Mike_da_Spike

Cheers guys ! I hope we can have at least 16 years more fun. I'm just a young member (I mean just joined, not that young anymore), but if I knew this 16 years ago, I joined from the beginning ! Thanks to everyone who is involved with this project ! Congrats all !

Nice one !

please attach your logfile and your settings file. I never tried to record in your setup, but can try it if I have some time (i have limited time, because I want to setup my arcade cabinet for moths now and still didnt do it)

You can also consider the following tool: This creates a small video with wheel, vendor and year. All your dmd's videos will have the same look

In the old days we never checked a manual. All those effort that people put it to write it was useless

It is a new feature, so no tutorials yet available. Maybe @scutters will create a video tutorial how to use Database manager. It is in manual of database manager

I assume you uses freezy's DMDdevice.dll to get coloured roms If so, within your visual pinball directory\Vpinmame, there is a file called DmdDevice.ini There is a a section called [Video] to setup : [video] ; if enabled, writes frames to an .avi file enabled = false ; path to folder or .avi file. if folder, gamename.avi is used. path = C:\pinball\PinballX\GeforceCapture\DMD Setting to to true, it will capture your DMD to an AVI file during the time that Visual pinball is running (you can do this at the same time as you record your video) You need to setup the path where the AVI files will be saved. Because it is VPINMAME. the filename will be the rom name, so you need to rename it afterwards (or drag and drop in PinballX dataabase manager to your real DMD display ) I hope this helps

As of the release notes in 4.50, Tom removed default filters indeed and you can create your filters. In Gamemanager click on the list button on top , select system and follow the steps PinballX Databasemanager gies a step further. Within advanced search, yiu can add,delete or modify a filter. And you can see directly what the results are of your filter. PinballX Database manager can be downloaded in the download section Release notes 4.50:

Pbx recorder records with ffmpeg and does a screen record. A real DMD is not a screen but a device (usb with com port setting) . So not able to just record it. If you want to record this, you need to find anothere way. Freezy's dmddevice.dll can be set to created avi files though pinmame. There are also on ftp some real DMD videos I created a small tool for (real) dmd and toppers to create a 7 second video that shows wheel, manufactor and year (see download section) Another way is a 3rd screen emulator, put your dmd there, and capture that So, sorry. Nothing out of the box if I recall it correctly for real dmd I hope this helps

Hey tom, found this link with version 1.9 https://pinballx.software.informer.com/versions/ @axl your issue will be definitely fixed with version 4.61

Sorry Tom

Use this link

Can you please attach your log file and your config file ? I have 900 tables setup in vpx, all tables in fx3 and some other systems, so not a limitation of PBX

Awesome ! If you want a life saver.. tey Databasemanager. It doesnt support subfolders, but worksso noce !

I dont understand why tbe extension is in the name. Maybe gamemanager changed that, but normally it wasnt there Can you post your visual pinball.xml file as well ? And post the output of your tables dir: Dir /s /b (from your table dir)

I don't see any launch of Visual Pinball. That could indicate that the file was not found at all (so a naming issue ??)

According to your log, you launched afm and after 1 1/2 minute the esc key was pressed. Can you post a log file from batman that doesn't work ? Btw. Did you test them outside vpx,by eunning them from command line ? Is naming correct setup ? Within Database Manager, file names will be checked if they are correct

@scuttersand I found some minor bugs in the previous release and those are fixed now. Also added the 40 system support that @Tom Speirs added in PinballX release 4.61 (was 25 previously) Just check out the release notes and have fun with it

@Tom Speirs Should Shouldfiel not be rotated during gdi grab (or do a 2nd ffmpeg to rotate the screen) I'm not an ffmepg expert, but thought that a -vf "transpose=2,transpose=2" was needed to rotate the playfield 180 Playfield record only shows this line FFMPEG.exe -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -offset_x 0 -offset_y 0 -video_size 3840x2160 -t 00:00:05 -i desktop -c:v h264_nvenc -an -rc vbr_hq -cq:v 31 -b:v 0 -pix_fmt yuv420p -movflags +faststart "C:\PinballX\MEDIA\Visual Pinball X\Table Videos\The Simpsons Pinball Party (Stern 2003).mp4"

That your video is 180 degrees rotated, I dont know. I'm using the geforce experience to grab the videos. And that is working I don't see anything that you record a backglass. You sure you selected it ?? Is your DMD recorded correctly ?

Just a small note: If you want to record Future pinball playfield tables, it is possible by enabling GPU capture, but change within GeForce Experience the record option from ALT+F9 to (for example) ALT+F11 ALT-F5 Do the same in PinballX Settings for start and stop recording. ALT-F9 is a key mapping within Future Pinball that will shows you FPS and some other info. You don't want to record this in your playfield videos I tried multiple F keys and Alt-F5 looks like not in used by Visual Pinball And Future pinball

Gamemanager and PBX Database Manager can download your content automatically if you have access to the gameex FTP. See https://www.gameex.info/forums/ftp/ Database Manager goes a step further, and you can add megaupload urls as well. With those megalinks you can download content as well. Documentation is in the download zip, but even my grandkids can work with the program without reading the manual On the FTP all wheels, (real) dmd and other media are there for FX3, so with both programs it should goes all automatically

I'm sorry. Age is playing a part. Try renaming mars to mars_.vpx Not at my cabinet, but looking in my xml backup:

"Third party" sounds so negative. Call it "Friends from PinballX"