PinballX Backglass Videos Stalling

[Jodannar]

Well it hasn't been thy issue for a long time and we can't rename the thread. Issue was table videos freezing when scrolling. Tables now fine, occurs on backglass. Likely a similar but different issue and cause

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[Draco1962]

Would you mind providing copies of your updated pinballx.ini and log.txt files? 

[Jodannar]

INI file. The first backglass video will always play, scrolling to others I get a black screen, where there is a video labelled correctly. Closeing pinball and starting on the "blank" backglass table, the backglass video loads successfully.

PinballX.ini

[Draco1962]

And the log.txt file?

[Draco1962]

BTW, I went ahead and started a new thread for the backglass video issues.

[Jodannar]

08:47:48.9  15/05/2016:  PinballX - Version 2.16
08:47:49.0  15/05/2016:  Windows 10 Pro N 64-bit (7.8GB)
08:47:49.0  15/05/2016:  Loading Settings
08:47:49.0  15/05/2016:  Initialize Component
08:47:49.0  15/05/2016:  Initialize Display
08:47:50.1  15/05/2016:  Loading PlugIns
08:47:50.2  15/05/2016:  Created DirectX BackGlass Window
08:47:50.3  15/05/2016:  Created DirectX DMD Window
08:47:50.4  15/05/2016:  Hiding Cursor
08:47:50.4  15/05/2016:  Hiding Taskbar
08:47:50.4  15/05/2016:  CPU:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
08:47:50.4  15/05/2016:  GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
08:47:50.4  15/05/2016:  Displays: 3
08:47:50.5  15/05/2016:  Load Game List
08:47:50.5  15/05/2016:  Loading Database: Pinball FX2
08:47:50.5  15/05/2016:  Loading Database: Visual Pinball
08:47:50.5  15/05/2016:  Loading Database: Visual Pinball 10
08:47:50.5  15/05/2016:  Finding and matching artwork and videos
08:47:51.0  15/05/2016:  Loading Game Statistics and Scores
08:47:51.5  15/05/2016:  Loading Surfaces
08:47:51.6  15/05/2016:  Finished Loading Surfaces
08:47:51.6  15/05/2016:  Initialize Audio
08:47:51.7  15/05/2016:  Set Keyboard Controls
08:47:51.7  15/05/2016:  Initialize Joystick
08:47:51.7  15/05/2016:  1 Joystick Attached
08:47:51.7  15/05/2016:  Started
08:48:29.8  15/05/2016:  Exiting
08:48:30.0  15/05/2016:  Showing Taskbar
08:48:30.0  15/05/2016:  Unhiding Mouse Cursor
08:48:30.1  15/05/2016:  Disposing Plugins
08:48:30.1  15/05/2016:  Saving Settings
08:48:30.2  15/05/2016:  Bye

 

[Draco1962]

Is this on all tables from the main PinballX menu? Are you using the LAV codecs? Can you create and attach a video of this in action? What format are the videos in?

[Jodannar]

 

Golden birds, Gorgar and f1 all have videos set correctly. First 2 tables scrolled through show correct video. 3rd shows a still of the first. Same behaviour as I was getting on the Playfield videos previously.

Edit: waiting on youtube upload for video. Will only let me attach 1MB here

 

[Draco1962]

Still need answers to the questions answered as this may be similar but different and so we don't need to dig through the last thread. Thanks! 

[Jodannar]

Yes, LAV filters installed. All backglass videos. Whichever table you start on works, one scrolled to after that works. 3rd table gives still image of first table video. Videos are flv format, the same as the table videos used.

PinballX running as administrator. No compatibility modes, Windows 10.

 

https://youtu.be/RJ8rfvIkM1E

 

[Jodannar]

interestingly, if I set pinball to run in a window for the main screen, the other 2 windows for dmd and backglass appear on the primary monitor also. changing back to fullscreen moves them to their respective monitors.

[Draco1962]

While flv videos should work ok, I wonder if mp4 might work better?  I use mp4 with no problems. 

[Jodannar]

Everything is actually mp4. Backglass and table. Forgot that I re-recorded everything into MP4 after the table video issue.

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[Jodannar]

Anyone running windows 10 able to share their settings for successful working of videos on both backglass and table views? Share me an INI file to try?

[Umpa]

I seem to have same problem but it only started since I updated to the latest pinballx

[Jodannar]

Yay umpa. Someone who can reproduce the issue. Do you have anything in your logs? Can you post your ini file to compare?

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[Draco1962]

2 hours ago, Umpa said:

I seem to have same problem but it only started since I updated to the latest pinballx

Please provide copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files for review.  Click on the PinballX How to ask for help link in my signature for instructions on how to locate the files and submit them. Thanks. 

[Umpa]

I will tomorrow. Thanks!

[Umpa]

So I did some looking and it seems I had use B2s enabled in settings for backglass. I disabled that and it is now working as it did before. My mistake.

[Draco1962]

1 hour ago, Umpa said:

So I did some looking and it seems I had use B2s enabled in settings for backglass. I disabled that and it is now working as it did before. My mistake.

Thanks Umpa for letting us know the solution to this issue for you!

@Jodannar - Do you have use B2S enabled in your settings for backglass? Please try disabling this setting and report back if any improvement. Thanks!

[Jodannar]

B2s disabled causes the videos to play and stall. With b2s enabled the videos obviously aren't used and b2s works.

I want to use videos for backglass in pinballx and for pinballfx2 tables.

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[Draco1962]

Sorry but it isn't obvious to me as I do not run B2S yet. 

I'm not sure that I can be of any help so will defer to the others with more experience. 

[Carny_Priest]

How long does it usually take for the backglass video to stall? Does it only happen when you are scrolling or does it also happen when you are in attract mode? What was the source of your videos?

[Jodannar]

Can leave it running on a table when first loaded and it will run forever. When you scroll to the 2nd table, it's video will also work forever. Third table displays a still from the first tables video (where it left off)

It does happen in attract mode, when it swaps tables.

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[Carny_Priest]

For me it is table videos that freeze, but it's not predictable when it will freeze or on what table it will freeze. Sometimes it will run in attract mode for hours without an issue, but usually after some time it will freeze. By freeze, I mean the video stalls as you say. I can continue to scroll and the wheel still scrolls in attract mode. At this point, I just tolerate it and restart PinballX when the table video stalls.

What is the source of your videos. What size are they? If it is a memory issue, it may just require lower res or more compression. The backglasses for many tables are static anyway. You might try swapping the videos for images at least where the backglass is relatively static.