DBrown67

Just updated to the latest version 5.02. Was as easy and painless as you said it would be However the screenshots for the DMD area are behaving exactly the same way. I would try taking short videos for each table, but last time I tried it the files were HUUUUGE and I didn't want to use that much disc space. I'm happy with screenshots as I have short audio files for every table on there that someone else created. A lot have little callouts in them such as "Most of my partners end up dead" for Dirty Harry . They're pretty cool.

Yes scutters... that image is not stretched. But it is pulled top/bottom when used in the frontend. The image should be taken as in the template you drew with the white area being the mp4 underlay. The words "GAME OVER" are offset towards the top as in the pic, so I can confirm it;s correct. The screenshots are taken and displayed correctly by PinballX for the non-DMD tables such as Jokerz (log and ini supplied). Regarding updating PinballX... is it as simple as overwriting the new files into my install? I'm concerned that some image files or positional settings etc. are going to get altered. It's taken me ages to get where I am now (and yes I do make periodic backups of my drives).

Sorry, just seen your reply today. OK I've attached the files you need. The top two are for non-DMD table Jokerz! The second pair are for DMD table Gilligan's Island. There's also a screen shot of DMD image being stretched. The Jokerz! image was too large to paste here. I can confirm I am using Freezy and not vpinmame to display the 4:1 dmds. Vpinmame is unchecked when I press F1 for all such tables, so there is only the Freezy dmd being displayed. Regarding the making of each PupPack... if I was using Popper then there is apparently a very quick and easy method to set one pack up and the rest follow as default. But I just followed a guide of how to do this without Popper. And all the tables are done now :p log.txt PinballX.ini log.txt PinballX.ini

I've recently installed some mp4 videos as DMD overlays in mini pup packs. (I made a post recently about PinballX not recording screenshots of this DMD area) However, this is a separate issue, I'm certain of it. That's because I've installed around 80 of these little videos as tiny pup-packs (they play on a loop around 30 seconds long). To install them I create a pup-pack and it has one folder with this single mp4 file in it. On exiting a table PinballX handles everything fine... except for Twilight Zone where it kills the table, backglass and DMD but will not kill the mp4 video. So the video is left playing while I'm browsing other tables. When I exit PinballX back to desktop I find that PinupPlayer and PinupDisplay are still running in my hidden icons on taskbar. I cannot understand why, as I created this pup-pack the same as all the others. The video isn't the largest file size either. PinballX kills packs containing larger size video files just fine. It's just this one (so far that I've found). It must be something to do with the video file itself, as all others are closed fine. I'm not running PinballX in compatibility mode or as Admin. (Nothing is as Admin). Escape key is disabled in VPX key config as sometimes (rarely) it takes precedence over ESC for PinballX. With it disabled in VPX I don't ever have that issue again. EDIT: I just swapped the Twilight Zone mp4 video for another video I used in another pup-pack. And PinballX still refuses to close it. So there must be something about this table that is stopping PinballX closing everything down, because that video gets closed in the other pack it's used in. DOUBLE EDIT: OMG I found a solution! I Googled PinballX in conjunction with Twilight Zone and it seems a line of code needs to be added to the bottom of the table script as follows: Sub Table1_Exit():Controller.Stop:End Sub Always learning something in this hobby (Don't know how to mark topic as solved though :p)

I was trying again today and I'd like to add that this only happens when using a 4:1 style DMD within the mp4 video. On tables where I remove the grill from the back glass so that part pf the back glass appears on the DMD within the mp4 video (e.g. Bride of Pinbot, Diner, F-14, Funhouse etc.) then the screenshot is taken. These are still rom based tables but don't have the 4:1 style DMD. I do this "removal" on certain back glasses because I don't want images of speakers grills on the back glass when I already have real speaker grills. So it's something to so with the mp4 overlay AND the 4:1 separate DMD playing simultaneously.

I'm using version 4.33 of PinballX and I've just fitted a new 16:9 screen for full DMD and pup packs. I'm using some mp4 overlays for the 4:1 letter box style dmds just to make the screen look more "full". But when I try to take a screenshot it doesn't copy the overlay part. It only copies the dmd in the middle and then stretches it top/bottom so it looks bad. When I screenshot pup packs using full screen they are fine. I have the dmd section in the PinballX settings as the full screen so it takes a full image when playing pup packs (and it works OK). To get the overlays working I had to create a pup pack for each one, but the pack only consists of that single overlay on the dmd screen. Any ideas about these screen shotting overlays?

One other thing... even if I manage to edit all my DMD images.... the default PinballX logo will be stretched to fit that size. Is there a way to turn that animation off for EM tables?

Thanks for that. Yes I was thinking the same thing myself shortly after I made the post. I was just dreading having to alter all those DMD images. But I suppose if there's something that can do it in a batch then it should be fine. I see you're from Leeds. Me too. Just 10 mins walk from Elland Road.

I just changed my 3rd DMD monitor from a 4:1 slim type to a 16:9 full screen type. I like all my normal DMDs to appear in 4:1 aspect ratio centred down the middle of the screen. All is well and good with that. But now I want to use the full 3rd screen for pup packs and of course these take up the full screen. But I can only set the DMD in the settings to one size. I can use the 3rd monitor without issues in VPX but if I take a screenshot it only captures the 4:1 letterbox central part. And if I change the window in settings to full screen resolution it then stretches all the normal DMD screenshots I already had. So is there a way round this? Or am I destined to not have screenshots for one DMD type in the frontend?