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Feature Request: Would it be possible to reposition the (main menu) Info Box? It would be ideal to be able to remove it from the playfield and assign it to the Topper. A second option to mirror it may also appeal to some users. I'd imagine this would be a checkbox/flip menu item in the Settings app: - Render Game Info to Topper (no info box on playfield) - Render Game Info to Playfield (default - current behavior) - Render Game Info to Playfield and Topper (mirror on both) If the option was active for the Topper, topper videos/images would not be shown - even if available in the respective media folders. The existing Topper X/Y co-ordinates options for position/size would be used to control the Topper Info box display.

Hi all, Just wanted to know where PBX stores Favourites DB/xml? More to the point, can this be given a path in the PBX.ini...or somewhere else?

Yes. You need to manually create additional lists (xml files) that will appear as additional filters in PBX. These are placed within the (sub-folders of) the PinballX/Databases folder. On my system, I have 4 such xml files for Future Pinball: - Future Pinball.xml (all FP tables) - Future PinballEM.xml (only Electro-Mechanical replica FP tables) - Future PinballSS.xml (only Solid State replica FP tables) - Future PinballVirtual.xml (user-created original FP tables) Similar for Visual Pinball. I have a further "Groups" folder - which points to the VP/FP/Pinball FX etc. folders. Using this, I can (for example) filter by EM tables only - which points to both the VIsual/Future Pinball EM.xml files - and displays ALL EM tables on the machine - irrespective of emulator/app. I can filter by emulator/app - i.e. only Future Pinball, only Visual Pinball. I can filter by only Visual Pinball SS or EM tables etc. Basically, it's feasible to create any categories you need....it just takes time.

AFAIK, Pinball X leverages ffmpeg/ffplay. You can adjust video playback (filters) using command line arguments, but I'd imagine there is/are a number of preset playback templates built into PBX. The Image/Video Brightness option in the PBX Settings app is probably a tweak that alters the ffplay brightness command value (or accesses a different template). This would result in a command that looks something like this: "ffplay -vf eq=brightness=0.08:saturation=2 videoname.mp4" Have a poke around here (sections 10.5.1 and 10.5.1.1) to learn more: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#eq

WRT auto starting. Is Pinball X running with administrator privileges?

Easiest (or at least fastest) way to delete multiple entries is to directly edit the appropriate xml file in Pinball X > Databases > "System Name". Right-click the file and choose Edit in Notepad (or a similar utility, such as Notepad++). Highlight the table you want to remove and press the Delete key. As an example (highlight everything from <game name="xxxx"> to </game>): <game name="2001 (Gottlieb 1971)"> <description>2001 (Gottlieb 1971)</description> <rom></rom> <manufacturer>Gottlieb</manufacturer> <year>1971</year> <type>EM</type> <hidedmd>True</hidedmd> <hidetopper>False</hidetopper> <hidebackglass>True</hidebackglass> <enabled>True</enabled> <rating>4</rating> </game> Do this for all tables you want to remove and then save the file.

Can you adjust the display gamma value - either directly in the TV/monitor settings or the video card settings (or both)? It may also be a power-saving setting that could be affecting things - again either in the monitor or computer/video card settings.

Does the usual END key, followed by the 8/9 keyboard buttons not do the trick? You may also need to do the F3 / Reset before setting the levels with END+8/9.

Hi Tom, Latest version of Pinball X (3.2.9). PBA 1.7.x. Machine is offline....and have found TPAFreeCam problematic....so don't do direct table launch. All Pinball Arcade tables load - except Addams Family - using standard PBA launch mechanism/grid numbers in PBX. Essentially the final "click", and Enter/Enter don't happen for this table only (grid 1x1). This worked in earlier revs of PBX...and changed somewhere between 3.0.6 and 3.2.0.

Hi all, First post. Apologies in advance if there is an existing solution....and a free beer from the virtual fridge for anyone who can point me in the right direction. Have set up a PBX system with a bunch of tables for various systems, added media, etc. All good, including custom databases....but.... What I'd like is the ability to use standard xml structure commands in the custom lists. This request is primarily due to the limited number of possible filter category lists. Example: <menu> <item>Main menu <menu> <item>Sub-Menu <menu> <item>Sub-Sub-Menu</item> </menu> </item> </menu> </item> </menu> In use: Alphabetical: Pointing to suitable xml files (FP, VP, PBFX2 - A, B, C, D etc.) I know I can do (and have done) this already with custom lists, but what's missing is the ability to create cascading menus in the custom lists. This would allow a user to select, say Visual Pinball in the filter list, then click the assigned OK button to open a submenu - sorted alphabetically, by manufacturer or whatever. Navigation through the A - Z, manufacturer, year, type etc. submenu would be with the flipper buttons. OK to select a submenu category. Usual ESC key to exit up the hierarchy. An alternative - and possibly simpler/faster to implement option that would serve the purpose to a degree - is a scrollable list in PBX that allows for as many filter category lists as the user wants. That said, the Filter/Favourite lists are hierarchical (at the top-level, at least), so should be relatively easy to implement?