So is an updated version of pb being worked on to address the 1.01 JP update or is it a lost cause?

Shoot to Thrill

Does Shoot to Thrill you imported have a gap after 20 seconds? If it doesn't, then I don't know what the problem is

I second that, I would love to get my edits reinserted into the new code...

Is there any documentation or are there examples of the "protocol" to get started to develop such new mods?
Are Spike1 games supported, too?

They are

Oga (Olivier) can you take a look at Aerosmith 1_07_0 pro with v 7.03 (same in 7.01). The dmd videos stop pulling/reading from about (x9a onward).
The UI says something like 0xED 800x600 Frame 1/100000000000

Thanks!

(others care to confirm on their installs)

Are you using .spk or SD Card?

Just pb and the spk downloaded from Stern .. so .spk

On the SD Cards, there are no empty videos

You can give them a try

Okay perhaps this sort of answers it .. the SD card stops at the same spot *but* it says there are 154 Videos which is quite likely 99 in hex (didnt check)
When I load the spk, it *thinks* there are 913 videos and so it lets you try and read them even though there is only x99 videos.

Quite likely the count is simiply wrong in the parsing of .spk - I will assume this is all the videos there are.

Those 759 more videos in Aerosmith .spk are obviously empty...
SD card don't display empty videos in list
Are 154 videos in SD Card a imcomplete or complete list of Aerosmith videos?

I dont have the machine so I cant be sure .. I suspect it is though. (I am a visual pinball programmer)

Okay

+1

Hi Jason_Jehosaphat
Which sound format are you trying to import? You should with .wav. PB can also import videos soundtracks
It can import .mp3 too, but you'll need Media Foundation or Windows Multimedia to import mp3

Popping and crackling is often a sample rate mismatch, I'd guess you're exporting 48 but need 44.1. Just a guess...

Does it work with other sample rates?

You can try with Goldwave. I always use Goldwave to change sounds (playback, pitch, etc.)

Have you tried reducing the peak levels? I’ve experienced popping in the past using audacity and reimporting.

Once I adjusted the max volume levels downward in the clip, the popping stopped.

FWIW I'm not sure what TWD uses for sample and bit depth, but I can tell you that stock sounds from Stern's JP LE firmware (both STEREO music and MONO callouts) are 44.1kHz, 16 bits. You can use a program like MediaInfo to see what the specs are of either your custom audio files or the game's stock sounds (by way of exporting them from PBrowser). So make sure you are using the same specs for your custom WAV as the stock sound's WAV.

Below is a screenshot from MediaInfo for one of the main STEREO JP music files I exported from JPLE 1.00.00.

Secondly, I'm pretty sure regardless of what you set your project sample rate in Audacity, unless you use the Tracks > Resample option (OR possibly if you select the WAV 24 bit or 32 bit file type options), when you export the exported file is going to be the same bit depth as the file you imported. Someone can fact check me on this last piece, I'm not an Audacity wizard.

Also, popping and cracking and other "why doesn't this sound the same in game as it does when I listen to it in my DAW" can be due to other reasons. For example if it's only when you export your imported sound back out of PBrowser that you notice these anomalies, it is likely the game code itself is manipulating the file. I have noticed this for example with overall volume. Certain script locations just simply play the audio with a different equalization or volume. I also found a bug with PBrowser where sometimes the end of the WAV will get a spike/pop will get added at the end: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-display-and-modify-dot-matrix-images/page/74#post-5591534

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Recent NIB buyer here. I sent a nice message to Stern saying to void my warranty and let me do what I want with my hardware.
As for the DLC speculation, I would HARD boycott any pinball manufacturer that would pursue that path.

hello !

i try to communicate with my pinball transformers LE to change scores after changing the rom

i have patched the .bin with comm143.hex and updated the pin with this
i use pinball browser 6.65

i use this cable https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0768B3665/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00

but it don't work ,? where is my mistake

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the driver
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the patched rom works fine with my pin2dmd display , the colorisation use side channel.
see the pictures

regards
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Forgive me for asking, but did you install the drivers for the cable, and use the null modem connector with the serial cable?

Have you tried to raise volume to the max level?
If not, try adjusting the max volume levels downward in the clip like zene10 said in this post:

hello

yes the driver is installed , please see picture in my previous post
what do you mean by "null modem connector" ? , i use the connector db9 on the cpu
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You need a nullmodem cable to communicate with the pinball machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modem

Basically the wiring must be crossed from TX to RX and vice versa.

hello lucky1

i use this cable with the little adapter yellow, you think it s a bad cable ?
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0768B3665/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00
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regards

That is only a gender changer which does not cross TX and RX

Your cable needs to cross over the connections internally, or you can make yourself or buy an adapter:
the one you posted from USB to RS-232 also needs to cross over the pins. You can use the gender changer as one side to make one

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Hi

Pinside Newbie from the UK, wondered if anyone can advise me or help with my Pin2DMD I have installed on my Stern 24, Been loitering for a while and some great creations you guys have done with files/colouring.
I’m using Pinball Browser and I’ve loaded a stock file into the browser which is letting me destroy stuff

My question is, am I doing it right using Pinball Browser? But how do I get the file from pinball browser to Pin2DMD software as they use a different file. Sorry if I sound a complete idiot but it’s all new to me and want to learn but I think I maybe a bit out my depth. As said I’ve started to colour and it’s X16, I’m guessing this will work in my Evo Pin2DMD? And do I need the micro usb or RS232 cable

Sorry for all questions, I’ve tried to get some colour just in the settings on the DMD but looks horrendous, set to all Blue at moment, is they a File I can load on? Pic where is started on X8

Again, thank you for any help

Cheers

Adrian

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Did you read this https://pin2dmd.com/pinball-browser/ ?

You need a serial cable to make pin2dmd detect the palette switches created with pinball browser.

Hi,

I’ve ordered the cable should be here next day or so.
Do I need to convert the file into a different format for Pin2DMD to accept it.

I will give the above a read as well, thanks for getting back to me

Cheers

Dear lucky1

Are you stating here that the in-frame coloring technique smartdmd also has doesn’t work with pin2dmd?

hello
when i replace the little adapter yellow by this cable , the result is the same .no working .
i wait a cable with ftdi chipset .
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00QM8ZPZ4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00

hello
I always try to communicate with my pins .
i have the good cable .
i have patched the ACDLE170.bin with comm143.hex and updated my luci with this patched file.

but pinball browser doesn't validate ! the firmware does not match the one loaded in pinball
I forgot something ?

I tried loading in pinball browser, the stock .bin and the patched with comm143.hex , same result

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Can anyone help me locate the short music clip request numbers for Metallica that play after your final ball when your score comes up and also when entering a high score? I brand new to Pinbrowser and a little out of my depth!

Hey! I have a Pirates of the Caribbean machine, and I edited a message ( "LIGHT|TIMED|BALL LOCK" ). I believe that the "|" symbol makes a new line. After I edited it, I noticed that it was all on one line with no spaces. Then, I changed it back, making sure it was exactly the same as the original. It did the same thing. It says "LIGHTTIMEDBALLLOCK." I've checked it and retried it a bunch of times and it doesn't change. Any ideas?

Elvira game code 0.95 (sd card raw file) can't be opened: unkown file.

Thanks in advance.

I can confirm too
Size of Elvira SD card is 16GB, which is too much, and that's why PB can't open it
Or perhaps that's because of Stern's encryption

I believe as posted earlier in the thread - the encryption is definitely a problem. Stern apparently keeps changing it. I guess I'm willing to wait until Elvira is done with code - I've got a few music changes I want to make. And one day maybe change out video assets! At least when the code is final the encryption won't keep changing.

Nice!
I also hope that encryption will stop soon, so I can swap EHOH tracks with tracks from another pin

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