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[wrd1972]

Hey Joe,

I am working on trying to record the backglass IMAGE with my two backbox monitors for PinballX. I have decideed on images becasue the the BG vid lags behind the topper vid...no big deal the images will work fine. Anyway...when I try to use your PBXR, I keep getting "No XML files found. Check PinballX path".

 

I have pointed to C: PinballX jfolder ust like before and I have the individual folders folder containing the XMLs, in the database folders. But I keep getting the error. I think I am doing it the same way I always have but PBXR is just not seeing the XMLs. Any ideas why it is just not finding the XMLs?

[gtxjoe]

The log file should list the xml files it finds. Have you marked them as Visual Pinball system type?

[wrd1972]

That was the problem. Its now recording.  Awesome.

 

So now the next issue. The captured BG image is placed on the BG and the topper in PBX. So I have duplicate images on my twp backbox monitors. In order to span the two monitors, I assume now I need to split the image into two separate images. Is that correct.

 

Is there any way that PBXR can capture two BG images? One for whats visible on the left monitor and one for whats visible on the right? Or can you suggest a more "automated" way of splitting the image so I dont have to do them all manually?

 

Thanks for the assistance.

Edited by wrd1972, 16 May 2017 - 12:53 PM.

[gtxjoe]

PBX recorder uses the screenres.txt, so if you stretch the backglass across 2 monitors using screenres.txt, PBXR will try to record the 2 monitors in one video also, which is not what you want.

Let me create a modified version that uses a local copy of screenres.txt so you could make the 2 recordings

[gtxjoe]

Here is a version of PBXR 1.6 that uses a copy of screenres.txt stored in the PBXRecorder folder

 PBXrecorder_1.6mod_screenres.zip   415.32KB   12 downloads

 

So in the VP\Tables folder set up screenres.txt to stretch the db2s backglass across your two portrait backglass monitors, then

set up the screenres.txt in the Pbxrecorder folder to capture a backglass video (left side) and dmd video (right side).  

 

Screenres.txt for PBXR should probably look something like this

1920
1080
1080
1920
1
0
0
1080
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1080
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0

Edited by gtxjoe, 18 May 2017 - 12:08 AM.

[Rajo Joey]

I use this fantastic program with my new PC and the videos are great.

But the recording ended after nearly 270 tables. But in my folders are neary 1.200 tables.

I take a look in the log and see, that the recorder only use the first xml-file in the Visual Pinball-folder and ignore the others.

My database is as follows:

 database1.png   3.53KB   3 downloads

And in the Visual Pinball-folder are:

 database2.png   4.68KB   3 downloads

 

Now I merge all the xml-files under Visual Pinball.xml. That's OK.

But is it possible the PBXrecorder use all xml-files in one folder?

Edited by Joey2001, 17 May 2017 - 01:18 PM.

[wrd1972]

 

Here is a version of PBXR 1.6 that uses a copy of screenres.txt stored in the PBXRecorder folder

PBXrecorder_1.6mod_screenres.zip

 

So in the VP\Tables folder set up screenres.txt to stretch the db2s backglass across your two portrait backglass monitors, then

set up the screenres.txt in the Pbxrecorder folder to capture a backglass video (left side) and dmd video (right side).  

 

Screenres.txt for PBXR should probably look something like this

1920
1080
1080
1920
1
0
0
1080
1920
1080
0
0

Thanks Joe.

I will try it out maybe tonight or tomorrow.

[Thalamus]

@joey2001: I don't fully understand how you have set it up - but, what I believe you should do is in database\group folder make something like this.

 

<group name="PM5 Only">
    <database>Physmod5\Physmod5.xml</database>
</group>

 

So, this points to my Physmod5.xml that contains ... douuh ... my Pm5 tables. I have 3 files that looks like this - I probably could have them all in one single file but, PBXR har had no problems setup this way. This file - I named pm5_only.xml. So, It basically tells that it needs to look in database\physmod5.xml file for the table definitions.

[gtxjoe]

wrd1972 - Please re-download "PBXrecorder_1.6mod_screenres.zip" in my previous post. (I forgot that I had commented out the table launch stuff to speed up testing)



Joey2001 - Try this v1.7 beta for supporting multiple xml files in the Pinballx database folders. Works on my cab
 PBXrecorder_1.7beta02.zip   414.64KB   14 downloads

Edited by gtxjoe, 18 May 2017 - 02:33 AM.

[wrd1972]

Hi Joe,

Just got around to trying the mod for my cab.

 

I just downloaded it an hour ago and I think I have it set up correctly, but its not recording.

 

I copied the screenres.txt from the tables folder into the PBXR folder and revised the lines per your example. The PBXR seems to run but I am not seeing the various lines of white text scrolling up like with the normal recorder. I am not seeing any vids in the PinballX backglass vids folder or the DMD vids folder. What should I do now?

[gtxjoe]

Send me your log file and how you have your monitors setup

[wrd1972]

This is used for Recording ONLY. If its not this in this config, it wont even record with the normal PBXR:

So with the above config and normal PBXR, recording works fine.

 

This is my normal config for normal use (NOT recording):

 

Here is the log from the modded PBXR for my double monitor split backbox:

 

Attached Files

•  PBXrecorder.zip   4.21KB   6 downloads

[gtxjoe]

PBXRecorder assumes Backglass is to the right of of the playfield monitor, so you have to introduce negative offsets to tell PBXrecorder that the BG monitor is to the left(-1620) and above(-1920) the playfield monitor as you have it.  

 

Try

1080

1920

1080

1920

1

-1620

-1920

1920

1080

1080

0

0

[Joppnl]

Hello GTXJOE,

 

just want to thank you for this amazing tool!

 

In the past I was searching for video's already made but now it's so easy and it's always a copy on how the day/night sliders are in my setup.

 

So...great tool and it works fantastic.

 

One thing don't (but I don't mind) : it won't close VPX (don't know about VP9) after record.   

 

As I only record 1 table a time I can close it by myself no problem but I guess when doing a full setup with i.e. 100+ tables things (to be more specific...memory) would get out of control.....

 

But..as said, fantastic tool, use it very often. Thanks!

[Iain1986]

Hi, I've scanned this whole thread but just had a quick question I couldn't see addressed anywhere.

 

If I have a real DMD, is there anyway I can record that? 

[gtxjoe]

@joppnl, make sure you update to latest PBXRecorder v1.6 version.  There was a bug about not closing VP exe that contains spaces in the filename which is fixed.  
 
@lain, PBXRecorder only records from video monitor, so you have option to temporarily setup DMD on a monitor and do recording that way, or download existing DMD videos from PinballX FTP site or from my link here:  DMD_VIDEOS

[Iain1986]

Though so gtxjoe, just wanted to check.

Already got 99% of my DMD videos from the FTP, just the odd few missing (most being PBFX2 actually). 

[Iain1986]

Just ran this for the first time last night to run through all my tables, worked like a charm! Really impressed and i'm going to be using this all the time from here on for new tables. Definitely think you should chat with the gameex folks to even get it integrated into PinballX, its super useful.

 

Only saw 2 minor "bugs" while I was doing it...

 

1 - When you run and you have to pick the PinballX source folder, if you hit *Cancel* instead, it doesn't go back or stick with the default/last selection, instead it continues but with the source folder set to an empty string...which obviously then falls over when you try to run.

 

2 - I had a table, Freddy's Nightmare I think, where the table file had periods in the name, something like "Freddy A Nightmare on Elm Street v1.09.FS.vpt" and then had the backglass named the same as "Freddy A Nightmare on Elm Street v1.09.FS.b2server" or whatever it is. The table runs fine in PinballX and in VP9, but when this tool would try to run it, VP9 would boot up but then there would be an error saying "Failed to run Freddy A Nightmare on Elm Street v1.09.FS.b2server" and crash out. Removing the periods in the file name sorted it.

[wrd1972]

 

PBXRecorder assumes Backglass is to the right of of the playfield monitor, so you have to introduce negative offsets to tell PBXrecorder that the BG monitor is to the left(-1620) and above(-1920) the playfield monitor as you have it.  

 

Try

1080

1920

1080

1920

1

-1620

-1920

1920

1080

1080

0

0

 

 

Joe,

Just got around to trying this. Still does not seem to be working. I am running the monitor config in the T config as shown in my reply a few back. Log attached.

 

Can you send me the custom screenres numbers for monitors configured side by side EG 123 as opposed to the T config?

Attached Files

•  PBXrecorder.zip   5.15KB   0 downloads

[gtxjoe]

try

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1920
1080
1920
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0
0
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