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[NEWS] PinballX 7.20

Fixes and performance improvements with video playback, frame-rate limiting for Media Foundation and sample grabber playback, first-frame handling, and sample grabber reliability.

[NEWS] PinballX 7.16

Adds a feature that allows alternate Visual Pinball executable selection inside PinballX.

[NEWS] PinballX 7.14

Fixes the desktop briefly showing when launching Visual Pinball.

[NEWS] PinballX 7.02

Adds checks and fallback handling around graphics driver video playback issues, improves CPU core detection, and addresses full-screen exclusive mode behavior.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.97

Secondary list menus now support unlimited items and scrolling.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.95

Updated documentation, streaming support for promo, tutorial, and gameplay videos through URL shortcuts, runtime fixes, version-checking fixes, and reduced PNG asset sizes.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.94

Adds support for streaming promo, gameplay, and tutorial videos through internet shortcut files.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.90

Significantly reduces executable size for faster startup and better performance.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.89

Addresses a long-running memory leak tied to bass.dll and includes the latest .NET 8 runtime in the installer.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.67

Fixes PinballX Lite, which removes some features including multi-display support.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.66

More performance updates and a startup-speed demonstration video.

[NEWS] Performance?

Notes continued optimization work for PinballX and GameEx startup performance.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.59

Windows 10 and 11 now run PinballX under .NET 8, with the .NET 8 Windows desktop runtime included in setup.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.51

Adds the ability to choose the hardware encoder or software encoding for video recording.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.42

Fixes volume keyboard controls, video and screen grab recording, DirectX backglass capture display numbering, and PinMAME DMD height settings.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.37

Improves table launch and exit speed, fixes Windows XP support, cleans installer contents, fixes startup hangs around zeDMD checks, and updates the .NET 6 desktop runtime.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.30

Improves VMR9 fallback detection, Visual Pinball frozen-window interaction, and launch and exit timings.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.21

Adds Visual Pinball 10.8 support, disables full-screen exclusive mode permanently, and fixes PinballX hangs with Visual Pinball in some cases.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.10

Fixes and speeds up INI file reading, updates PINemHi by DNA Disturber, and updates the .NET 6 x64 desktop runtime.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.07

Fixes video playback and other issues when running at high display frequencies.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.06

Moves to the main GameEx video playback and bass audio code for future cross-platform versions, improves multi-display video performance, and updates the .NET 6 desktop runtime.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.03

Updates to the latest .NET 6 desktop runtime and includes fixes for the latest PinMAME and window detection.

[NEWS] PinballX 6.02

Fixes gameplay, tutorial, and promo video orientation, and updates pinemhi.ini for better PinMAME ROM detection.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.97

Adds the requested option to hide the mouse cursor and updates to the latest .NET 6 desktop runtime.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.90

Combines the .NET 6 and .NET 4 installers into one download to simplify releases and reduce confusion.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.89

Fixes a Setup Wizard input error, updates VC runtimes, and updates the .NET 6 runtime.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.84

Removes .NET Framework 2 dependencies, improves playfield video aspect-ratio detection, and notes new HD vertical MAME videos.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.83

Includes minor updates to XDMD and real DMD video playback, fixes filter group lists, and adds AND support for filter list groups.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.81

Adds NOT support for filter lists, updates the .NET 6 desktop runtime, and includes the latest PinballX documentation.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.80

Improves GameEx Online setup support with remote path browsing and includes site performance optimization work for gameex.com and pinballx.com.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.55

Automates version checking from the forum download version, supports all screenres.txt fields and comments, adds basic backglass image overlay support, and fixes real DMD shutdown.

[NEWS] PinballX 5.52

Improves landscape setups and desktop mode, adds a straight wheel list type alongside the curved wheel, and automatically selects the best default wheel shape for landscape or portrait…