About This File
I created a small program I('m not a programmer !) , that will create "Real DMD Color Videos" an/or "Topper" from your wheel image(s).
I was inspired what @Thalamus posted on Vpinball forum.
He posted Real DMD color Video's that first shows the wheel image for some seconds, than the year published and finally the company logo.
This all makes a video of around 7 seconds. If you enable high score showing in PinballX, it is a nice show when scrolling through your front end.
Until version 3.0 all was created in VBscript.
Started from version 3.0 it is transferred to VB.net .
Also created a settings program, that you need to run first (and setup)
In the attached ZIP there is also a folder with PNG,s of year. You can change these to your off color/font
For Real DMD users, it will create a video of 128x32 pixels
For DMD users, it will create a video of 1280x320 pixels with an dotted overlay (thanks @scutters for this)
Please used the following thread for any issues (this is my 2nd VB.net, so think I missed some things)
What's New in Version 3.2.0 See changelog
Released
Version 3.2.0:
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Added option for 3 different overlays, or no overlay :
- None - Will use Wheel image , Year image and Company image without an overlay
- Small - Will use Wheel image , Year image and Company image with an overlay of 320x80 pixels
- Medium - Will use Wheel image , Year image and Company image with an overlay of 256x64 pixels pixels
- Large - Will use Wheel image , Year image and Company image with an overlay of 128x32 pixels pixels
- RealDMD video's will stil use 128x32 with no overlay
This was a request of @joyrider3774
Version 3.1.4:
- Fixed bug for systems with a single quote in it in PBX.INI (thanks to @joyrider3774 for finding this)
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Fixed bug for getting correct company name when multiple names exists.
This could result that a company like Bally returned Bally Wulff or Bally Midway (thanks to @joyrider3774 for finding this)
Version 3.1.3:
- Fixed logpath setting. Logpath was ignored from INI settings.
Version 3.1.2:
- Fixed bug for enumeration systems in PBX.INI (thanks to @joyrider3774 for finding this)
Version 3.1.1:
- Forgot to add the YearImages folder
- NOTE : Because of filename change, you need to setup your settings once (or copy over from the previous INI file)
Version 3.1.0:
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Removed bug from CreateVideos_settings.exe that would only shows the default system files.
now also showing all the system files from 1 - 25 (not showing custom XML files !) - Added DMD/Topper checkbox in CreateVideos_settings.exe to select to create DMD and/or Topper videos
- Removed bug from CreateVideos.exe when imagepath was left empty in CreateVideos_settings.exe
- Added topper creation in CreateVideos.exe.
