So, did you import the vids, then change the audio files as well... importing edited audio files that sync with the vids? Noob to this whole thing and just don't know what to do or where to start... Just want to change the Yoda drain vids

Made a new Ball Save for Luke!!!!

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE VIDEO

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Omxh4yrjg-bI_TIQgO_mYHWdrdXmfKxJ/view?usp=sharing

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Okay, done and finally completely happy with my edits.

Here's a link to all the changes.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yU2boWEzHXygV9gC3Fq7-SDgICAbRjEW
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I probably could but the style clash would be too apparant. Although come to think of it...I really don't like the missle shot missed or shoot again vids...

Let me look at it at see what i can come up with

You may have just given me a new project

I have a little bit of and idea but I'm all ears

Cool, I honestly haven't opened up JP in pinbrowser so I'll have to search, don't know if missle vid is buried in there...

I'll take a look at the ball save animation also..I have a number of things i can add effects, sounds, overlays, particles so I'll try to come up with something

Thank you!

Found the missle shot missed, it's 0x42, the first part is awesome, just dislike the fuzzy screen shot missed portion...i think i can fix it

I just downloaded the SD image from stern's site and I'm using that with the browser, it is the latest version..here's a screenshot of the vid and location

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I'm using the Premium SD - not sure if that matters on location - it may

I was just making a post and my internet went out I've got all the locations for the videos right now I'm comparing those with the time signatures for the audio files... I'll post more when I can... Corona virus got my Fiber line

**Update. I have the link working now.
Sorry it didn't have shared address rights.
It should work now!!

Playing with the ball save and missle vids....

I made the ball hitting the glass sound more distinctive compared to the original

For the missle shot miss, instead of the white static, messing around with something new..

Still works in progress but it's fun to play around with.

Sorry, it defaulted to link sharing off, it should be okay now!

Crap, does this mean that if they do any software updates they will cease to function with PB browser?

I'm not distributing this for sale...How is this any different than modding my machine?

Just updated my missed shot vid and put a better quality save

Really Hope they don't stop functionality of Pinball Browser

This is nothing more than a mod, and I'm not reselling these assets

Once I'm done, you can PM me for the files if you'd like them for use with Pinball Browser

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I'm linking the entire package along with the locations one sec...

*update removed locations until finalized

I've been up too late ...

I just realized my location codes for the SD Image with be different than the raw locations...standby...getting the new areas...

(Removed old location graphic)

Okay it's done!

First off let me say I love JP and the designers, coders, and programmers at Stern. They are really talented people.

Thanks to using Pinball Browser, I was able to change (mod) a couple vids and sound I feel needed tweaking for me personally. Not disparaging or trying to take away anything from anyone at Stern or the coders.

I've included a link here for those who own the JP Premium/LE edition to view, download, use on their machines some *.mp4 and *.wav files I feel just kick it up a little bit. (these may work on the PRO - I don't know for sure at the file locations and lengths may vary)

Here's what I did:

Changed the BALL SAVE Audio to have a more pronounced "thunk" and "glass shatter" when the ball it hits the screen in the transition video

Added extra HUD graphics to the SMART MISSLE launch and post impact HIT video and audio

Added extra HUD graphics to the SMART MISSLE launch and post impact MISS video and audio

Added an original custom designed SHOOT AGAIN video/audio files to completely replace the factory vid and audio

Please see the readme.txt file in the link below if you decide to use these files.

*NOTES*

Although the videos contain audio, that audio is not the ones the game uses and is disregarded in the video import process via Pinball Browser, you need to import the wav files as well to their proper locations.

Some of the *.wav files have differing or boosted dynamics from their video companion

The included videos are at 1360x768 resolution and 30fps - viewing them in the webbrowser via google may produce 720P or lower results with compression artifacts, for best viewing quality, download them to your computer.

I've tried and tested these on my JP Premium using a backup image file of my Factory SD card - everything works perfectly and the audio levels don't clip.

You may show 1 extra frame importing the videos from the factory but this doesn't affect the function/timing within the game

(Disclaimer - I'm not responsible if you brick your machine...I just had to say that for legalese , but you should be fine)

CLICK LINK BELOW TO ACCESS FILES

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RO_5shtCyWkqc_1cBef7_H48PiIW6SWo?usp=sharing
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Looks like the latest version of JP update 1.01 broke Pinball browser access

looks that way so far

I can understand from a licensing/monetization point of view. Just sucks since I was modding for my own purposes and not reselling any changes.

I think this is the step Stern is making to the DLC market most likely.

I feel your pain! It's a mod on my machine, why not go after those selling these mods versus taking away the ability for the home hobbiest to trick out the machine to their liking..I thought the same thing about the update... Very little, almost seemed just to get the PB blocker software out there

This looks deliberate on Sterns part, especially the fact there is no QUICK update option on the 1.01 install...I though all .spk files I used in the past gave the option, this one is FULL only... So it's forcing a full overwrite

I'm all ears

Doesn't look like Stern is waiting around... Hopefully this applies to other games as well if they were blocking things for a reason and are going to open things up to legal modification... I'm just thinking of games like Skyrim for the PC, Bethesda sponsored the modding community, not only did it grow the product, it made it hugely popular... Time will tell, curious to see tonight with Black Knight

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Well, you have to realize, Stern is a business, they don't agree to virtual non written verbal agreement contracts. They get nothing out of open sourcing their software... But everything, financially, down the road (is read DLC) for keeping things under wraps. Unfortunately, I think it will always be a clandestine affair of modding software... All the begging in the world won't change things.

Oh they're reading it

Yeah, they'll just say that modding software will void your warranty, something along those lines

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

Genius! Thank you so much for this...Time to get my modding back on!! Thank you sir...just made my day!!!

I got the license thing too but donated again just because...this made my day!!!

I did a search and bookmark videos from scenes in the dropdown in the videos tab and they all showed up

I'm having major trouble with this now, I tried just changing my sound and video files like I always did with pinball browser and it all appeared fine..however after flashing a new SD boot image I'm getting strange results on the game itself:

Sounds from other files scratchy not playing
Videos not playing at all but associated sounds coming through
Things unrelated to my edits broken (CHAOS letters for example not playing vids and video is distorted scratching)

I simply imported my vids and sound to their new locations and flashed a disk with Etcher, now it seems the file is corrupted

I also noticed all the video and sound locations changed from last time

So I downloaded a clean SD image from Stern for JP Premium

Loaded that into PB Browser 7.51 clean install

Cleared all Macros

Added my 4 sound files and my 3 videos that I saved the same way with JP 1.00

So here’s what I’ve found:

What Works:

Audio is working correctly now – no screeching or distortion

Not working (videos):

I replaced the Shoot again, Missile Hit, Missile Miss according to their scene bookmarks

When the Shoot again vid is supposed to play, I get a static picture of the Jurassic Park Gate with the correct sound file playing in the background

When the Missile Launch Video Plays, It plays the correct Missile Launch video but it does not go to the Missile Miss Video ever

However, if the Missile shot is made the Missile hit video plays with the correct audio

I don’t know where to go from here

Thanks for any help

I'm going to recompile my vids one at a time and try to get the bitrate and frame count exactly the same with handbrake

I'll also rename the files to the exact name of the default location files

Gonna try this one step at a time to see if I can find out what's breaking and where/why

Okay just tried replacing the Shoot Again video, same bitrate, same framecount, same filename...just doesn't work

It seems like the video isn't even loaded playing the game or somehow doesn't import correctly...

I see it in Pinball browser fine

The audio plays correctly..

pulling hair out

I'm going to try and import the default video into the image and see if that works...if so it's something in my video file then...if not, it must be the Pinball Browser

Okay I think something is wrong with pinball browser with videos

I just re-imported the same default video file that came with the game (that I exported from a clean SD Card Image file) from the Shoot Again video scene in jurassic park and I get no video playback in the game at all. Just a static picture of the JP gates

I;m not a coder and have no idea what to do next but as of now I can't use Pinball Browser to change my videos

Hey guys, can anyone verify if they have any trouble with the video importing with the latest version, seems like they are getting corrupted...see my previous posts above

The sound bug was fixed, I did use 7.51...the vids do not work

I will try that

oga83 SUCCESS!!!!

Importing the file without conversion for the video worked!!! I did that one with sound and video

Okay now to put the other vids back on.

Care to explain what changed from the original import video to import file (no conversion) that made this work now...I'm just curious, if it's too technical then don't worry..

Anyways, thank you for the help.

I'll report back once I get all my vids and sounds loaded, fingers crossed

So, I got 1 of my vids loaded up and 2 sound changes for JP 1.01 with PB 7.52

I was replacing the missile hit and miss vids but something in them was breaking the code...couldn't get the miss shot miss to play after the missile launch tutorial and missile launch vid sequence

I can only guess it was breaking the game code somehow...

Anyways...I'm done for now, I've been going at this for 2 days and I'm happy with my Shoot Again vid being able to be changed..that was my biggest complaint with the standard game - hate that Raptor animation - really choppy and crushed blacks

I don't know what else to do on the other vids as they cause more problems with the code changing them...maybe it's the bitrate or timing or frames of the uploads

Ummm...he was answering the question of where to download the browser

...and of course they just released JP version 1.02 .....yay...I mean ahhhhh!!!!

If this is broken again, I'm done

Looks like Pinball Browser is broken again with version JP 1.02

Can't even load the image

No luck here...I've had it trying to open for 10 minutes, Stern obviously doesn't want this program to work..

while i'd love to try it, even though it was opening, it never worked properly for 1.01 or 1.02...it actually broke the code somehow on the upload/conversion for the videos I tried and the game stopped working correctly even though my bitrates and frames were almost exact...the missle launch sequence would fail to play as well as the hit sequence, then the rest of the game would glitch out until reset of the machine...I think they put some sort of identifier in the code that regardless of conversion, if the new vids don't match verbatim, the code sequencing gets fouled up...just my experience and 3 days of sleepless trying and trying just led me to putting aclean image up and calling it quits..I really appreciate the effort though and the work you have done, I wish Stern would work with you instead of against you

so here's a way for Stern to keep updating code: PB browser updates to newest version...Stern releases new code! Genius

Just FYI, all the sound locations changed again

ah, okay..I'll try this once again

I'm still having trouble getting any videos to work correctly..never had a problem on my Star Wars or versions of JP prior to version 1.01

Here's what I'm going to try (let me know if this isn't correct):

Clean Image download from Stern
Image Created to SD with Etcher
Image opened from SD with Pinball Browser
Image Saved to SD with Disk Image Write under SmartDMD tab in PB Browser

I was building the new image using Etcher again previously from the saved / modified image I edited

So fingers crossed...again

OKAY!!! I'M AN IDIOT

I have to offer my sincere apologies to @oga83. I have made a bunch of posts on here that my videos weren't working etc...

Probably wasting his time no less..

It was my fault all along.

I was saving the edited image to my SD after editing it in pinball browser USING Etcher

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS USE THE DISK WRITE FUNCTION BUILT INTO PINBALL BROWSER IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! Holy crap duh moment realization for me

Now everything works perfectly including the imports of videos etc...

Many thanks oga83 and sorry if I wasted your time with any blathering

I feel smarter and dumber right now all at the same time!!!

I do it like this:

1. Export the original video using pb browser, save for safe keeping
2. Open video in editor, I use Powerdirector but you can use any video editing you like
3. Get the correct data from the content (bitrate, length, framerate, resolution)
4. Edit video and then export/produce new video in best format H.264 possible
4.a. Option to export audio here also adjusting for audio in source file. I make the audio files first and try to make the video match the audio, meshes better that way in the finished product
5. Open video in Handbrake and compile new output that as closely mirrors original video length and frames, but the import function in PB browser should fix that anyways
6. Load PB Browser and use existing Image from SD in machine (make sure to copy and save image first) or use new image from Stern burned to SD card using Etcher
7. Load Image in PB Browser
8. Import Scene bookmarks for videos
9. Import Videos and Sound files
10. Write image to SD using PB browser (THIS IS IMPORTANT) - don't use Etcher to make a new image from this step. Use the built in Write image to burn the new edited image to your SD
11. Load back in machine, play, test, enjoy!

I still do for converting the raw image from Stern to SD, just something in the final step after edits, can't put my finger on it but it seems it was messing with the code for the specific changes I made, your mileage may vary. Anyways, just played about 10 games using the Write image from Pinball browser and all is working super..

Just throwing this out there in case other people run into a similar issue like I had, before you spend 3 days running in circles

Working for me fine, I've made about 8 audio and video edits

I had that issue using etcher to burn the final copy on the SD... What worked for me was using the internal write to SD function of Pinball browser

Having the same issue

Well I was hoping that PB browser would tackle some newer code. I have been holding off on updating my custom JP and SW code from 1.03 and 1.10 respectively but finally decided to make copies of my custom code and install the latest official code. Just too many changes and fixes included to be running older instructions.

Fingers crossed for some future updates

Thanks for the new browser updates

I'm also missing some sound files and am getting pops and clicks when uploading to the latest Star Wars Premium code

I have personally given up on trying to get PB Browser to work with the modern sterns...all it takes is a new scramble from Stern on a release date and all the work is useless on the build. It was good while it lasted.