qcol Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Is it possible to do something to make the recorded media write down according to the description and not the name of the vpx file? VPX file name is troublesome because after each update of the game it requires the names of all files in the media to be changed. If the files were named as in the description, everything would be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I think the name matches the file, because thats a unique name. The description names can be the same, so causes different tables has the same video. But this is just an assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 There are no cases where 2 different games have the same name. If I have any MOD then I add "MOD" to the name and it's all right. Some games (especially new ones) are very often updated and file names change to v1.0, v1.01, v1.02 and so on. This requires a permanent change of the files in the media folder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 If you have exact matching enabled, then the filename of the media must match the ROM exactly. I prefer this over using fuzzy matching which can mismatch with similarly named files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Draco1962 said: If you have exact matching enabled, then the filename of the media must match the ROM exactly. I prefer this over using fuzzy matching which can mismatch with similarly named files. ROM? are You sure? Not filename? I think it would be less troublesome if you could (although as an option) record a video with the same file name as the description. If I download table audio and launch audio online using the game manager, it saves as a description, not as a file name... there are no consequences here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 5 hours ago, qcol said: ROM? are You sure? Not filename? I think it would be less troublesome if you could (although as an option) record a video with the same file name as the description. If I download table audio and launch audio online using the game manager, it saves as a description, not as a file name... there are no consequences here PinballX allows for either game name or filename of thr ROM. Pick your poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutters Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 14 hours ago, qcol said: Is it possible to do something to make the recorded media write down according to the description and not the name of the vpx file? VPX file name is troublesome because after each update of the game it requires the names of all files in the media to be changed. If the files were named as in the description, everything would be OK. Have you tried PBXRecorder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 4 hours ago, scutters said: Have you tried PBXRecorder? I don't use an external tool because the built-in one works great. The only problem is naming files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 10 hours ago, Draco1962 said: PinballX allows for either game name or filename of thr ROM. Pick your poison. Where's that option in PinballX because I don't see it? At least it's not in the "Video recording" section... Can you tell me where I can find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Away from my setup so can't tell you where to go in Setup Wizard, but in the pinballx.ini - To use exact matching: [FileSystem] EnableFileMatching=False To use "fuzzy matching": [FileSystem] EnableFileMatching=True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Draco1962 said: Away from my setup so can't tell you where to go in Setup Wizard, but in the pinballx.ini - To use exact matching: [FileSystem] EnableFileMatching=False To use "fuzzy matching": [FileSystem] EnableFileMatching=True I know this option... is the general settings of PinballX. But you previously wrote "PinballX allows for either game name or filename of thr ROM". That's three options. Fuzzy matching is not the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I think you are misunderstanding the my explanation. Your media can be named after the game name in the xml or the ROM name - that is two options. It is not a selectible option. It is hard coded in PinballX and it is selectible by how you name your media in the xml. You must also be aware of the file matching setting as it can cause undesired effects when enabled, such as loading similarly named media when game name is utilized (i.e. Black Knight vs. Black Knight 2000). The best control is naming the media the same as the ROM and not enabling File Matching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Okay, I get it. But I have a lot of mods based on the same ROM so it's not an option. OK, I guess there is still manual renaming of recorded media or using PBX Recorder. It's not a big problem, but it would be nice if PinballX let you choose how to name the files. I will report this as a feature request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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