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<blockquote data-quote="TerryRed" data-source="post: 237449" data-attributes="member: 5962"><p>Well here we go. I got MAME up and running in PinKadia!</p><p></p><p>I have it setup to have Pinball X show the marquees on the backglass screen. (which I had to make into 16x9 pictures, over 2700 of them!) </p><p></p><p>I captured*videos of gameplay using OBS. I liked Tom's MAME videos from the GameEx FTP, but Pinball X makes them stretch and fill the whole screen with the wrong aspect ratio.*I do*use them for the games I haven't video captured yet.</p><p></p><p>The vertical games are perfect for the playfield screen. Horizontal games could be played on the backglass screen, but they would be alot smaller compared to the playfield screen, and I would need to have my head looking upward all the time to play.</p><p></p><p>My main priority was to have the game screen as large as possible with HLSL effects (no screen curve, or glow, etc). With the game this big (42 inch TV for the playfield screen) HLSL really is needed to make the game not look blocky and yuck! I also wanted no bezel obstruction of the game screen.</p><p></p><p>I use Rocket Launcher to manage the bezels and backgrounds. This allows me to*use a default bezel /*background for ALL*games, and*I can have it easily*change to a random / specific one or use MAME's artwork. Its easy to just add another background this way, and I don't need to deal with "lay" files!**</p><p></p><p>If the original arcade or a custom bezel works well to cover the leftover unused screen area, I'll use it. Otherwise I use a chrome / metal hexagon bezel that I made to match the style of my Pincab (it looks much better in person than it does in the videos!). </p><p></p><p>I made several different ones to better fit*the different sized marquees as well. I used Pinball X to have my backglass screen act as a DMD screen sized the same as the*marquee, and centered.*Then I had windows use the*"blank" metal hexagon / chrome trim picture as a wallpaper background picture. When I ran Pinball X this way it displays the marquee overtop of the metal hexagon picture. I used OBS to capture the entire backglass screen with the*new 16x9 marquee as a small video. (I would hit flipper button, then "record" over and over and over again) Then I just played all the recorded videos back to back, and saved each as a picture with the name of the MAME rom file to match. It sounds complicated, but it was the easiest way to do this. I got over 2700 done! I know...,. I'm crazy.</p><p></p><p>The reason I had to use OBS is because I couldn't find a*program*to*"screen capture" the backglass screen (acting as the dmd screen) properly. They either require the "screen to be captured" to be the primary screen (which messes up Pinball X), or they will only capture the DMD portion of the DMD screen in Pinball X. I needed the entire screen with the marquee AND background....and OBS only does video capture.</p><p></p><p>I have over 2700 MAME games setup.... I'm not about to make custom backgrounds or bezels for that many games!</p><p></p><p>Here is a video showing around 80 MAME games. It shows a mix of vertical and*horizontal games with and without the arcade bezels.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c11Vhd-136k" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c11Vhd-136k</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/MAME%20PinKadia.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/MAME%20PinKadia.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryRed, post: 237449, member: 5962"] Well here we go. I got MAME up and running in PinKadia! I have it setup to have Pinball X show the marquees on the backglass screen. (which I had to make into 16x9 pictures, over 2700 of them!) I captured*videos of gameplay using OBS. I liked Tom's MAME videos from the GameEx FTP, but Pinball X makes them stretch and fill the whole screen with the wrong aspect ratio.*I do*use them for the games I haven't video captured yet. The vertical games are perfect for the playfield screen. Horizontal games could be played on the backglass screen, but they would be alot smaller compared to the playfield screen, and I would need to have my head looking upward all the time to play. My main priority was to have the game screen as large as possible with HLSL effects (no screen curve, or glow, etc). With the game this big (42 inch TV for the playfield screen) HLSL really is needed to make the game not look blocky and yuck! I also wanted no bezel obstruction of the game screen. I use Rocket Launcher to manage the bezels and backgrounds. This allows me to*use a default bezel /*background for ALL*games, and*I can have it easily*change to a random / specific one or use MAME's artwork. Its easy to just add another background this way, and I don't need to deal with "lay" files!** If the original arcade or a custom bezel works well to cover the leftover unused screen area, I'll use it. Otherwise I use a chrome / metal hexagon bezel that I made to match the style of my Pincab (it looks much better in person than it does in the videos!). I made several different ones to better fit*the different sized marquees as well. I used Pinball X to have my backglass screen act as a DMD screen sized the same as the*marquee, and centered.*Then I had windows use the*"blank" metal hexagon / chrome trim picture as a wallpaper background picture. When I ran Pinball X this way it displays the marquee overtop of the metal hexagon picture. I used OBS to capture the entire backglass screen with the*new 16x9 marquee as a small video. (I would hit flipper button, then "record" over and over and over again) Then I just played all the recorded videos back to back, and saved each as a picture with the name of the MAME rom file to match. It sounds complicated, but it was the easiest way to do this. I got over 2700 done! I know...,. I'm crazy. The reason I had to use OBS is because I couldn't find a*program*to*"screen capture" the backglass screen (acting as the dmd screen) properly. They either require the "screen to be captured" to be the primary screen (which messes up Pinball X), or they will only capture the DMD portion of the DMD screen in Pinball X. I needed the entire screen with the marquee AND background....and OBS only does video capture. I have over 2700 MAME games setup.... I'm not about to make custom backgrounds or bezels for that many games! Here is a video showing around 80 MAME games. It shows a mix of vertical and*horizontal games with and without the arcade bezels. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c11Vhd-136k[/url] [URL=http://s92.photobucket.com/user/thagerty/media/MAME%20PinKadia.jpg.html][IMG]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l34/thagerty/MAME%20PinKadia.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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