(Topic ID: 46310)

Video Trigger

By Bowman9

10 years ago



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  • Latest reply 9 years ago by Bowman9
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    #1 10 years ago

    While day dreaming what my own custom built pinball machine would look like I discovered this "Triggerable Digital Video Player".

    It works a lot like the MP3 Trigger that Betelgeuse used in his Ghost Busters pin only with video clips.

    It can play 8 videos with sound, 1 background looping video and 7 triggerable videos.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yF_4QloJlVs

    I thought some of you may be interested in it for your projects.

    Available at:
    http://www.frightprops.com/video-visual-effects/digital-video-players/triggerable-digital-video-player.html

    #2 10 years ago

    Wow Bowman, one of the things I do is I build jump gags for Themeparks and MiniGolf parks (amongst other things), and this site is excellent. This is REALLY helpful for me. Your a star.

    Thanks for passing this on.

    3 months later
    #3 10 years ago

    this is exactly what I've been looking for...

    thanks

    #4 10 years ago

    thats awesome thanks for sharing

    #5 10 years ago

    Only problem I see with this is their input levels. I could be wrong but from page 10 of their most advanced I/O board (booboo flexmax) the input levels are 5-24 vdc or vac. You might still need a pig II to actually trigger anything.

    #6 10 years ago

    I can't find their datasheet for the video trigger itself, so some of the switches might work if it is just pulling the signal to ground for the trigger. I tried doing something like this on tron and started getting a couple other switches closing (slingshot and another target) when they werent supposed to.

    #7 10 years ago

    Yup just asked. Anything above 3.3 volts you'll need an opto isolator. Should work but not plug and play.

    1 year later
    #8 9 years ago

    I found more Triggerable Digital Video Players form a company called Brightsign.

    Brightsign Products.
    http://www.brightsign.biz/digital-signage-products/overview/

    They are actually intended for use as interactive signage and kiosk displays, but have an number of features that could be useful for a custom pinball machine.

    It is a stand alone solid state unit that supports Full HD videos, images, audio, HTML5, streaming content, 3D content, Live Text, and media feeds.
    I wonder if someone could program a pin in html5?

    Input can come from a GPIO Port (8 bi-directional), keyboard or mouse.
    I wonder if you could plug in an IPAC in place of the keyboard?

    I figured I would share what I found with the modders on the site.

    Oh, and older models can be found on ebay relatively cheap.

    Later,
    Bowman

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