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Coin Ops & PixelCade

Adam — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:18:11 +0000

I'm running a Coin Ops FE with VPX, Future Pinball & MAME. I can get the LED to display the DMD in VPX, but struggling in Future Pinball. I'd also like to display marquees for MAME. Looks like Coin Ops launches exes through conf files. Didn't know if anyone had any tips before I accept the need to rebuild using a different FE.

Bitpixel hanged on a wall

Carlito — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:31:46 +0000

Hi ! I want to purchase a bitpixel led marquee to hang on the wall above my arcade machine. I have many questions … First do you know if it is possible to hang on a wall easily ? Also i would like to display some animations when I switch on the marquee even if my arcade is switched off. Is it possible ? I wanted to purchase a p4 pixelcade marquee but it is complicated since I live in France… Is there much differences with a bitpixel ? Also I don’t know if I could hang a p4 pixelcade on my wall … Thanks for your help !! Regards

1290x 360 Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

ariyavillessang — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:25:40 +0000

Whipped up a basic marquee for MK1 using GIMP and a plugin that provides pretty similar results to content aware fill like Photoshop has. Let me extend the background left and right. 7946

Updating to Batocera "Beta" (v38) appears to break Pixelcade

Al Linke — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 01:45:14 +0000

I've been running Batocera 37, but have had a few problems with MAME / vector-based games that I've been chasing down for a bit. I have been waiting for the quarterly update to Batocera 38 to drop (usually around mid-September), but haven't seen either the update or any blog/website/etc updates regarding it's anticipated availability, so I decided to change to the "Beta" version/channel and do some testing.

Once I upgraded (current version shows as "38c-dev-b9ddf2cd68 2023/09/21 13:15"), I noticed that the basic functionality of Pixelcade was no longer working like before. The initial bootup seems fine, with the default Pixelcade logo being replaced successfully by the Batocera logo. However, navigating from system to system is showing a scrolling text with the system name, instead of the designated image file being shown. For example, instead of the Favorites.png file being shown, a scrolling text of the word "Favorites" scrolls by. Here is a snippet of the log to show what is happening...I think some of the parameter formats in the lower-level system calls may be changing (or, there is a Batocera bug injected somewhere?):

time="2023-09-23 21:28:48.486" level=info msg=" closing Pixelcade device"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:48.535" level=info msg=" pixelcade device closed"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:48.535" level=info msg="Initializing Pixelcade: /dev/ttyACM0\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:48.535" level=warning msg="Reading from Pixelcade returned code 11: Resource temporarily unavailable . Retrying in 1 seconds...\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Established connection to /dev/ttyACM0\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="IOIO Magic: \"IOIO\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Hardware ID: \"PIXL0025\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Bootloader ID: \"IOIO0401\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Firmware ID: \"PIXLC011\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Description: \"Pixelcade 128x32 (with swapped green and blue channels)\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Startup Image found: /userdata/system/pixelcade/system/batocera.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Pixelweb listener starting..."
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Available at the following addresses:"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg=" http://localhost:8080\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg=" http://127.0.0.1:8080\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: batocera.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg=" http://::1:8080\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg=" http://192.168.254.12:8080\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:28:49.535" level=info msg=" http://fe80::16ab:c5ff:feee:4963:8080\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.959" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: favorites\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.963" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/favorites.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.963" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: favorites.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.973" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: favorites\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.974" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/favorites.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.974" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: favorites.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.985" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"favorites\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.985" level=info msg="Displaying Text: favorites\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.995" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"favorites\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:02.995" level=info msg="Displaying Text: favorites\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:09.170" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: all\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:09.171" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/all.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:09.171" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: all.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:09.197" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"all games\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:09.197" level=info msg="Displaying Text: all games\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:17.699" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: wswanc\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:17.700" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/wswanc.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:17.700" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: default-wswanc.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:17.723" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"WonderSwan Color\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:17.723" level=info msg="Displaying Text: WonderSwan Color\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.151" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: all\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.152" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/all.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.152" level=info msg="Sending Image: (Image: all.png)\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.180" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"all games\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.180" level=info msg="Displaying Text: all games\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.699" level=info msg="Received request for console stream Console: favorites\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.699" level=info msg="Found PNG: /userdata/system/pixelcade/console/favorites.png\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:54.727" level=info msg="Received request for text: Text: \"favorites\"\n"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:56.728" level=info msg="Received request for arcade stream: blank screen"
time="2023-09-23 21:29:58.061" level=info msg="Received request for arcade stream: blank screen"
time="2023-09-23 21:30:58.313" level=info msg="Received request for arcade stream: blank screen"

Also, after a short amount of time (a minute or less?), even the text scrolling is not happening. The DMD just shows the Pixelcade image, and it stays that way. I coded a controller button to load up the blank screen using:

curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:8080/arcade/stream/black/dummy" >> /dev/null 2>/dev/null &

The log file shows this happening, but the Pixelcade DMD just continues showing the Pixelcade logo. Is a new firmware update required for Batocera 38? Or, do I have to re-run the install script? If so, do I have to worry about backing up any config / files / etc beforehand? Thanks in advance.

Retropie ES dynamic scroll

ChrisTracey — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:11:32 +0000

Is the marquee supposed to show the games as you scroll in emulation station (dynamically). If not is there a way that I can make it do that. I would’ve switched over to Batocera by now but I really enjoy my theme which I’ve customized a little bit.

Help with bitpixel and pinup popper

Al Linke — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:49:31 +0000

I have the bitpixel hv attached to my atgames pinball. I've installed everything from the site and it works great while using pinball fx 3. However when I launch pinup popper and try to start a game the whole system freezes but if I go to task manager end the pinup popper task and restart the program it works fine after that.

Any idea on why it would always freeze the system on first launch and if there's anything I can do to fix it? Thanks appreciate your time!

Pre-purchase advice (Pixelcade / Bitpixel)

Laurent — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 14:10:15 +0000

Hello,

I'm creating this topic because I'm really interested in having a dynamic marquee but I'm a bit lost.

I've been looking on the internet and came across your website and your Pixelcade LED. As I'm from France, I assume that VAT is not included in the price of your DIY kits.
I then looked on the Internet to see if there were any resellers in Europe and I came across the ATgames site, which seems to offer the same thing with the BitPixel LED.
To make matters worse, looking at your tutorials on Youtube and your website, as well as forums (Reddit), it seems that the Pixelcade is exactly the same thing as the Bitpixel and that you manufacture both products?

Since I'm not lucky enough to have an arcade terminal, I decided to transform my computer desktop to give it the look of one.
This would be done by plugging into my PC (Windows 11) and using various software such as Hyperspin. The aim would be for the markers to be displayed automatically when a game is launched.

Could you please tell me if this would work on my PC, if the two products are identical and which best solution I should turn to, bearing in mind that in any case I'll be taking the paid versions of your softwares?

Finally, I saw that all this was compatible with PinballFx3 which I have on Steam. Does this mean that it is possible to create and use dynamic markers for all Steam games or is Pinball Fx an exception?

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

A Pixelcade to work with Steam on the PC

OmniV — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 07:05:31 +0000

I recently built a cab using an older pc that runs Steam games through the GameEX frontend as well as mame and a few other emulators ..will there be any Steam support in the future..especially games like Tekken 7, UMvC3, and Dead or Alive 6. just name a few

Soul Caliber 2 Cab with Pixelcade LED P5 Flush Mount

Pixelcade Admin — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 07:34:05 +0000

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