JoeViking245

New version 2.1 - New Feature Video will now have a 1 second fade-in at the beginning and a 2 second fade-out end of the finalized video(s) - New Feature (optional) Add a Clear Logo overlay at the end of the video (if Clear Logo exists) - Clean up Cleaned up log file output Removed option for 60 FPS. Videos will record at 30 FPS VPX edit window is now minimized during video capture - Fixed Now handles Titles with "illegal characters" in them when saving as the video filename UltraDMD, PinUpDisplay and PinUPPlayer windows will now properly close (if your table uses them) when recording is complete - Change Increased maximum delay start time to 3 minutes - Other Click (almost anywhere in the window) and drag to move window around

Start Delay: I've never even attempted a VR table. I figured it'd be like getting mud tires for a truck I don't even own. lol I'll go ahead increase that top limit. Good call on an interim fix of editing the xml. DMD 'screens': You are spot on. It's is only looking for specific window titles. So the number of monitors has no significance. And as you discovered, it's only looking for B2S 2nd and 3rd "screens" (as well as the playfield). This was WAY easier than messing with ScreenRes.txt to get xy coordinates for the different 'screens'. And the ones built into the tables are inherently part of the playfield. I went with the assumption that no one is going to want or have a use for a PinMAME or freezy DMD video. If there's enough [serious] interest, say 25% or more (aka 3 of the 9 total downloaders lol), I'll [attempt to] look into adding PinMAME or (better yet) freezy's DMD's. Normalizing Audio: I think I'll go with "everything is out of the plugin so they [each video's audio output] will be consistent". But I get that, grabbing various videos from here-and-there ARE going to be inconsistent. I added your GitHub link [above] to my ffmpeg notes and will refer anyone needing to normalize their audio to your post. (Nice find! Thanks!!) Fade and Clear Logo: That looks really nice! The fade-in is short and sweet and the clear logo at the end is actually a nice touch. I'm going to "steal" your code for the fades and add that option. For the clear logos, I should be able to get those using LB's API, which will eliminate any issues with file naming and image type. I'll need to break down and digest the batch script 1st to understand it all. lol Thanks for sharing it with us!

You're welcome! It almost wasn't going to happen because you have to tell ffmpeg the EXACT name of your audio device, which varies by computer and is not the easiest to find/extract. Then I discovered audio_sniffer, but now the end user HAS to register it with their Windows. Which I hate making a plugin that requires ANY sort of changes to Windows, even something minor like this. But there comes a time when we all have to make 'sacrifices'. Let me know how the [default] audio comes out for you. Then if it's 'that bad' and really should be normalized, let me know. All I did was confirmed there was sound in the final video and called 'er good. lol I'm debating the idea of fade for a mechanical machine. But could be an option. I assume the png logo is a clear logo you're overlaying on the tables video.?. After starting up LB, launch a table. After it fully loads, exit it then try the plugin (or launch another table) and see if 30 seconds is sufficient. I played around quite a bit with this and [for my setup] found that on 1st run (via LB), VPX does take longer to fully load. But after that, 12 seconds was a good, modest loading time for the tables I tested. Let me know if that helps. If your tables do take longer than 30 seconds to fully load (I know FP can), 1st off, sorry to hear that. But I can change that to allow more load time. Oh good. It's not just me. 🤣

VPX Video Recorder version 2.0 is out. New Feature (Option) Record backglass at the same time as the playfield. The backglass video will be saved as its own video file in the temp Backglass folder. New Feature (Option) Record 3rd screen DMD. The DMD video will be saved as its own video file in the temp Backglass folder. New Feature (Option) Record Table sounds with the Playfield video. (Additional setup required)

Ya, my best attempts are only as good as the information that is provided. The command lines that get placed in MAME - Associated Platforms come directly from MAME's hash files (i.e. -cart, -flop etc.). As do the game's Title. Which initially was the [only] intent of this plugin... get the game's proper Title [for soflists] into LB. We've expanded beyond that a little. Generally, the softlist's hash filename is what's used in the command line. The hash files don't provide info for the proper softlist name to use in the command for any of the consoles/computes. So the filename is the closest thing I have to go off of. If the hash file name has an underscore ( _ ) in it, the plugin removes that and everything beyond it. And "generally", it works. So what's happening in your example is you imported the "Commodore Amiga ECS disk images" from the hash file "amigaecs_flop.xml". So the command line becomes "amigaecs -flop1". Which obviously doesn't work. Even in the best of scenarios, there are still caveats. Example: Apple II GS (apple2gs.xml, apple2gs_flop_clcracked.xml, apple2gs_flop_misc.xml, apple2gs_flop_orig.xml) gets the proper softlist name to use ("apple2gs"), but in the hash file(s) it lists the media flag as "flop1". Leaving "apple2gs -flop1". Which doesn't work. You need to use "apple2gs -flop3". (-flop2 doesn't work either. In this case, it has to do with 5.25" vs. 3.5" floppies). Though recently I learned (as a Side Note) in most cases you don't even need the media flag (Thanks @sundogak!!). So in the case of Apple II GS, the Associated Platform command-line can simply be "apple2gs". But in the end, you now have x amount of games into y Platform and all games have their proper Title. Softlists in MAME are a unique animal and can be irksome at times. No silver platters handed out here. lol But with some research, discoveries and [a lot of] learning, it's pretty rewarding when you see the actual game finally load up. And then, if you actually play it more than 2 or 3 times, it may even have all been worth it.

You're welcome! I'm glad it's working well for you. This comment was from a year and a half ago and we're now talking about 658 consoles/computers which equates to about 658 new Platforms that would be added into your LaunchBox setup. Adding bulk import is not going to happen. Apologies.