Rotating playfield videos using VLC?

[erikfed]

A few of the videos I've downloaded from the FTP site are facing the wrong way for my setup.  I've found instructions on how to rotate and save them using VLC.  However I must not be using the right output format.  I've tried the h.264 & .265 mp4 options they give you, but Game Manager doesn't see they they exist once I navigate them.  Can anyone give me some instruction?  Thanks in advance?

[Draco1962]

I moved your thread from the Media Projects subforum to General where reporting issues like this actually belong.

Please attach (no copy and paste) copies of your log.txt and pinballx.ini files in reply to this thread so we can review and advise accordingly.

[Mike_da_Spike]

I normally use ffmpeg to create/change videos. I use h264 mp4.

Check these batchfiles from terryred to rotate videos

https://vpinball.com/VPBdownloads/terryreds-ffmpeg-video-converter-scripts/

 

Btw. Background and playfield video can be created easily by gamemanager.exe. so you got videos from your own system

[erikfed]

I've clicked that button in gamemanager before.  It says I need ffmpeg.  Are there instructions anywhere on how to do this and get it working in gamemanager?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Just download ffmpeg (just google it, or use the link above from terryred) and place ffmpeg.ece in the pinball folder.

Thats it

[erikfed]

I just watched a couple videos too.  Do I need to enable the command line functionality?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Only ffmpeg.exe is needed. The rest will be don bin gamemanager.exe

[erikfed]

do I put a shortcut to the exe or cut and paste the actual exe?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Paste the exe in the pinballx directory.

 

[erikfed]

I have downloaded ffmpeg and placed the exe in the PinballX folder.  I click the create videos button, it launches the table and the voice says it's creating videos and it may take several minutes.  After a couple minutes the table closes and I am back at Game Manager.  The table still has no videos assigned to it and I can't find any new files created anywhere?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Please post your log and ini file (the log file just after creating the video) 

Not copy paste tekst, but attach the files

 

[erikfed]

Ok, I figured out a few things.  I wasn't checking in the PinballX media folder.  The files are being saved there.  The Game Manager still shows them as missing even though they do display once the front end is launched., that threw me.  The one table I tested on last night doesn't have a functioning backglass so it just recorded black.  After further testing today I have realized that the playfield recording is just the backglass recording upside down.  So when I went to view the one table I tested last night in the front end it displayed the black backglass recording on the backglass and the playfield leading me to believe it didn't record anything.  So long story short the recording is working, except the playfield video is recording the backglass upside down.  Any thoughts?  Thanks and Happy 4th tomorrow!

[scutters]

Probably going to need your log and ini files as Mike requested, also probably the database xml file and a screenshot example of the file names created too (as they should not show as missing in game manger).

Make sure you have installed the LAV filters from pinballx homepage, https://www.pinballx.com/,  try & record again for a table with a backglass and then report back with the above..

[erikfed]

What is the ini file called?

[erikfed]

In the mean time, here is the log file.  I also realized that if I exit Game Manager and reopen it, then the video's just created are no longer listed as missing.

log - Copy.txt

[Draco1962]

2 hours ago, erikfed said:

What is the ini file called?

Pinballx.ini

[erikfed]

I looked in the PinballX folder and couldn't find it?  I even searched the computer and it found nothing?

[Draco1962]

Try looking under \PinballX\Config\ 

PinballX will not load your settings without it.


[Mike_da_Spike]

You runa pretty old version of pbx (3.28) . Please upgrade

If you use 4k playfield,y ou can setup also your nvidia driver (with pbx) to captures videos, but a big bug in nvidia driver is that portrait screens (like pinball arcade, are wring setup of fx3) are captured wrongly.

 

[erikfed]

Found it in there.  Thanks.  Here it is.

PinballX.ini

[scutters]

Log file seems to show the issue (recording backglass as playfield video), two blocks highlighted match;

17:35:17.1  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -offset_x 3840 -offset_y 1083 -video_size 1920x1080 -t 00:00:45 -i desktop -c:v libx264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp74e6.mp4"
17:36:02.2  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -i "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp74e6.mp4" -vf "vflip,hflip" -c:v libx264 -an -crf 20 -preset slower -pix_fmt yuv420p -f mp4 "C:\Pinball\PinballX\MEDIA\Visual Pinball\Table Videos\Gork 1.0.3.mp4"
17:36:25.1  7/3/2019:  Capture Playfield video success
17:36:25.1  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -offset_x 3840 -offset_y 1083 -video_size 1920x1080 -t 00:00:45 -i desktop -c:v libx264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp7eb5.mp4"
17:37:10.3  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -i "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp7eb5.mp4" -c:v libx264 -an -crf 20 -preset slower -pix_fmt yuv420p -f mp4 "C:\Pinball\PinballX\MEDIA\Visual Pinball\Backglass Videos\Gork 1.0.3.mp4"
17:37:32.2  7/3/2019:  Capture Backglass video success
17:37:32.2  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -f gdigrab -framerate 30 -offset_x 5760 -offset_y 1560 -video_size 1024x600 -t 00:00:45 -i desktop -c:v libx264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp84cc.mp4"
17:38:17.3  7/3/2019:  FFMPEG.exe -i "c:\users\virtual pinball\appdata\local\temp\tmp84cc.mp4" -c:v libx264 -an -crf 20 -preset slower -pix_fmt yuv420p -f mp4 "C:\Pinball\PinballX\MEDIA\Visual Pinball\DMD Videos\Gork 1.0.3.mp4"
17:38:21.1  7/3/2019:  Capture DMD video success

I'm not sure why game manager isn't getting the correct playfield screen offsets, i use pbx recorder to capture videos so i'm guessing here, but in settings.exe go to the display section and try changing the Full Screen Windowed value.

Also update pinballx to latest version as Mike suggests. If that doesn't fix it post another copy of the log file after recording videos again.

[Mike_da_Spike]

4 hours ago, scutters said:

Log file seems to show the issue (recording backglass as playfield video), two blocks highlighted match;

 

good catch. Didn't notify it. Thats why the pinballx.ini would be handy 

[Draco1962]

Definitely need to upgrade to the latest before continuing to troubleshoot.

[erikfed]

Mike I uploaded the ini already.  And guys please enjoy the holiday and weekend.  I will be out of town until Sunday and won't be able to troubleshoot with you any further until then.  Thanks

[erikfed]

How do I go about upgrading?  Is there anything I need to know or do beforehand?  Will all me settings and databases be saved?