does anyone here use Racelogic Video VBOX
does anyone here use Racelogic Video VBOX
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y2blade

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56,265 posts

239 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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http://www.videovbox.co.uk/

I have a video (of a Silverstone driving experiance) on a usb drive that is in "VBOX" format, any idea how I can save the video onto a DVD please?

thank you in advance coffee

omgus

7,305 posts

199 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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I would advise emailing this gent, he seems to know a little bit about them.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...


phatgixer

4,988 posts

273 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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There are two file for each session. One will be called ****.vbo and is the telemetry file (**** will be the file name in reverse date format and the session number) and ****.avi which is the video file made by the vbox.

The AVI file is a windows media file that can be played without the VBox software and I think windows media player or toast can burn it to DVD

y2blade

Original Poster:

56,265 posts

239 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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phatgixer said:
There are two file for each session. One will be called ****.vbo and is the telemetry file (**** will be the file name in reverse date format and the session number) and ****.avi which is the video file made by the vbox.

The AVI file is a windows media file that can be played without the VBox software and I think windows media player or toast can burn it to DVD
thanks

I found the two files with differant ".xxx" in the media folder... the .AVI one will only play as sound with no visuals

yet it plays ok when I click on the "silverstone drive 1" link ..BUT it opens it in Explorer and won't let my do anything with it other than watch it





Edited by y2blade on Monday 4th April 10:38

y2blade

Original Poster:

56,265 posts

239 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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omgus said:
I would advise emailing this gent, he seems to know a little bit about them.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...
super job smile thanks a lot

phatgixer

4,988 posts

273 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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Are you trying to play the avi file with an apple?

you need flip4mac to let quicktime play avi files.

y2blade

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56,265 posts

239 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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phatgixer said:
Are you trying to play the avi file with an apple?

you need flip4mac to let quicktime play avi files.
I'm trying to open it on my Vista laptop and also tried it on my old XP pc
tried opening it with 4 or 5 differant programs that I've played .AVI files with before but to no avail frown


thanks anyway

number2

5,068 posts

211 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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Download VLC player (free). That will definitely play the avi file.

(As has been said, the vbo file is just a data file all video and sound is in the avi file.)

y2blade

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56,265 posts

239 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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all sorted...I was able to put it onto DVD last night smile superb picture and sound clarity


thanks a lot

Ian_sUK

734 posts

204 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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If you want to look at the data download Racechrono and you can import it. I've never tried it but the option is there.

brucie286

63 posts

238 months

Wednesday 6th April 2011
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I'm considering buying one of these.

I've seen some data loggers can give you a power (BHP) read out - does anyone know if this read-out is accurate?

Ian_sUK

734 posts

204 months

Wednesday 6th April 2011
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brucie286 said:
I'm considering buying one of these.

I've seen some data loggers can give you a power (BHP) read out - does anyone know if this read-out is accurate?
They'll give you a rough idea if you use them properly, or can be wildly inaccurate if you dont.

You need to know total weight of the car (including you and fuel), frontal cross sectional area and drag coefficient.

If the run isn't on the flat and in windless conditions then you need to do runs in both directions and average the results.

As you can see there is lots of scope for error.