Recorder not recording table, instead the backglass. Recording wrong screen

[wrd1972]

I recorded another 10 or so new tables, and a third of them easily had the black screen as well. Most seem to be VPM tables, but there other VPM tables that recorded perfectly fine. Still no hangs which is good. Again everything looks fine on the screen, and they are completely playable as well.

 

 

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[wrd1972]

[Tom Speirs]

Thanks. I need the logs for when it is recording.

[wrd1972]

The last two logs I sent right after the recording process pertain to the black screen issue. Do you need something different?

[wrd1972]

I just checked the PBXR recordings, and they are all intact. No black screen issues. I copied the ffmpeg.exe from PBXR and dropped it in the Pinballx folder to be used with its recorder. After testing, same thing...,black screen on acdc.

The log below shows the recording for acdc with the black screen.

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[Tom Speirs]

I see no recording in that log.

[wrd1972]

Crap. This log shows the parameters for recording ACDC. Again, the recording comes out solid black. Even the icon of the file in the videos folders is different than all of the other good videos. Seems like a format issue, but how can that be if its simply told to record whats visible on my #3 display? 

 

 

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[Tom Speirs]

Weird. It does not appear to be timing out. So all tables good apart from that one?

[Tom Speirs]

oh wait. it is timing out. so same issue its just caught now.

[wrd1972]

  On 12/31/2024 at 3:01 AM, Tom Speirs said:

So all tables good apart from that one?

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No. There are other random table getting the black screen too.

[wrd1972]

Would it be possible to add a feature that when a button/key is pushed, the recording process would immediately begin?

Currently, you have a countdown timer I think. This feature would be helpful, but its by no means a game-changing type request. It would simply speed up the recording process when you have a bunch of tables. Just something to think about since were polishing the recorder.

[wrd1972]

Any update on this. Maybe we are almost there.

[Tom Speirs]

  On 1/7/2025 at 5:08 PM, wrd1972 said:

Any update on this. Maybe we are almost there.

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Sorry, not had much more of a look at it. I am not sure what the issue is right now but will get back to it soon.

[Tom Speirs]

Did a post get deleted? i thought i see one?

Anyway, in order to help troubleshoot this i am just about to release 6.58.

There are two currently hidden setting under [VideoCapture] in pinballx.ini

UseGDIGrab=true which uses the old ffmpeg way of screen recording and noplayfieldthread=true which stops the playfield video being captured on a thread.

Please let me know how it works out.

[wrd1972]

Same issue as before. Some recordings are a black screen.

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[Draco1962]

  On 1/26/2025 at 7:01 PM, Tom Speirs said:

Did a post get deleted? i thought i see one?

Anyway, in order to help troubleshoot this i am just about to release 6.58.

There are two currently hidden setting under [VideoCapture] in pinballx.ini

UseGDIGrab=true which uses the old ffmpeg way of screen recording and noplayfieldthread=true which stops the playfield video being captured on a thread.

Please let me know how it works out.

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Can you add the following manually  under the [VideoCapture] section of your pinballx.ini and provide updated copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files and results?

UseGDIGrab=true

noplayfieldthread=true

[wrd1972]

Sorry for not adding those two lines. Okay, the lines are added, same exact problem. Black screen on the tables as noted above.PinballX.inilog.txt

[wrd1972]

Quick update. It appears that I had some weirdness with the descriptions in the game list manger. After fixing these, some of the black recordings were fixed. However, ACDC still wont record even though it launches from the GLM and appears correctly. That really seems weird. 

 

Im gonna chalk up some of the black screen issues, again, to some mismanagement in the GLM. Funny thing is, I am not sure how it got jacked up. Some of the bad sescriptions were like WTF!

 

Please have some other folks provide their recording feedback to determine if there really is an issue. And thank for the continued tech support.  There may still be a bug or two to address, who knows.

[wrd1972]

Adding to the last post. It appears that the issues could be chalked up to operator error. Perhaps the descriptions got jacked when I upgraded tables, and not necessarily a bug.

[Draco1962]

Was that with using the two lines that Tom suggested or without?

[wrd1972]

With. When the recording was taking place,the game was visible on the PF TV, but the recording was black.

[Draco1962]

Seems that ACDC has been a problem child for various reasons over the years. 

[Tom Speirs]

Sorry to sound like a stuck record but please post a log of it actually trying to record the table.

Tom.

[wrd1972]

I posted them up from the replay last Saturday at 1:07PM.

[Draco1962]

  On 2/11/2025 at 4:55 PM, wrd1972 said:

I posted them up from the replay last Saturday at 1:07PM.

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You indicated Sunday that you resolved all but 1 table (ACDC). Do you have a log from after trying to record that one table?