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Wednesday 6 November 2013

Case Study: TrackVision

The following blog post is a case study into the product TrackVision which is a Windows application that produces high quality video overlaid with data. TrackVision = Video + Data.

Description

TrackVision supports a wide range of video formats straight from the camera. The objective of TrackVision is that the user should be able to use their video in TrackVision without any conversion or pre-processing. TrackVision accepts HD or standard resolution videos, and in any frame size or aspect ratio, making it a very flexible system. TrackVision accepts data from a variety of data loggers which it can then overlay with the video. It allows you to choose from a selection of dashboard layouts or create a custom layout, enter event information for display on the dashboard and easily save a small section of a lap, a single lap or multiple laps as a separate video. 
TrackVision dashboard
With an in-car video, a data logger and TrackVision, the user can produce professional quality video to analyse the driving as the key to performance improvement and share the experience on the track with friends and family. TrackVision is being used in a multitude of different sports such as the following:
  • Professional racing
  • Amateur racing
  • Club track days
  • Autocross
  • Hillclimb
  • Rally
  • Cars
  • Bikes
  • Karts
  • Power boats
  • Mountain bikers
  • Off-roaders

Specs

Accepted Video Formats:

  • H.264 (including Aiptek 720p at 60fps)
  • AVCHD (including Sony, Panasonic and others)
  • MPEG2
  • MPEG4
  • DivX
  • XVid (including POV-1 format)
  • MJPEG (including GoPro format)
  • Windows Media Video
  • DV (digital video, typically from tape-based camcorders)

Accepted Data Loggers:

  • AiM (all models with Race Studio)
  • Autronic
  • Auterra
  • MaxQData
  • MoTeC (all models with MoTeC i2Pro or i2 standard)
  • Megasquirt
  • Pi Research
  • Racepak (all models with DatalinkII)
  • Racelogic
  • Race Technology (all models with Race Technology Analysis)
  • Stack
  • Traqmate
  • GTech
  • A wide range of hand-hed GPS loggers

Compatible with:

  • Windows application for Windows 7, Vista and XP - 32 and 64 bit
  • Mac user can run TrackVision on Parallels, VMWare or Bootcamp.

Cost

TrackVision V2.2 can be bought for $149. 

Advantages of the System

  • Compatible with a lot of data loggers
  • Video can be in practically any format
  • Application is simple to use
  • Trial version available to download

Disadvantages of the System

  • A bit on the pricey side just for software
  • User still needs to buy camera and data logger on top of the software

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