Manual steps
Most of the steps on this page are performed by the application. They are listed here so you know what is going on, and perhaps to perform them manually when needed. The obvious steps (like recording the video, and transferring the GPX file) are assumed taken.
- Translate the GPX file into a QuickTime text track. This can be done with the Python script “makeQTtext.py”. This script has some options to indicate what you want it to do:
- --movie-start=DATETIME
- The clip starts at DATETIME, in ISO format: “2008-08-09T15:28:45Z”. Note that this is the time in UTC (same as in the GPS file).
- --movie-end=DATETIME
- The clip ends at DATETIME, in ISO format: “2008-08-09T15:28:45Z”. Note that this is the time in UTC (same as in the GPS file). Only one of the two times is needed, the other will be calculated from the movie duration.
- --duration=DURATION
- The length of the clip, in “[[hh:]mm:]ss” or seconds alone. You can find this for instance with the QuickTime Player, from the info window.
- --race-start=START
- The actual start of the race, seconds into the clip. The title is shown up to this moment.
- --size=WIDTH,HEIGHT
- The size of the movie-frame in pixels.
- --location=LOC
- The location of the title, in two letters: T=top,
B=bottom, L=left, R=right. Defaults to bottom-left “BL”.
- --title='TITLE'
- The TITLE is shown before the START.
- --rider='RIDER'
- The name of the rider, used as subtitle.
- --finale='FINALE'
Show the text FINALE during the last 10 seconds.
- Open the text file which is produced in the previous step in the QuickTime player, and follow these steps:
- Select the whole track, and copy it to the clipboard.
- Open the movie, and make sure that the first frame is visible.
- Choose “Add to Movie” from the Edit menu.
- Save your movie as “.mov”, and export it to MP4. The last step will “burn in” the titles, so they are guaranteed to survive a transfer to YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, and others.
