Hello, pinball fans!

Some pinball machines with dot-matrix displays (DMD) play MP4 videos.
These are encoded using the H.264 codec. Pretty much everyone is familiar with it, and it works very well.

I’ve now added an option that lets you switch between H.264 and VP8.

The reason for this:

There are issues with Linux operating systems because this codec isn’t used there due to licensing restrictions. As a result, the video doesn’t play correctly or at all on those systems.

Since the pinball programs wait for the videos to play, these pinball games don’t function properly.

Although I only distribute Only Pinball for Windows systems, that doesn’t stop Linux users from buying this collection anyway.

In addition, a video issue has now occurred on a Windows computer.

That’s why I’m releasing this update!

What to do:

If the videos aren't playing, the screens stay black, and eventually the ball stops being ejected, please switch to VP8. That should fix the problem.

If everything is working fine for you, then you can leave everything as it is.

Consequence:

The video quality is slightly worse than with H264.

For the switch to work, the videos must be available in both formats. So that takes up a few more MB of storage space.

A quick update on the next table.

I’m on it!ːsteamhappyː

All objects have been built, and the program is currently being written and tested. However, textures and sounds are still completely missing.

You’ll have to be patient a little longer. I’ll be checking in more often anyway.

Have fun!