PinballX was created at the end of May 2013 and is in active development.
Download PinballX here.
For support, and to get involved please head over to the PinballX forum.
LAV Filters are the recommended solution to support video playback and you can download LAV filter codecs here. If you are still using Windows XP download FFDSHOW here.
To add your tables use the included game list manager.
PinballX will benefit from a multi core CPU and a quad core is recommended if using multiple displays.
PinballX includes high score features thanks to PINemHi by Dna Disturber.
Online and remote access features are available at GameEx Online.
A Lite version of PinballX is also included specifically designed for windows tablets.
Modern and higher end hardware is highly recommended for pinball cabs with two or three screens due to the demands of multiple high resolution videos and constantly loading high resolution artwork. However, PinballX itself does not demand much itself and the lite version requires next to nothing to run.
Note: PinballX is not free for commercial use. You should contact us before including or using PinballX with your products.
Full screen exclusive mode is fixed and back. (Full screen windowed = false)
Can specify the hardware encoder to use or software for video recording.
- Volume keyboard controls now work within front end.
- Video and screen grab recordings now work even when displays are not set to hidden.
- Uses DirectX screen grab for backglass and fixes display numbers.
- Fixes setting wrong PinMAME DMD height,
- Significantly faster launch and exit from tables.
- Fixed running on Windows XP (yes it still works).
- Removed duplicate file installs and old files from installer resulting in much quicker install time.
- Fixes hang on startup on some systems caused by checking for zedmd.
- Updated .net 6 desktop runtime.
- Improved detection for non working system vmr 9 and fall back to sample grabber.
- Improved interaction with Visual Pinball frozen windows.
- Improved launch and exit table timings.
- Visual Pinball 10.8 support. - Full screen exclusive mode has been permanently disabled. - Fixes PinballX hanging with Visual Pinball in some cases.
Native zeDMD support all working good in PinballX. Thank you @Mike_da_Spike for his testing and everyone else who helps me out around here!
zeDMD/PinDMD 3.1 support (not tested).
- Fixed and faster ini file reading.
- Updated PINemHi by DNA Disturber. http://pinemhi.com/
- Updated .net 6 x64 desktop runtime.
- Fixes video playback and other issues when running at high display frequencies.
- This release uses the main GameEx video playback and bass audio code for future cross platform versions.
- It may have slightly better performance playing videos on multiple displays.
- Upgraded to latest .net 6 desktop runtime.
- If upgrading from previous version and have any audio or video playback issues, please report
- Updated to latest .net 6 desktop runtime.
- Fixes for latest PinMAME and and window detection (thanks Mike_Da_Spike).
- Fixes gameplay, tutorial and promo videos orientation. - Updated pinemhi.ini for better PinMAME ROM detection.
- Added requested feature to allow hiding mouse cursor optional.
- The .net 6 and .net 4 (XP and 32 bit) installers have been combined into a single installer.
- There is now just one download.
- This makes it easier and quicker for me to do releases and avoids confusion.
- To force the .net 4 install on 64 bit Windows 7 or newer set the compatibility to Windows XP or Vista.
- Fixed Setup Wizard input error.
- Updated all VC runtimes to latest versions so they don't require windows updates or create surplus temporary files.
- Update .net 6 runtime to latest.
- Removed all dependencies on .net framework 2 and it is no longer installed as part of the setup.
- Detecting aspect ratio of playfield videos is now done using the actual aspect ratio rather than video size.
- New HD vertical MAME videos with 60fps interpolation currently processing and available shortly.
- Minor updates and improvements to XDMD and real DMD video playback. Latest version.
- Fixes minor issue with filter group lists.
- Filter list groups now support and/& as well as previously or/|. NOTE: Don't use both on same match. Not supported.
Filter lists now support NOT (exclamation mark - !).
Also updated to latest .net 6 desktop runtime and added latest PinballX Documentaion.
In attempt to provide full configuration and access via GameEx Online with the web Setup Wizard for current and future projects the site now allows local directory and file browsing for remote paths. This will be also good for upcoming projects not on windows platforms. I learnt a little about jquery doing this for the popup browser on the site. This change requires an update to the client to work. I've also spent some time optimizing gameex.com and pinballx.com on Google page speed insights. So hopefully the sites should perform a little better for you on mobile devices. Note the remote browsing is a little slow as its client server. Ignore the large version change. This was because touch-play was updated recently with Sinden light gun support,
- Checking for new versions is fully automated and based on forum download version number.
- Supports all screenres.txt fields and the new comments.
- Basic backglass image overlay support.
- Fixes realdmd/dmddevice not shutting down.
Fixes Game Manager not detecting media.
God bless the King.
I've attempted to improve landscape setups and desktop mode in this release. There is a new wheel list type in this release. Allowing the existing curved wheel and a new straight wheel. The straight wheel avoids filling the display with logos and obscuring the table video. By default (auto) it is straight in landscape and curved in portrait. Can be adjusted under display settings.
The first fairly significant update for a while. I've been enjoying life but do seem to have slowed down a bit.
It seems FullDMD videos are a new media addition in the scene now, following apngs as a new thing which I pioneered here.
PinballX now supports these and passing on the videos to play with Visual Pinball.
Its painless to setup if its your thing to go beyond traditional Pinball with a full 16/9 Full DMD display.
First you import your videos into the FullDMD videos folder. VPUniverse has quite a large collection now. Then you need to enable keep aspect/full DMD under DMD display settings. That should be it. The videos will play when you launch Visual Pinball and will be captured when recording videos to play in the front end. You may have issues with this feature in Windows 7 due to Direct3D display conflicts but I have not tested. I'm purely a windows 10 man right now and have not tested in a VM.
In audition there are various fixes in this release including the following: Auto position b2s does not overwrite existing dmd settings. That will keep the freaks happy Fixes use pinmame in front end Fixes creating dmd screenshots.
Improved APNG support thanks to Scutters.
PinballX was developed by Spesoft and Headsoft
