Researchers at China's breeding and research centre were concerned that five-year-old Ke Lin and her partner Yongyong never seemed to be in the mood.
So they played the couple a video of pandas mating in the wild to in an effort to get them to mate.
"Every time Yongyong tried to mount her, Ke Lin fought him off and we were worried she was going to miss her three-day breeding cycle," said a spokesman.
"So we played them the film and she took great interest in it. After that there was no stopping her and they mated successfully.
"In the wild, Ke Lin would have seen lots of other pandas mating but in captivity, it's no wonder she needed help."
Giant pandas have incredibly low breeding rates, and few zoos outside China have successfully managed to breed pandas.
Female giant pandas are fertile for just three days a year, and seem to lose their sexual appetite once in captivity.
They are also known to be very selective about their partners.
Most pandas are now bred in captivity, with the destruction of bamboo forests in China reducing their natural habitat.
Researchers have previously tried to coax the males into coitus using Viagra and a special exercise scheme.
A fruit is dangled on a string just out of reach for the animal, encouraging him to stand up on his hind legs and move about.
Meanwhile a zoo in Tokyo has put its pandas back on display after keepers decided mating season was over.
Shin Shin and her companion Ri Ri were given privacy earlier this week after they started showing signs of being in season, with managers at Ueno Zoo saying the notoriously shy animals would have more success away from prying eyes.
Two successful couplings - one on Monday evening and one the following morning - raised hopes that Shin Shin might have conceived.
