I spent about 20 hours trying to implement another video playback solution without lots of work because NVidia recently broke VMR 9 support. I thought I found another solution via ChatGPT which was the first time I tried it. It looked amazing but it gave me absolute horseshit over and over. How AI is replacing coders seems hard to believe. It seemed hopeless when experienced people need help. I tried Direct9Ex with DXVA2 and media foundation which it completely lied about. I also tried the same but not hardware accelerated which was valid but It did not work because the current Microsoft codecs dont support RGB output.

Although also legacy DirectX9Ex with FlipEx seemed like a good move on its own and I have it working well, then had problems recreating the device which is a big issue for a front end. I have this code done if I find a solution. Maybe waiting for DWM to be ready or somehow resetting it could be a solution.

FFMpeg may be a way to go for video playback and should perform accept it did involve a memory copy well, and I may try that but probably no better than what I have

Of note both AMD and Intel previously removed or broke VMR 9 support but then put it back. Which is why there was already a fallback in place

PinballX and GameEx do have the option to switch to a more legacy video solution and normally this is automatically detected. However, Nvidia neglected to tell the operating system they removed VMR 9 support so the automatic fallback was not working. Maybe they are using AI coding too!

Also of note when questioning the Brave search AI if there were issues with the solutions ChatGPT it gave the correct response.

I can recommend the Brave AI.

With these two new versions of GameEx and PinballX I check for Nvidia driver versions, so it is now again automatic as it was with intel and AMD.

I wrote this on Facebooks tonight and their AI removed it citing cyber security concerns. I thought it seemed good so wanted to share.

More an example of how clever AI is getting. May seem funny now, but trust me, from an expert, it is no joke. 2026 (maybe 2027) will be a significant year in human history. However, it is mostly smoke and mirrors right now. It is just computer programming and software, but they call it AI. There is nothing intelligent or artificial about it. Dismissing bad actors for now it is the lack of people in power's intelligence and their apathy (and laziness and to save money) as the biggest issue we face. It is how some will trust it without question and blame it for their actions. That has happened already. Unlike technology of the past one of the primary goals is for it to seem as real as possible. It lies to you rather than say it does not know. They call it AI delusions but it is an intentional part of the programming.

VPN and ad/tracker blocker is now a necessity not a nice to have and that will be good for only so long. Buy it now before you are asked for your papers to do so and don't complain about it as they put it under the umbrella of protecting children who by the way will be tracked and monitored for the rest of their lives (we will welcome it into our homes).

You would think it's science fiction and paranoia but it is very real unfortunately. Take solace that it is already too late and not much anyone can do. Our generation will also be dead before too long and immigrants are the least of your problems!

If anyone cares or even understands, Muhlvad or Proton for VPN. (Nord and a few others are the McDonalds of VPN's and free one's are 'dangerous'.)

The AI and privacy concerns are separate issues and also spilt between commercial and political interests, but they are intertwined and linked to advancements in technology and that will become more apparent soon.

If there is a conspiracy theory or valid reason behind what governments and tycoons around the world are doing, who knows, these are just the facts and these people do not value freedom.

"You may feel free in the future but it is an illusion and they may not want you to feel free."

Proudly not written by AI.
Tom Speirs. 2025

Ps: Shortly after writing this, facebook removed it and restricted my account. AI at work for you but pretty ironic.

Game mucic for emulators now plays while browsing the lists. OGG and MP3 supported.

• Various fixes and improvements to default themes.
• Improved font display.

Expanded font scaling options.

GameEx Arcade edition now features font scaling to make text larger or smaller. It is under display settings.

Font scaling now also works with gamellauncher mode.

Just a little fix that mainly broke browsing for media files.

Updated .net 8 runtrime.

Some good news. It looks like intel fixed their processer GPU drivers on 12th gen and above at some point and VMR 9 video playback is working again. This is accelerated. I always recommend those 12th gen mini PC's and this was a problem.

Fixed on screen display of video playback.

Disables powersave of display when full screen.

• Significantlyr reduced the size of the executable. This should result in faster startup time and performance.
• Fixed and faster emulator caching.

• AI upscaled menu bar,
• Fixes some scaling issues.

• Big updates to online game store features.
• • Added Ubi (Uplay) and GOG. Both plug and play with automatic game detection, database and artwork support.
  • Steam video downloads.
  • Improved launch and exit detection.
  • I did look into EA (Origin) and spent time on it but it turned out to be futile.