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05-12-2018, 08:32 AM | #1 |
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About done with HLT...I need something *straightforward* to use...
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"LapTimer is designed to support “out of the box” and easy to use video recording and overlaying" Um...No. It isn't. At least on Android. I just spent an hour trying to do it and I am no dummy when it comes to technology. It feels like I am working with a 10 year old interface... I have to manually put the files in HLT's preferred video directory before it "sees" them? HLT can only try to move files via WIFI to the *internal* storage on my tablet but not the SD card (so, I can't move anything via WIFI as the internal storage is small). There is no easy way to determine which file you manually move (it breaks them into 4GB pieces) is linked to the lap you want to preview? You have to link it, then reaize the video has nothing to do with the lap you are looking at? (isn't the video AND HLT data timestamped?) No "undo" function for the linking process? This is too hard unless i am missing something (and the youtube videos I have found haven't really helped). About to get a Virb or something else and be done with it. I just want to: Put the camera, OBDII transmitter, external mic, and GPS device in/on the car. Power them all up (is it too much to ask for them to remember to connect to each other?), do my laps, then be able to preview and edit seemlessly when I am done. Does anything do that? Sorry for the rant...just frustrated at how clunky the HLT process is.
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Maybe simplify the setup and just run the GPS sensor and external camera? The mic seems like overkill. Or get an Aim solo.
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I agree about too many devices...which is why the Virb Ultra 30 is appealing.
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Ordered a Virb...I'll report back how it goes...
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So much easier to use and edit...I'm sold! |
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AndyW Nice driving and smooth inputs.
Love the information captured on your video, especially braking + throttle + G forces + engine load + engine temp + intake temp … Can you tell me how you integrate the all the telemetry onto your videos - R U using media editing software to combine OBD parameters and the VIRB captures? I'm really interested in least hassles possible, and quickest editing possible. Im a HPDE instructor and having tools like this would be wonderful and make my job way easier. Ive done a few videos with added vocal narrative, and I was planning to also overlay footage of my heal and toe with a 2nd camera eventually… Would be great if you could post a grocery list of your device make and models here. I got frustrated with HLT too, and stopped using it a while ago. List of devices:
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Thanks again. Other thing of beauty is the quality of the audio in your footage. R U using an external MIC?
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Now have three cameras...PIP is so easy with the VIRBs. Simply import all the videos from each camera with Virb Edit. Now when you click on "create video" and put your first video clip on the timeline, Virb Edit is smart enough to tell you that "I found more videos with similar times, do you want to make a multi-angle video?". Click Yes. Everything related gets put into the timeline. Love it.
Also tried the BT mic (Jabra Extreme) vice the hardwired mic near the exhaust. Still a lot of wind noise. Going to experiment with placement more. Here are a couple of my best laps from Friday with the new camera setup and the new overlays.
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