Pablo Smiraglia

uploaded overlays and underlays. 2k videos work.

just tried again with 2.70 and, after slowly scrolling through 4 tables, pinballx exited to the desktop. log.txt PinballX.ini

I've uploaded my table, backglass, and dmd videos to: /-PinballX-/Other Uploads/psmiraglia the one set of videos missing are toppers not created by me... those can be downloaded from VPU Hope this helps, pablo.

If you have a way for me to upload privately, I can... I don't want to get yelled at by folks that created media that do not want to be shared (long, unrelated story). I can upload all my VPX media, DBs and startup scripts (you let me know what else). I can get you logs, just let me know which ones. right now I'm running 2K PF videos, as they run smooth, butI can switch to 4K easily in a couple of days when I get back home. BTW, this is for VP only, all my FP, FX2/3, Zaccaria and other emulators have 1080p videos only... thnaks.

what would "everything" be ?

just scrolling through tables. it takes a couple of seconds for videos to start, which is not consistent with HW acceleration behavior. Scrolling with 2k videos (30fps) is just fast and flawless (has been since 2.62). I run: 4k PF on 1070, 720p BG on 1070, 720p topper on Intel on board, and PIMDMDv3 on USB.

yes, only 4k videos freshly created with pbxrecorder. 2 K videos work well (have worked well since 2.62). With 2k videos, the cab can run for days in attract mode. I'll try this version, but not before the end of the week as I'll be out of town.

something changed since yesterday, and now it works... I have tried with Filezilla on win, and YumyFTP on MAC. txs.

similar problem. it started a couple of weeks back. explicit tls does not help: tatus: Resolving address of online.gameex.com Status: Connecting to 109.236.84.149:21... Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Status: Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS. Command: USER psmiraglia@gmail.com Response: 331 Password required Command: PASS ******** Response: 534 Policy requires SSL. Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server Tried different clients, mac and win. both explicit and implicit SSL fail (implicit runs on a different port, but tried just in case). Have you changed to a new FTP service ?

I've been trying 4k videos since 2.62. last try was with 2.68 and, after scrolling a few tables, pbx just hangs. i have updated lav filters to latest available version. 2k videos have been working great since 2.62. 1. is there an optimal encoding config for ffpmeg i should use with pbxrecorder? 2. any nvidia setting specific to pbx i should use? i7/16GB/SSD/GTX1070/intel4600 pf4k/bg720p/top720p/pimdmd3 dof log.txt PinballX.ini

--source=pinballfx3

I'm not sure what is included with the new update, other than the additional control for launch vs. select, but I've tested higher quality videos. I still cannot run 4k viedos (both at 30fps or 5fps, I get a black screen), but 2K videos at 30fps seem to run well and they look very nice on a 4K monitor. I'm running a real DMD, and BG and topper monitors at 720p each.

i ran pbxrecorder with 2K30fps encoding and the results are (almost) great. videos are very nive on a 4k screen, but PBX crashes after some time scrolling: thoughts? 09:26:10.0 2/6/2018: Started 09:28:38.5 2/6/2018: Error. Exiting 09:28:38.5 2/6/2018: Parameter is not valid. 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format) 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height) 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Surface.a(String A_0, Device A_1) 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at Direct2D.Direct2d.Surface..ctor(String Filename, Device Device) 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at PinballX.FrmMain.b(Boolean A_0) 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at PinballX.FrmMain.af() 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at PinballX.FrmMain.ap() 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: at PinballX.FrmMain..ctor() 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: Disposing Plugins 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: Showing Taskbar 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: Unhiding Mouse Cursor 09:28:38.6 2/6/2018: Bye

checking on this item... is PBX still the bottleneck for 4k PF videos? i gave it a shot again and could not get it to render well (i7, 16gb, ssd, gtx1080). changing rendering options did not help. right now i have a batch of 4k, 30fps, half yuv420p, have ffmpeg default i could share

Makes sense. Thanks.

thanks for the offer, but i would like to keep pbx with the least amount of plugins... it still crashes every 5 launches or so... so i want less moving parts, I'm curious though why and how you develop a plugin without testing it?

the help tip in the ui states: "The parameters. The following tags are supported and will be replaced with values - [TABLEPATH], [TABLEFILE], [TABLEFILEWOEXT], [MANUFACTURER], [YEAR], [SYSTEM], [RATING], [DESCRIPTION]." i wish [TYPE] was also supported, and still would like confirmation from the devs if those tags are usable or not. if not, it may be a good idea to fix the help tip. at this point i had to take the long route and created an if statement for each (12) games based on TABLEFILE. i hate it, but i rather do that than maintain 4 extra systems and associated xmls for my groups. your proposal, while effective, is beyond the level of effort i'd like to put on this, bt thatnk! I' not the first one to ask better leverage of the xmls (put an er already). i wish there was any movement on this...

well, I just tried [MANUFACTURER] [YEAR] and [RATING] and they do not seem to work. Are these implemented ? the help tip implies they were...

thanks! but I'm hoping I can avoid parsing files... PBX can pass TABLEFILE, MANUFACTURER, DESCRIPTION, RATING, etc. to a "run before" program... if it could pass TYPE, I'll be all set (with either batch or ahk). If this is not possible, I may "sacrifice" the YEAR or RATING tags and use it for my needs

is it possible to pass "Type" as a parameter to a launch before script ? I'm trying to use the table type in a condition to launch an app. For example: if type pinsound run pinsoundsturio.exe if type PROC run dmdext.exe at this point, I had to create a separate system for PROC tables, and 3 systems for VP9/VP9PM5/VPX with pinsound. if would be great if I could do something like this: echo %1 IF "%1" "PS9" ( start "c:\Pinball\Visual Pinball\PinSoundStudio 0.9\PinSoundStudio.exe" ) IF "%1" "PS8" ( start "c:\Pinball\Visual Pinball\PinSoundStudio 0.8\PinSoundStudio.exe" ) IF "%1" "PROC" ( start dmdext.exe mirror --source screen --position 5650 640 512 128 --no-virtual -p COM3 start C:\P-ROC\ProcPinXBefore.exe ) exit

any thoughts from the devs?

While troubleshooting a different issue, related to DOF, I seem to have fixed this problem. I installed a new DOF dll (not public yet), as well as disabled doflinx in the background (I launch it before FP, FX2/3 tables now). PBX stays responsive in attract mode, even after 24+ hours running... every now and then videos get stuck (browsing tables work, but PF or GB video still shows an older table), but after a few seconds it works again. Having said that, both 2.42 and 2.50 don't work for me... browsing tables rapidly (rapid button taps, not button hold) crashes PBX. I'm on 2.41 running well now...

any thoughts what I could do to troubleshoot?

any thoughts what I could do to troubleshoot?

This type of crash happens every now and then. I actually have a process that restarts pinballx automatically, but I figured I should share this in case you are interested. I have tryied both full screen and windowed mode and this happens every so often... log.txt PinballX.ini