /etc/hildon-welcome.d/ mv /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/n900short.avi /opt/ cd /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media/ ln -s /opt/n900short.avi n900short.avi closed x-terminal rebooted device.... result: no vid playing