Table videos as Loading videos?

[Knievel]

Hi guys I'm finally upgrading from a vintage PinballX install. Hoping to take advantage of any new improvements.

Would like to use my VPX Table videos as a seamless 'morph' into the gameplay itself.

I tried adding  my '24' Table video into the Loading Videos folder as a test and it works mostly.

Wondering  if there is there a better way to go about this? I did try to search this out.

 

Thanks

 

[scutters]

I did an app a while back that can help with the rotation of playfield to loading videos https://forums.gameex.com/forums/topic/24124-app-loading-video-builder/ , just choose to add no effects or text to rotate only. You'll also need to use a plugin for pinballx (details in the notes for the app)

There will be a small transition time between playfield an loading video, but it should be fairly momentary (maybe you need to update lav codecs too if you're updating from a vintage version if your transition takes a long time)

[Knievel]

Thanks I may tackle this again in the future.

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

Strapnge, typed this yesterday and forgot to press send. Thought also that the first question was different than the text now.

The fading cant be removed.

Maybe you can ask a feature request

The rotation of tbe tables you can do with ffmpeg. Think Tom mention that in one of the news updates as well.

I made a small program that can make loading videos with an overlay.

It uses your playfield videos and just make short videos (loop of the overlay animations)

See next post for a complete pack

When using an overlay that is complete transparent, it can just create a video, rotated and a couple of sec. It will check all your playfield videos and can create missing ones. So adding new tables (or update them) and running tbe script, you ways have a seamless start

This was the single app

 

[Knievel]

Thanks Mike. Yes I shortened up my question after the fact, thought it was confusing.

I've installed the programs and testing now . There's a split second black screen between the loading vid and the table that doesn't bother me at all. It's the launch transition that PinballX  does that I was trying to lose (table shooting out to a black screen thing).

Normally I love it but would like it more seamless now that I have the loading vids.

Is this what you are referring to with 'the fading can't be removed'?

Thanks

 

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

When I launch a table it is fading (and zooming) in the tsbke, shows a short black screen and shows the loading video. When the table is loaded and the vidro is gone, without a black screen

 

 

[Knievel]

Ok thanks for confirming. Was hoping it would just be in a Transitions folder somewhere like Hyperspin.