I was wondering what teams use for on-board video
I was wondering what teams use for on-board video
I was wondering what teams use for on-board video
Camera from Helmet Camera, using a MiniDV camcorder to record the video. The small lipstick cameras are sold by many vendors (besides helmetcamera), just make sure you get a "Lanc" remote control for the camcorder so you can turn it on and off without having to unmount it.
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I'm waiting till I've blown a few hundred bucks on track fees before I get a system like this one...
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...d.php?t=235134
The Mustek PVRs are supposed to be pretty darn good bang for the buck. Quality is good enough, price is great, and solid state recording is perfect for use in car, no tapes or hard drives to go bad.
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UMich-Dearborn '04-'06
Carnegie Mellon '99-'03
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A guy on the Waterford Hills forum came up with a good low cost system, here is the link.
http://www.waterfordhills.com/phpBB2...pic.php?t=4672
I'll be testing mine at an autocross this weekend.
Dave Cook
Our team has used that 530 res. bullet cam hooked to a Canon camcorder. Of note, not every camcorder has the analog input capability for such a setup. The consumer level Canons and Sonys have it, some Sharps, but no JVC or Panasonics iirc. Gives nice 720x480 DV footage.
The Mustek unit looks perfect. However, what is the max resolution? is it 640x480 or 320x240? I didn't really see that stated anywhere. I suppose which resolution doesn't matter for most purposes. Only exception I can think of is for promo videos.
-David Y
LOBOMotorsports '03-'05
Stanford Formula for 2007
Thanks for your input, it was very helpful... Considering we just bought a NEUROS MPEG-4 recorder, it sounded like a great solution but it is not practical for racing applications. There is no way to tell if the recorder is recording, unless you have a screen that you can plug the recorder into. (going to have to return that )It sounds like the Mustek is essentially the same thing but has a built in screen (and for about the same price ), but I do have the same question as DY... what is the resolution???
Unfortunately, I think the Mustek is only 320x240, 30fps. Certainly good enough to learn from, but not something you want to make a 2hr feature out of.
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UMich-Dearborn '04-'06
Carnegie Mellon '99-'03
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The Mustek PVR is pretty interesting, but I'm not getting a good feeling when I can't find video capture quality listed anywhere. Even more, the specifically list their $330-model PVR-H140 as having "Up to VGA 30 fps AV recording," implying the PVRA1 doesn't.
http://www.stackltd.com will get you solid-state high quality recording... but that isn't cheap either.
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http://www.jonescam.tv
We were sponsored by them. The company was developed and run on campus grouns for a while, and has not become the premiere high end company to go to for video needs.
Some amazing stuff, and great to do business with. Highly suggest them!