Tom Speirs Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Are you guys using the new real DMDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 3 screen set up for me. Mines less video stalling and more playing the incorrect wrong video/frozen frame of a precious video after scrolling. I made the videos I use and have tried others. Part of me thinks it has to be a threading issue or something. I use b2s in the front end as a work around at the moment, but this means I can't use animated backglassses in fx2. If I start pinballx on one table using a backglass video and scroll to another (always the third) I get a still of the first tables backglass video Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 No real DMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Would you mind unplugging the 3rd monitor (dmd) and letting it run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I don't mind, I'm now running without 3rd monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Any difference carny? I believe we have similar but different issues Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I really hope this has not been a bug since the last PBX release. All I know is Ive had my cabinet up and running in attract mode for weeks without issue. The PinDMD3 somehow stopped working and I've not had a chance to look at it yet so all I can think the issue is something to do with the changes to Real DMDs. Which is why I suggested removing the third screen to troublelshoot as that is effectively how my cab is running at the moment and it is solid as a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Had it in attract mode for 7 or 8 hours without play field video stalling. I woke up this morning and the play field has stalled at some point during the night. I can still scroll. So, I can't say unplugging the third monitor is an improvement. For me, the play field video may stall after several hours or it may stall after a few minutes. No pattern that I can discern. Not like the situation where the video always stalls on the third table. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Could you please get to me the pinballx.exe and dlls in the PinballX folder? I'd like to test them here. I do know that the thing will flake out eventually even if its weeks.. It's more an issue with the codecs than my code and if you have the screensaver rotate through games on really low seconds it can add to the problem. When I test stability I hack it to run it just a couple of seconds. Eventually it will go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Tom Speirs said: Could you please get to me the pinballx.exe and dlls in the PinballX folder? I'd like to test them here. I do know that the thing will flake out eventually even if its weeks.. It's more an issue with the codecs than my code and if you have the screensaver rotate through games on really low seconds it can add to the problem. When I test stability I hack it to run it just a couple of seconds. Eventually it will go wrong. Here you go: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45430846/PinballXVideoStalling.zip This is from my cab's install folder. I'm using v2.16. Attract mode set to show game for 90 sec. Using the LAV filters linked on the home page. This is not new. It's been an issue for months. It was happening even before I updated to Win 10. I generate a lot of my own videos. They use full color format which is not compatible with the built-in Windows codec. I've always just used what ever was recommended on the home page, Shark and then LAV filters. Videos can stall on other videos that I did not generate myself, so I don't think it is anything necessarily with the media. I'm happy that you are taking a look. For me, it's not a huge issue like it must be for Jodannar. I just restart PinballX and move on with my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Thanks buddy. I will copy them to the cab and leave it running. Its worth installing the latest LAV filters. I do update the ones on the site from time to time but they may not be the latest. I have my attract mode on much less than that and like I said the cab has been running for weeks. My electricity bill is crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Disconnected my 3rd monitor. Issue still occurs. Scroll to the 3rd table and get a still of the first tables backglass video for all remaining tables. Relaunch and it's good for the first 2 tables selected again and then repeats Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Here you go: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45430846/PinballXVideoStalling.zip This is from my cab's install folder. I'm using v2.16. Attract mode set to show game for 90 sec. Using the LAV filters linked on the home page. This is not new. It's been an issue for months. It was happening even before I updated to Win 10. I generate a lot of my own videos. They use full color format which is not compatible with the built-in Windows codec. I've always just used what ever was recommended on the home page, Shark and then LAV filters. Videos can stall on other videos that I did not generate myself, so I don't think it is anything necessarily with the media. I'm happy that you are taking a look. For me, it's not a huge issue like it must be for Jodannar. I just restart PinballX and move on with my day. If it only happened in attract it wouldn't be as big an issue for me. As it is I can't use videos in pinballx for the backglassses at the moment. I've previously had the issue with table videos behaving the same, but that no longer occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 It has been running for me since I last posted 4 days ago. Stable as a rock. Just two screens. It has to be a codec issue I would think. Did you install the latest Lav? Are you able to confirm that those codecs are actually being used? The latest LAV filters were released a couple of weeks ago. Trying them now. https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umpa Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Not sure if this helps but I read in another thread if your using windows 10 then windows defender could be causing the issue. Ensure your folders are excluded from windows defender or disable windows defender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 It probably shouldn't be but I just checked and windows defender is running on my cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I have not yet updated LAVfilters. I turned off Windows Defender. The playfield video stalled at some point during the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 What is your hardware? Again my cab is solid as a rock. It runs for weeks. I do like my hardware though so the PC is pretty high end with i7, SSD and 16GB. The RAM may have something to do with it. I did upgrade to the latest LAV and got the PinDMD3 running again. Still solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 i5 3570k, SSD, 8GB RAM I'm about to update LAVfilters and try again here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Also, worth trying to install the latest PinballX. I realise the version has not changed but my install.exe is somewhat newer than the 2.16 release date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 So far, so good running with the latest LAV release. I've been running for close to 16 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Nice carny. I tried disabling Windows defender for all pinballx and vp applications in case it was causing my backglass issue. No change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carny_Priest Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 v2.17 and latest released LAV, Windows Defender on. Attract mode ran all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 3 hours ago, Jodannar said: Nice carny. I tried disabling Windows defender for all pinballx and vp applications in case it was causing my backglass issue. No change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Have you updated to the latest LAV codecs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodannar Posted May 29, 2016 Author Share Posted May 29, 2016 Yes. Did that yesterday aswell from the GitHub site. Latest build. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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