mikymu

I am a complete novice when it comes to track data and video synchronization.
I use traqmate and HD camcorder that does not synch with traqmate. My question is what options do we have as far as software goes to synch traqmate data to video. I remember seeing some fancy software where you can change the look of the data display to match the instrument panel of your car ... or and I stuck with the vanilla flavor Traqstudio software?

One software that seems to work with all kinds of data acquisition device is track vision. Anyone with track vision experience compare with Traqstudio? Not cheap ... $295 ouch

171mph

Hi, you might want to talk to ken or dan gorman at gorman ms. they have been very helpful and know their data/video stuff inside/out. they can prob tell u the pros/cons of trackvision vs traqmate

http://www.gormanms.com/

fc-racer

I use trackvision. It's $195 without the watermark. You can customize the dashes pretty easily. I hacked the IQ3 dash to make an AIM one in about 4hrs.

mikymu

Thanks for the suggestions. Dashware looks interesting

mooty

when you find one that looks good and is FOOL proof, email me.
i do mean FOOL proof.

mikymu

lol

I am in the same boat. These software are not user friendly

mooty

if i have to use my brain, it's too hard to use.
i have to push more than one button on my trackmate, result : SOLD
aim was no better, result: SOLD
downloading these things with a long wire or lap top on top of cars roof scratching paint off or try to get in the car with full cage and get bruised everywhere.... i downloaded it ONCE in the whole year i had it.... you get the pix.
this is fun, NOT work.

mikymu

Yeah, these data loggers are very hard to use and they are not iphone easy. I had one heck of a time tapping into the DME just to get RPM signals. Software to synch data and video are worst. I just spend an hour trying to make dashwear work and the whole thing froze on me. I will likely try traqstudio software next

mooty

^ forget that. i thought i phone was hard.

Carrera GT

I just got the SmartyCam from Andrie at http://www.prima-racing.com/
Excellent and I'd say almost completely foolproof.

http://www.smartycam.com

I haven't had it at the track yet, so all I can say for now is I checked out the market and it was a step ahead of anything the vendors were saying they'd have in the near future. The newest Traqmate (which does do video sync) seems pretty good too. I like the fact the SmartyCam is able to go on a bike (some of these units can handle lean angles and get confused about accelerometer data.)

It also has the Porsche CAN pickup bridge.

And AiM knows what they're doing with the very high-end gear, so this all-in-one data and video unit can expand to analog interfaces, digital dash, steering wheel, etc.:




Of everything I saw RaceKeeper was the best (SavyBoy uses it, as does Porsche's driving school, PSDS, as do a couple of dozen of the elite driving schools and training companies. If I was a little more serious and driving the track more frequently, I would have gone with RK (even though I know Savy has had troubles with some software glitches and that's not okay.) But I know the RK people pretty well and I'm confident their late model Porsche-specific solution is the best.

http://www.race-keeper.com/

That reminds me they have a pretty cool "heads-up" display for the iPhone -- it uses Bluetooth and provides things like a shift light and lap/segment time.

http://www.race-keeper.com/i-Dash

cobrien

Been using a SmartyCam since last year, and it's about as easy as it gets. It gives you video overlaid with speed, lateral G's, and a track map. If you have an Aim data system as well, you can select any of the data it provides, or data available via CAN. The big benefit of the SmartyCam is that the data overlay is recorded in real-time with the video, so you don't have to do post-processing on your computer to sync data with the video and/or create the overlay.

I've also got a Traqmate and ChaseCam system in a different car, and with the new Traqstudio software it's a *fairly* fool-proof setup :-). But not as easy as the SmartyCam.

mooty

adam and colin, i have had tracqmate, chase cam and the 2nd to the highest end AiM, they are all complicated for me. in fact, i only understand the 25% of the words colin posted above and i am not kidding.

i am sure AiM knows what they are doing. but i dont know what i am doing :-)

mikymu

Adam

Thanks for the heads up on smartycam. Looks super nice. I don't think the video is in HD ... I only found 480p on YouTube and it's pretty grainy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYvCNbtnVXo

That's why I don't have an iphone. If I need to make a call, I just get a quarter from my i-wallet lol

Carrera GT

http://www.smartycam.com/on-board-ca...l-features.htm

Battery duration Up to3 hours acquisition
Memory Up to 16 Gb
Memory capability 1 hour recording = about 2 Gb
Movies format H.264 -720x400 pixel @ 30fps
Accelerometer tri-axial ± 5G
Auto Start/Stop Recording Yes

cobrien

Hey Mooty!!

That's the nice thing about the SmartyCam....you don't have to know anything. Charge up the battery, mount it, and go. The first time you go to a particular track you'll need to hit one button on the unit to tell it where the lap starts on the track....that's it. You get your video, and you get on-screen speed, lap time, lap count, etc.