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On my computers, with version 6.60, I can't watch the videos. Version 6.51 works flawlessly on this point. Anyone else has the problem?
Thanks in advance.
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I had the problem with the elvira3-0_87_0.Release.16G.sdcard.raw file, I'm having the problem with elvira3-0_83_0.Release.16G.sdcard.raw too.
I don't have the problem with others pinball machines game code files.
To reproduce the problem (here with the 0.83 file), choose the last video from the combobox (wihtout typing it's number because a lot of differents videos seems to share the same number) :
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It's not a regression of Pinball Browser, I had the problem with the version 6.61 coupled with ffmpeg 4.2 and I have it with 6.65 and ffmpeg 4.2.1.
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I was able to reproduce the problem.
It's because Pinball Browser wrongly identifies some objects as videos.
They should not be displayed in the list.
Great! Do you think that you could fix it?
Thanks for all your work.
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Quoted from oga83:Yes, in a future version. The objets that are not videos will be removed from the list
Until then, just click on "Continue" when you get this error.
I have browsed the videos on the latest Elvira game code, the exception is raised on nearly 30% of the items shown in the videos select list.
Quoted from Peanuts:I have browsed the videos on the latest Elvira game code, the exception is raised on nearly 30% of the items shown in the videos select list.
Same on Stranger Things.
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Quoted from oga83:Thanks for pointing this out.
It's because of this :
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There is a new script version in this firmware that is not (yet) compatible with Pinball Browser. As a result, Pinball Browser thinks this firmware is using v3-scripts instead of the new v6-scripts.
Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of a big modification (to allow video replacement into Spike2 firmwares) and I can't easily fix it until it's completed.
Thanks a lot for sharing the progress!
Quoted from oga83:I've spent some time on this issue this week-end.
I'm glad to say that it has been solved
It will be available in the next release but be patient, I'm still working on the videos.
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That sounds cool. Thanks for your work!
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Quoted from cleland:Correct, the latest code on JP3/Elvira/Stranger Things will not open in the Sounds tab in Pinball Browser.
It's also the same with Black Knight: Sword of Rage.
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Quoted from oga83:Try to restart Pinball Browser in between. Just to check if it's a memory leak, an unreleased file lock or something similar.
Which firmware is it ?
I have the problem with Elvira's house of horror 0.91.0 and 0.92.0 raw files. I have tried to close PB in between, without succes.
Quoted from cleland:You should work off the SD images instead of the .SPK upgrade. The SD images are available from Sterns website.
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Quoted from oga83:Sorry for keeping you waiting !
As you all know, the most recent version of Pinball Browser had been blocked from working with the latest firmware releases.
Blocking Pinball Browser ended up being a good thing because it gave me the time to focus on a new feature: A Spike animation browser/editor !
This new feature took some additional time to develop (which explains the delay).
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Sounds
I've begun to work on the changes to the sounds functionality when Stranger Things v0.96 was released a few days ago.
An entropy analysis has been implemented to locate the sounds and, as most of them don't change from one version to another, it's not that complicated to decode them.
I've tested it with the latest firmwares (but I did not test it with the ones that were released in between).
One last note about this: The reason that Pinball Browser ended up getting blocked was initially triggered by a company that had been advertising and selling sound packs for games, using Pinball Browser!
As you know, I've always been totally against ANY firmware sharing or selling, as these firmwares may coontain copyrighted materials.
This is no longer a suggestion: This is now a condition for using Pinball Browser.
I'm sorry I have to come to this, but ANYONE breaking this rule will be banned from using PB (and his or her license will be immediately de-activated).
So, what's new in PB v7.50 ?
- Several fixes have been implemented (WPT1400a sounds, WWE 1.35 videos, linefeeds in messages, ...)
- It works with the latest Spike firmware revisions
- Opening a firmware is faster (on my PC, Stranger Things opens in les than 10s compared to 45s with the previous version). But some firmwares (like Elvira) still takes some time to open.
- An animation (scene) browser/editor has been added
What can we do with the new scene browser ?
- Render (almost) all animations
- Modify all the texts, colors, images and videos that are used in scenes
- Modify tranformation matrix that are used to render the scenes. You can even apply tranlations/rotations/scaling on a series of frames.
- View/replace videos that were not accessible before
- Extract the names to automatically bookmarks the videos
Some examples are better than explanations :
1- Open Stranger Things v0.96, go the the scene tab to view the scene tree
- Click on the Sync button to get some online bookmarks.
You'll see that each scene is composed of 2 subtrees : "Animation" and "All members".
"Animations" contains the scene tree. "All Members" is a list of all scene "leafs"; it helps when you're looking for a specific text or animation. Most of the time, you'll work on the Animation "tree".
- Select scene #12 (Game Over)
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- Right-click on the scene, and select "Render" (or just double-click on the scene name).
You'll get the following video :
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This video file is now stored in the Pinball Browser directory.
You can also render all the animations at once (it takes time!) and view the videos one by one afterward.
2- Now, let's say that you want to add a spinning effect to this animation:
- For each TextBox2 object, select the first Transform Matrix, right-click and select "Apply transformation...".
- Enable translation, enable rotation and enter the 2 angles : from=0° and to=360°
Here is the result !
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3- You can also replace images.
For example, in Iron Maiden, you can now change the song names.
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- Open, IM v1.06, select the scene #3, "All Members"
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- Double-click on the images to locate the one you want to replace and import a new image. Make sure you use a transparent background.
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Thank you all again for your support.
I do this for the love of the game, and it really means a lot to see all of your support.
Have fun !
That's a fantastic update! It makes my day!
Quoted from fooflighter:No luck here...I've had it trying to open for 10 minutes, Stern obviously doesn't want this program to work..
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Quoted from oga83:My apologies for the delay.
Like many of you, we're dealing with COVID lockdowns and restricted movement, and there hasn't been as much time as I'd like to work on this lately.
That being said, I'm happy to announce release v7.60 !
It works with all the new firmwares :
- Elvira 1.01
- Avengers 0.93
- Deadpool 1.04
- Jurassik Park 1.03
- TMNT 1.23
- Stranger Things 0.99.1
I have only tested the Premium/LE versions but there is no reason that it shouldn't work with the Pro.
Just a warning : due to the lockdown, I did not have access to these games and could not verify that a modified firmware was working properly.
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I also re-introduced the firmware download feature which was broken :
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This new version can be downloaded here
Marvellous!
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Quoted from oga83:Fixed in Pinball Browser v7.62
I can't check the other games today (my internet is broken).
Let me know whether you can open them with this version.
All is OK with AIQ LE and STH LE. It's a perfect job.
I have found another little bug in version 7.62
If you open an sd card image, let's say Elvira House of Horrors 1.01 with Pinball Browser
Then you click on the video tab for processing all the videos
Then, without closing Pinball Browser, you load another sd card image, let's say Deadpool LE 1.05
Then you click on the video tab (processing doesn't seem to be triggered this time)
The video of Elvira House of Horrors are still there (the content of the others tabs seems correct):
Quoted from oga83:You can use several instances at the same time, however, when you hit "Play", the video that will be displayed is the last one that was converted (in any instance).
Unfortunately, this is not a quick fix.
As a workaround, you can move to the next video, back to the previous one, and click on "Play".
This is just a display issue. There is no risk of corrupting a firmware with this.As a workaround, you could have used the "Search and bookmark videos from Scenes" in the dropdown menu (no need to restart Pinball Browser).
Fixed in Pinball Browser v7.63Fixed in Pinball Browser v7.63
Really fast delivery! Thanks for us.
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Quoted from Markharris2000:If AIQ is anything like Jurassic Park, there are THOUSANDS of audio callouts in the binary image. The PB developer needs to 'find' the new locations for all of them each time a new version of code is released. In many cases, those clips simply shift around a bit en masse as a group, but in other cases (like in the early version of Stern's code) this becomes a huge undertaking since existing A/V data bits and pieces move around alot.
Give the developer time to assess the 'damage' to his AIQ tables...
Audio scripts in AIQ 0.98 appear as v7 in PB. It detects the scripts as this but I'm not sure if it actually supports this version.
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Quoted from oga83:Sorry for keeping you waiting so long !
New firmwares have just been released, and I was able to train my algorithm on them.
So, here is Pinball Browser v7.80 !
It should work with all existing Spike firmwares
It is possible that a few sounds will not be played correctly.
It appears that there are now a bunch of different sound codecs.
Technically, Pinball Browser don't really need them but it makes it harder to locate each sound, and sometimes, it fails.
I'm not sure about the reason for this, and the help I was receiving from an insider is no longer available.
I will continue to work on this.
I also have added a file explorer that let you see/export/import all the files on the SD card :
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Excellent news for the end of the week!
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Quoted from oga83:Pinball Browser v8 is available !
It is now compatible with all the latest Spike2 firmwares (and almost all of the older versions) :
Aerosmith v1.09.0
Avengers: Infinity Quest v1.03.0
Batman ’66 v1.05.0
Black Knight: Sword of Rage v1.11.0
Deadpool v1.06.0
Elvira’s House of Horrors v1.03.0
Game of Thrones v1.37.0
Ghostbusters v1.17.0
Godzilla v0.81.0
Guardians of the Galaxy v1.08.0
Iron Maiden v1.10.0
Jurassic Park v1.05.0
Kiss v1.41.0
Led Zeppelin v1.10.0
Pabst Can Crusher v1.01.0
Primus v1.03.0
Star Wars v1.10.0
Stranger Things v1.02.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles v1.50.0
The Beatles v1.15.0
The Mandalorian v1.00.0
The Munsters v1.03.0
WWE v1.35.0
Whoa Nellie v1.55.0Some functions have been added or improved and a lot of issues have also been fixed.
Adding all these firmwares required a lot of work. This is the reason why it took so long.
Needless to say, Stern didn't help, so I can't guarantee that Pinball Browser will be able to open their future firmwares !
Going forward, v8 is available as a 1-year subscription.
If you want to keep using Pinball Browser v7, you can do it forever.
If your license is less than 1 year old, a free 1-year subscription to v8 has been added for you (from the date of your existing license).
Really awesome job!
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Some adjustments are hidden in Spike 2 machines and are not visible/accessible. Pinball Browser reveals them in the adjustments tab. It would be great, in the adjustments tab, for each adjustment, to display its status (hidden: true/false).
Quoted from oga83:Can you please provide an example ? (game, LE or PRO, firmware version and adjustment id)
Dear Oga,
Sorry for the delay.
Here is an illustration. I made it with a Mando LE (SD Card image) Game Code 1.01.
the ajustment in green (0xA1) in present in the settings of a Mandalorian LE. The red one (0xA7) is hidden in the settings of the pinball machine.
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Quoted from oga83:Pinball Browser v8.10 is ready
Changes :- Compatibility with most of the new firmwares
Aerosmith 1.10
Avengers 1.03
Batman 1.06
Beatles 1.20
Black Knight SOR 1.12
Can Crusher 1.01
Deadpool 1.06
Elvira 1.03
Ghostbusters 1.17
Godzilla 0.94
GOT 1.37
Guardians of the Galaxy 1.09
Iron Maiden 1.10
Jurassik Park 1.05
Jurassik Park - The Pin 1.03
Kiss 1.41
LedZep 1.15
Mando 1.20
Munster 1.21
Primus 1.03
Rush 0.93
Star Wars 1.20
Stranger Things 1.05
Turtles 1.51
Whoa Nelly 1.55
WWE 1.35
- Improvements in the image editor
- Added Scorbit achievements : Scorbit is working with volunteer creators to generate achievement frames for DMD machines. This feature is for those creators, and for the creation of venue or custom achievements as well in future releases.
- Fix for a bug that prevented PB from opening when a language other than EN was selected
- Fix for image modification that were randomely not saved when undo had been used
- Fix for sound-scripts ids; Thanks to Skillman !
- Note : Some firmwares take a long time to open the first time : be patient
- Note : Some sounds might be missing (PB can miss some of the 6*32 codecs)
Awesome work!
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Quoted from oga83:Pinball Browser v8.33 is available !
The function "Try to fix codec" has been added in the sound menu :
In case you find a static sound, you can use this function to fix it (before I do)
Please PM me the firmware exact version and codec number anyway so that the algorithm can be improved
Dear Olivier, the latest versions of PB are an awesome work and progress!
I tried succefully this morning the "Try to fix codec" on Batman 66 1.09 PRE/LE on sound script 0x14C2 and 0x14AE (Codec 29) and on The Beatles 1.25 on sound script 0x3A4 (Codec 14).
A "copy to clipboard all infos" option on the the right click of a clipped sound could permit to send you all the needed infos (game, gamecode version, sound script, codec) without effort or typo.
Other that that, the "Firmware Name" attribute on the upper right part of the window of PB is always empty on PB 8.3X.
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Quoted from Celofane:Thanks Olivier but unfortunately it doesn't work for Request 146 Script 0x 76E Stereo - Codec:7
130 and 168 are fine now
Dear Julien, it's really weird. For me:
Request 130 NOK (static sound begins at the 12th second of the track)
Request 146 OK
Request 168 OK
Checked this morning.
Quoted from oga83:This is a side effect of 0x7a7 sharing the same fragment #1470 with 0x7ac (click on "Display Fragment" to see this)
Once you fix 0x7a7, 0x7ac will play correctly
Anyway, it's now fixed in PBIf you have a firewall that blocks PB, the codecs can't be automatically fixed
With pb 8.34, firewall temporary disabled, here are the results with firmware Id : a959015f
0x768 OK
0x76E OK
0x7A7 OK
0x7AC OK
Thanks!
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Quoted from oga83:Delete Pinball-Browser.xml and try again
Dear Olivier, it fixes the opening of this game code!
But, in the message tab, the messages are unreadable for Venom 0.91 LE. If I try to switch to language 2, it catches an exception, and then I can't reopen the game code, until I delete the Pinball-Browser.xml file:
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Quoted from oga83:It should work now
Quoted from oga83:It should work now
It works perfectly! Merry Christmas to you, Olivier!
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