PinUp Player Reference :
Put this into the top of your VPX script:
'**************************
' PinUp Player Config
' Change HasPuP = True if using PinUp Player Videos
'**************************
Const HasPuP = True
if HasPuP Then
Dim PuPlayer
Const pTopper = 0
Set PuPlayer = CreateObject("[Link]")
[Link] pTopper,"mySample"
[Link] pTopper,"Toppers", 1 , 5 '5 second rest is demo
only, should be 30-60
[Link] pTopper,"TopperBack", 1 , 5
[Link] pTopper,"winning", 1 , 5
'SetBackground
[Link] pTopper,"TopperBack" 'random file from topperback
playlist/folder
[Link] pTopper, 1 'make current video
background
End if
in above example:
for all functions you'll need to specify display# at first parameter (0=topper,
1=dmd, 2=bg, 3=playfield)
***NOTE IF YOU ARE USING MULTIPLE DISPLAYS See Advanced example later in readme....
Init is the root folder of where all video files are located for this table.
Then you can add playlists (unlimited) that are really just subfolders of your
table root that contain videos.
playlistadd (<display#> <folder name>, <sort/shuffle>, <restSeconds>);
pretty self explaining... the PinUpPlayer(PUP) will manage playlists and shuffle
them. RestSeconds is what I use to 'limit' the amount of videos being played. So
lets say you want a ramp video to play, but since I set it to 60... you can hit
that ramp multiple times but no videos will play until the restSeconds time has
passed since last video played.
<Sort 1=shuffle, 0 = alpha> So if you want to progress game videos you could name
the first one 001.mp4, 002.mp4...099.mp4 That way alpha sort will play in your
order.
now anywhere else in the code you trigger videos like this for example:
if HasPuP Then [Link] pTopper,"ramps"
..
..
if HasPuP Then [Link] pTopper,"multi"
..
..
PUP will play the next media file in the playlist...and take note of restSeconds
within each different playlist.
You also can call directly a more 'controlled' play like this:
[Link] pTopper,"ramps","avatar.mp4",100,1
playlistplayex (<display#>,<playlistname>, <filename>, <volume>, <priority>)
priority(0=none, 1..9) will override the restSeconds....so for a drain or something
similar
if filename="" then will play next file in playlist (don't have to specify
filename, only playlist).
also PUP will expose lots of media methods: .stop, resume, volume...etc
what's nice about this way. Lets say for my Football ("soccer") table I can just
copy 10 new video files into "football/goals" sub-folder and without changing any
scripts/vpx the videos will be auto-added to the playlist for goals!
Working with Video Files:
So for example if you want to have Topper videos for STARTREK. You just create a a
folder inside TopperVideos called StarTrek;
Now you can create sub-folders within STARTREK called whatever you wish to 'group'
your videos by.
Lets say we make a folder for RAMP, one for DRAIN, one for MultiBall...etc.
You also can copy general videos (usually called directly to play, not in a
playlist) into the root "StarTrek".
See Thread on vpforums for help....
[Link]
********** advanced example when working with multiple screens (DMD,
Topper,BackGlass...etc)
'**************************
' PinUp Player Config '
' Change HasPuP = True if using PinUp Player Videos
' Advanced Sample with using multiple screens
'**************************
Const HasPuP = True
if HasPuP Then
Dim PuPlayer
Const pTopper=0
Const pDMD=1
Const pBackglass=2
Const pPlayfield=3
Const pMusic=4
Set PuPlayer = CreateObject("[Link]")
[Link] pTopper,"mySample" 'must call init per each screen in
use Before any other methods!
[Link] pDMD,"mySample"
[Link] pBackglass,"mySample"
[Link] pTopper,"Toppers", 1 , 5 '5 second rest is demo
only, should be 30-60
[Link] pTopper,"TopperBack", 1 , 5
[Link] pTopper,"winning", 1 , 5
[Link] pDMD, "DMD" , 1, 5 'add playlist for DMD screen
(could be many)
[Link] pDMD, "DMDBack", 1, 5 'add playlist for DMD screen
(could be many)
[Link] pBackglass, "Backglass", 1, 5
'SetBackgrounds
[Link] pTopper,"TopperBack" 'random file from topperback
playlist/folder
[Link] pTopper, 1 'make current video
background
'Note background can be images or videos but you SHOULD create them with no audio
track/sound!
'but you can overrid with playlistplayex
[Link] pDMD,"DMDBack","popeye5.mp4", 0, 0 ' if you
want to play exact filename (should try and avoid)
[Link] pDMD, 1 'make current
video background
End if
All functions that you can SET. (note you shouldn't change the
height/wide/position/etc as the user will configure that outside of VPX!!)
Init(DisplayNum: Integer; const RootDir: WideString);
playlistadd(DisplayNum: Integer; folder: WideString; sort,restSeconds:
Integer);
playlistplay(DisplayNum: Integer; playlist: WideString);
playlistplayex(DisplayNum: Integer; playlist, playfilename: WideString; volume,
priority: Integer);
playpause(DisplayNum: Integer);
playresume(DisplayNum: Integer);
playstop(DisplayNum: Integer);
setAspect(DisplayNum: Integer; aspectWide, aspectHigh: Integer);
**** Set 0,0 to fittoscreen.
setVolume(DisplayNum: Integer;vol: Integer);
SetLength(DisplayNum: Integer;StopSecs: Integer);
after you play a file call setlength if you want it to stop. so
setlength(5) will stop video at 5 seconds mark.
SetLoop(DisplayNum: Integer;LoopState: Integer);
if you set LoopState=1, it will loop the currently playing file.
0=cancel loop
SetBackGround(DisplayNum: Integer;Mode: Integer);
if you set Mode=1, it will set current playing file as background (loop
it always). Mode=0 to cancel background. Note if user has 'POP-UP' mode this will
be disabled automagically (you don't need to worry about it).
