Video plus data streaming with racecapture

Setup

Install ubuntu 22.x

Install ubuntu 22 in the typical way.

• Select Automatic Login without password

Disable keyring popup

Disable the keyring popup

Run the installer

do it

Enable fullscreen mode & Default dashboard mode

• Go to Setup / App Preferences
• set Fullscreen -> ON
• Set Startup Screen -> Dashboard

Plug in camera(s)

Plug in 1 or 2 cameras into the USB port

• Note: Remember the ports the cameras are plugged into, and keep this consistent during use.

Plug in USB microphone

• Plug USB microphone into a USB port

Configure Dashboard

• Press Settings Gear Icon, go to More Settings / Camera Preferences

Select /dev/video0 for Camera1, and /dev/video2 for Camera2

Create a test dashboard

• Press the Settings gear icon, select Add Gauge
• create a video gauge, and select Camera 1 as the source.
• Resize to fit the dashboard.
• create another video gauge, and select Camera 2 as the source.
• Resize to be the picture-in-picture video window.
• Add additional gauges as you see fit, such as an analog speed gauge, track map, etc.

• Note If the cameras are reversed, you can swap the camera mappings in the main dashboard settings under More Settings / Camera Preferences

Maintenance/Troubleshooting

Open a terminal window

To open a terminal window for troubleshooting:

• Press ctrl+t then c

Log out

You can log out of the current session to access the original Ubuntu desktop.

• Press ctrl_t then :
• Then type 'quit' and press <enter>

Once you've logged out, you can log back into the Ubuntu desktop by pressing the gear icon in the lower right and select Ubuntu.

To get back to the RaceCapture full-screen app mode, select "Ratpoison" from this menu - this is the window manager that is configured to run RaceCapture in full-screen mode.