VPX Manager for Emulation Station (macOS and Linux table and pincab manager)

[PinballFerret]

I've been building this with Google Antigravity for a while to make my own life easier but I wanted to offer it to the community in case anyone else was interested. There's a steep learning curve to Visual Pinball, and the macOS and Linux versions are even more cutting-edge. So I created a package of tools to make things easier for anyone wanting to make a virtual pinball cabinet using either platform.

 

VPX Manager for ES-DE is a local web server app that runs in your menu bar and makes table management simpler:

 

• Matches your .vpx files against the VPS database so you know what's out of date
• Walks you through installing ROMs, backglasses, PuPacks, AltColor, and AltSound for each table
• Scrapes artwork from ScreenScraper and VPinMediaDB automatically
• Automatically patches VBS and NVRAM files
• Assists users to set up PuP Pack files; translates Windows .bat files to work on macOS and Linux
• Sets up Visual Pinball as a system in Emulation Station-DE and manages your gamelist.xml file
• Uses a custom backglass art display that works in concert with ES-DE on a second monitor, synced to whatever you're browsing in ES-DE
• Packages tables for VPinball on iOS/Android (with AirSync support in Safari)

 

It's free and open source, and runs natively on macOS and Linux:
https://github.com/macsobel/VPX-Manager-for-ES-DE

What sets this apart from other recent projects?

This is focused at macOS and Linux users looking for a front-end to manage their tables and media files. There are very few options for macOS users as a front-end for pincabs.

Let me know if you run into issues; open an issue on GitHub or drop a comment here.