Racecapture Pro mk3 & Racerender

anastos · Post by **anastos** » Wed May 17, 2017 4:21 am

I'm having trouble using Racecapture data files in Racerender.
I export the files from the analysis / saved sessions page in the app. They have the .log file extension ( which is apparently the only option ). When the files are viewed in notepad they appear to be CSV format. I tried renaming the files with.csv and using the renamed file IN RR - same results. RR does not display any information from the logs.
How can I convert the logs to work with RR?

Thanks

Post by **brentp** » Wed May 17, 2017 4:34 pm

Hi,

We should have this in our Wiki, but we don't! We have some people who are quite familiar with how to do this, I've pinged them for some info.

Should update here when available. Thanks!

anastos · Post by **anastos** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:37 pm

I managed to get the data logs to work in Racerender. I had to delete early parts of the log that lacked GPS data.
I was then able to manually configure the file to work in RR.

Post by **brentp** » Thu May 18, 2017 4:40 pm

Thanks for the update. Good tip on removing lines that don't have GPS data.

Bryan@UnderbiteRacing · Thu May 18, 2017 5:04 pm

Running the logs through the rcp2csv script mentioned in the Data Analysis Software sticky at the top of this forum section will automate the prep for RaceRender.

Cheers,
Bryan

jpf11 · Post by **jpf11** » Thu May 25, 2017 6:15 pm

Bryan's right, my script does a lot of data cleanup which seems to make life much easier with RaceRender, usually working after conversion without further data modification.

I just had a race weekend with data and video so I'll take this opportunity to write up a workflow for RaceRender in the wiki.

anastos · Post by **anastos** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:59 pm

I believe the problem is resolved. I sent a copy of a RCP log to the folks at Racerender and they updated their software.
After updating Racerender the two programs work together nicely without any conversion. I did find one of my log files corrupted. There were misplaced & extra parentheses in the heading section of the file. I'm not sure if the file was recorded that way or if it was later corrupted. I did open it in an "Open Office" spreadsheet to view the contents in an organized format. The headings may have been screwed up then.
Anyway I've made a couple of MP4's in RR with RCP data overlays and they turned out good.
I do wish RR had analysis tools so that the data could be reviewed simultaneously with the video. Anyone know if there has been progress made with including video in Racecapture App?

Thanks

Post by **brentp** » Thu May 25, 2017 11:22 pm

Thanks for the updates on RR. Glad to see they're able to improve file handling support.

There are definitely plans scheduled for including video in the RC app; the framework we use has actually great support for video, and we'll be able to do things like dynamic gauge overlay during playback, and several more cool things.

anastos · Post by **anastos** » Fri May 26, 2017 1:44 pm

That's great, looking forward to that.

Post by **brentp** » Fri May 26, 2017 3:41 pm

Us too.

jpf11 · Post by **jpf11** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:26 pm

I just created this basic guide for using RaceCapture with RaceRender. You can find it on the Autosportlabs Wiki here:

https://wiki.autosportlabs.com/RaceCapt ... nder_Guide

dewittpayne · Post by **dewittpayne** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:09 pm

I do wish RR had analysis tools so that the data could be reviewed simultaneously with the video. Anyone know if there has been progress made with including video in Racecapture App?

Circuit Tools, free from Racelogic, does that. It may be trickier to get the video added, though.

https://www.vboxmotorsport.co.uk/index. ... s-software

Post by **brentp** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:00 pm

The framework we use for the RaceCapture app has great support for video, and I did a simulation synchronizing activity in the app (e.g. updating gauges) with video frames. Seems to work quite well; I'm itching to get it integrated into the analysis view after we get some other tasks done.

dewittpayne · Post by **dewittpayne** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:36 pm

I forgot that Circuit Tools, besides requiring data in the vbo format, conversion to which wouldn't be difficult. It also calculates velocity and acceleration from the GPS fixes rather than from accelerometer input data. The six decimal place format of GPS data from RaceCapture devices does not have sufficient resolution to accurately calculate acceleration or direction for that matter.