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Post by naschmitz » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:14 pm

Great event. Was certainly worth the drive to see everyone again.

Here's a video of my two fastest laps ever at the Glen. I am leading Pat McMahon as we try to prove who is quicker, so seeing Pat in my mirror (at least for a while :D ) was good motivation. Coasting and overdrive on the back stretch is because I was running wicked high oil temps.

This is a lap later in that session after I let Pat by and followed him on a fast lap until we hit traffic.
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by Chrispy » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:02 pm

Here's my TT vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQU7UxHz4Y

If I'm really nice to Bert he might overlay some data but I think he is still mad that I beat him :)
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by breakaway500 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:20 pm

Berts vids are the best! Chris,I believe your car deserves a wash and wax after that.. :wink:
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by naschmitz » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:08 pm

Chrispy wrote:Here's my TT vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQU7UxHz4Y

If I'm really nice to Bert he might overlay some data but I think he is still mad that I beat him :)
If you and I were running head to tail, I am sure that would be sufficient motivation for me to run fast enough to gap you. :P
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by savage217 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:55 pm

Here is my time trial video. My second lap was my fastest. I screwed myself by overdriving it on the 3rd lap. I saw the 2:13.65 click off on my timer so I was going for 12's. That back fired. :evil:

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Re: WGI Videos

Post by John F » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:59 pm

Chrispy wrote:Here's my TT vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQU7UxHz4Y

If I'm really nice to Bert he might overlay some data but I think he is still mad that I beat him :)
Nice run Chris! Right at the 13 second mark you can see my supercharger belt on pit road where it departed at the start of my run :(
I have some huge files that I have to pare down before I can post them and I need to get my car to bark like Bert's does. :shock: Maybe it will if I shave 10 seconds off my lap time :roll:
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Post by KKennedy717 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:17 pm

Bert - If you don't mind sharing - what type of video set-up do you use and what software do you use to integrate the "real time" look from the "in car" view? The picture quality and sound mix(ie. not all the usual wind noise) is the best I have seen/heard and the streaming data feed matched to the drivers view of a lap seems like a really great way to analyze your laps when your out of the car.
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by jeffw » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:25 pm

His camera is a http://www.vio-pov.com/products-all/pov-hd.html
I want one so bad!
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by naschmitz » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:41 pm

KKennedy717 wrote:Bert - If you don't mind sharing - what type of video set-up do you use and what software do you use to integrate the "real time" look from the "in car" view? The picture quality and sound mix(ie. not all the usual wind noise) is the best I have seen/heard and the streaming data feed matched to the drivers view of a lap seems like a really great way to analyze your laps when your out of the car.
I use a Vio POV HD camera in 720p 60fps mode (YouTube is only 30fps so the video is actually much smoother than what you see). I like it because it is all solid state, runs directly off car power, has a view finder to aim the camera, a bullet camera head that is easy to mount, and an RF remote to start/stop recording. It has some good exposure controls so I can adjust the exposure for the outside view and have the black dash go dark. Without that compensation, all the exterior gets washed out. It also has an external mic input.

I plug a Shure C606WD DYNAMIC Microphone into the recorder. The dynamic mic is necessary so that the sound levels do not saturate the mic. A lot of videos sound like they have wind noise even in protected locations and it is because the sound levels are too high for condenser or electret mics. The mic is zip tied in the rear of the car in one of the storage compartments. These storage compartments are not far from the mufflers. This location does not pickup any wind noise, profanity, or any little girl noises I might utter on track

TrackVision software does all the video editing and data overlay. TrackVision will read many different datalogger formats including the obsolete MaxQ GPS logger I use. It is super easy to use and set the start/stop points. All you have to do is sync the data file to the video and that's about it. They have many different dashboards you can use depending on what you are logging.

Someday I will install my older DVD quality Vio POV and get a second camera angle going -- they will both fire up off the same RF remote if I choose to do that. That will add another processing pass to add the PiP though, but it might be fun to have a rear view too.

http://www.vio-pov.com/products-all/pov-hd.html
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by naschmitz » Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:44 pm

Another key advantage of the Vio POV camera is that it has a global shutter, so you never get jellyvision.
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Post by savage217 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:46 pm

Personally I think the aiptek gvs that I have looks very clear and for 130 dollars, is a pretty damn good bang for your buck. It even comes with a remote! The gps overlay is awesome. I would like to have that one day.
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Re: WGI Videos

Post by brave1heart » Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:32 pm

savage217 wrote:Here is my time trial video. My second lap was my fastest. I screwed myself by overdriving it on the 3rd lap. I saw the 2:13.65 click off on my timer so I was going for 12's. That back fired. :evil:

And here is the write-up I did on it on OneHotLap.com: http://www.onehotlap.com/2011/09/one-ho ... -glen.html

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Re: VIO

Post by velozmedia » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:42 am

I have two of those POV HD VIOs for the company and they work GREAT. We ran some tests on the newly released HD version while at Rolex 24 last yr. Microphone still needs some major help, but overall, a great camera. Solid state makes for no 'jello' effect. Make sure you get a fast card. Class 6, 10 or UHS-1. Anything else you WILL get 'jello' effect since it cannot write as fast. Nice idea on the mic. We use a lavalier and works great as well. Radio shack cheap stuff. Makes you wonder what kind of cheap microphone they use in all these cams. *Bert: Im sure you know this, but you can also control the exposure so the iris is not going up or down (unless you want that) by going into the exposure compensation mode and adjusting to + or -. Also, the image 'sharpener' option is horrible. Most people use this and without it, the HD image is much much better. Just FYI...again, you may know this already but it is good to know someone else out there is running this camera. We are sponsored by VIO, so any tech questions or suggestions, let me know!

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Re: WGI Videos

Post by wizzman » Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:33 pm

A little late but here are a couple videos. First is just a bunch of laps from a day 1 session:

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Second is my turn 1 spin:

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Re: WGI Videos

Post by John F » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:28 am

This was a very good run, not by me though
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