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Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 7:58:54 GMT -7 Admin likes this

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Post by GravityX on Feb 14, 2016 7:58:54 GMT -7

The new monitor has acres of viewing real estate, but it is not optimal for viewing for the proxy racers. I believe some tweaks are needed here. The first thing I would do is NOT utilize the entire area for viewing, it's too wide. The video camera does not seems to handle the wide screen that well. I would resize the windows so that it would look similar to the one below. So now when the camera is zoomed in, it would only focus in on the most important part of the screen. Joel, if you need help with this call me and I can walk you through this setup. I use the same monitor as the league, so the screenshot is representative of what I think is a more ideal setup.

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rocketcar Poll Group Posts: 17	Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 10:07:41 GMT -7 Admin likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rocketcar on Feb 14, 2016 10:07:41 GMT -7 Colors for the lanes on the race screen would be helpfull too.Thx
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Admin Administrator Posts: 1,950	Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 10:35:16 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Admin on Feb 14, 2016 10:35:16 GMT -7 We'll get the lane colors back up there. We'll also work on getting the screen sizes worked out. Keep the suggestion coming, we'll get it all worked out eventually.

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Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 10:41:15 GMT -7 Admin, 5KidsRacing, and 2 more like this

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Post by •JBD Racing• on Feb 14, 2016 10:41:15 GMT -7

I thought everything ran pretty smooth for first event... I know there was a few focus issue.. I remember John always put his hand in front of the camera to make the camera re focus. Other than that your wife did a great job on camera ... And she's all about making the show go fast!! Which I like !!! Being she wears the pants JOEL!!

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Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 11:00:07 GMT -7 via mobile Admin and 5KidsRacing like this

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Post by Maglev on Feb 14, 2016 11:00:07 GMT -7

Can we get rid of the MPH column and increase the font size it will help.

The camera zoom could lock onto the right side of the results screen and stop zooming before the times column is cut out of frame. Once the focus and zoom is set and clear (as checked on an adjacent computer screen watching the video stream), keep the camera on the previous race results for a while for proxy racers to record their times. Then without zooming out just move the camera to the left on the cumulative standings screen, keep it there briefly (3-5 seconds) then the camera could go to the starting gate for the next race.

Keeping the camera on the results screen with the times visible clearly is the most important part of the proxy experience.

Thanks to your wife Joel for being patient and doing an awesome job behind the camera filming her first race. You are lucky to have such a supportive wife who is a cool sport! Kudos to her we could watch the live races.

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Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 12:08:51 GMT -7 5KidsRacing, Maglev, and 1 more like this

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Post by Bulldog Racing on Feb 14, 2016 12:08:51 GMT -7

I have tried to film cars and it's very hard. hats off to your wife. I would put the results screen to the left of the track so the car carriers wont block the screen as they pick the cars off the track.

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Results Monitor Feb 14, 2016 14:29:00 GMT -7 5KidsRacing and Maglev like this

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Post by Ca$hRacing on Feb 14, 2016 14:29:00 GMT -7

Feb 14, 2016 12:08:51 GMT -7 Bulldog Racing said:

You're right Bulldog....a lot harder than it looks! this is the things that can be improved on as race season goes on.

To bad Blake and I live 1700 miles away, Blake could give her a quick lesson in videoing 101.

May want to put screen at bottom of stop section...this way camera follows cars down the track right to your screen, no rotating to the side.

Terry

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Post by Admin on Feb 14, 2016 21:52:25 GMT -7

Great ideas! We can't put it to the left, the screen is to large. I'm going to build a stand for it to go over the stop section. The one problem is because of its massive size getting the camera far enough back so that the monitor does not block the track or timer. Unfortunately there is not a lot of room left to do this. Ronda has already come up with some ideas to make it better. I love that she's getting excited about this and taking the challenge head on.

B_Regal Racing Poll Group Still searching for that last 1/100th of a second Posts: 426	Results Monitor Feb 15, 2016 8:51:16 GMT -7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by B_Regal Racing on Feb 15, 2016 8:51:16 GMT -7 Any chance to relocate the monitor so than when cars are retrieved from the stop section, the monitor is not blocked EDIT: NM; I see BG may the same request.
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