[RESOLVED] Recorded PFvideo upside down by PBX

[Jopp]

Hello,

I recorded a PFvideo and when I play it in my Windows Media Player it is all fine, it's the same picture I have as when I start the table.

However....  if I use this video within PBX as my playfield video then it's rotated a 180 degrees, putting the flippers on the top

The only way I can resolve this is to use a ffmpeg tool that rotates the video 180 degrees.

If I play that video in Windows Media Player then the flippers are indeed ontop so the PF is turned 180 degrees and if I use that video in PBX it's ok.....

However...it's an extra step and it takes some time to rotate the video so I wonder if it's a PBX thing and if so may-be can be resolved (or am I missing a setting somewhere??)

Using the latest PBX version.

Thanks

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Tom Speirs]

Yeah, this is by design to be compatible with the old HyperSpin front end. Sorry, not much you can do other that filp it if you recorded it outside of PinballX. Vertical videos should be detected fine.

[Jopp]

Thanks Tom,

problem is that if I record it within PBX it does not work at all for VP10.8GL, just 1 still frame as reported earlier here.

Well....will rotate it and wait some time, no problem.

[Tom Speirs]

i guess i could add a feature to override that flip. leave it with me.

[Mike_da_Spike]

For GL record playfield I would prefer to use the nvidia hardware capture as gdigrab won't work correctly.

I capture videos for gl and works like a charm for me

Btw. Database Manager can rotate videos with a single click (per table)

[Jopp]

That's a great option to do that on a per table base as a lot of older videos are working now ok, only the newer ones are rotated per default.

Question for the DBM: can it record the PF and BG at once?

Now I have to do it in 2 steps, first with a ffmpeg recorder, recording both the BG and the (not working, static PF) and then with the NVidia tool the PF, then replacing the first recorded PF with the new (and now first rotating as well).

So...a lot of manual steps where on 10.7 everything was recorded with just 1 click.

Well, not a big issue as you do not have to do it a lot but if it could be done again with 1 click that would be nice.

What's your procedure for this?

[Mike_da_Spike]

Using hardware capturing will be a 1 time click as you did with 10.7 as well.

See 

It's an old guide, but still valid

 

[bushav]

I am a recent convert to Database Manager and I have also been "catching my table up".  I installed all of Terry Red's latest PinEvent tables yesterday.  Some I did not have videos for (these are Future Pinball) tables.  I went into PinballX settings and changed the video recorder to my Nvidia card and set "C" as the hotbutton to start capturing a video.  After doing this I can open a Future Pinball table, play the table after pressing "C" on my keyboard.  I hear the "recording - this may take a few minuites" audio and after a few minuites the table closes out.  I then have the playfield and backglass videos in my PinballX media and they are already tagged appropriately.  Working great!  

[Mike_da_Spike]

You can use the recording button to record all missing tables as well.

Can take up some time, but will do all automatically 

[Jopp]

On 6/28/2024 at 4:00 AM, Mike_da_Spike said:

Using hardware capturing will be a 1 time click as you did with 10.7 as well.

See 

It's an old guide, but still valid

 

Hi Mike,

I read and installed it that way but I only got playfield recording, not together with backglass.

Now, that is mentioned in the manual but as you say "capturing will be a 1 time click as you did with 10.7 as well" I am wondering if there is a method to capture both together.

With 10.7 I used PBXrecorder and that program recorded both BG and PF together but, as said, that program does not work with 10.8 as 10.8 goes 'lower' into video processing, not allowing a record.

Not a big  problem as I can do it in 2 steps (first pbxrecorder for BG and then nvidiacapture for pf) but I wonder if you managed to have it both at once.

Thanks!

 

[Mike_da_Spike]

I use the pinballX capture . 

It is a 1 click, that first capture the PF via nvidia and rotate the playfield and 2nd it capture the backglass. I don't mind that the bg isn't synchronized with the pf.

For me a 1 click that capture all and doing it via dbm, it also power off my cab after finishing