diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs
index 50cd7f304f..5d95417fe0 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.Movie.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			Global.MovieSession.Movie = m;
 			RewireInputChain();
 
-			LoadRom(Global.MainForm.CurrentlyOpenRom, true);
 			if (!record)
 			{
 				Global.MovieSession.Movie.LoadMovie();
+				SetSyncDependentSettings();
 			}
 
+			LoadRom(Global.MainForm.CurrentlyOpenRom, true);
+
 			Global.Config.RecentMovies.Add(m.Filename);
 			if (Global.MovieSession.Movie.StartsFromSavestate)
 			{
@@ -291,5 +293,28 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				Global.MovieSession.Movie.CommitFrame(Global.Emulator.Frame, Global.MovieOutputHardpoint);
 			}
 		}
+
+		//On movie load, these need to be set based on the contents of the movie file
+		private void SetSyncDependentSettings()
+		{
+			string str = "";
+			switch (Global.Emulator.SystemId)
+			{
+				case "Coleco":
+					str = Global.MovieSession.Movie.Header.GetHeaderLine(MovieHeader.SKIPBIOS);
+					if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str))
+					{
+						if (str.ToLower() == "true")
+						{
+							Global.Config.ColecoSkipBiosIntro = true;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							Global.Config.ColecoSkipBiosIntro = false;
+						}
+					}
+					break;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/movie/MovieHeader.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/movie/MovieHeader.cs
index 7bfae40383..be40f36ebd 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/movie/MovieHeader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/movie/MovieHeader.cs
@@ -183,6 +183,26 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				line = ParseHeader(line, MovieHeader.SHA1);
 				AddHeaderLine(MovieHeader.SHA1, line);
 			}
+			else if (line.Contains(MovieHeader.SKIPBIOS))
+			{
+				line = ParseHeader(line, MovieHeader.SKIPBIOS);
+				AddHeaderLine(MovieHeader.SKIPBIOS, line);
+			}
+			else if (line.Contains(MovieHeader.GB_FORCEDMG))
+			{
+				line = ParseHeader(line, MovieHeader.GB_FORCEDMG);
+				AddHeaderLine(MovieHeader.GB_FORCEDMG, line);
+			}
+			else if (line.Contains(MovieHeader.GB_GBA_IN_CGB))
+			{
+				line = ParseHeader(line, MovieHeader.GB_GBA_IN_CGB);
+				AddHeaderLine(MovieHeader.GB_GBA_IN_CGB, line);
+			}
+			else if (line.Contains(MovieHeader.SGB))
+			{
+				line = ParseHeader(line, MovieHeader.SGB);
+				AddHeaderLine(MovieHeader.SGB, line);
+			}
 			else if (line.StartsWith("subtitle") || line.StartsWith("sub"))
 			{
 				return false;