NASCARs Team Red Bull achieves Pitstop Perfection with HDV-Performer 5.5   Red Bull Endorsements Here, at Red Bull Racing we have been using the HDV-Performer 5.5 software for the last year and a half. The software has the ability to capture 4 video streams simultaneously. Currently we use three cameras two of which are wireless POV cameras attached to the tire changers helmet. We typically see 30 frames per second with no video degradation. The software allows us to time the Pit stop and any particular sections of the Pit stop down to 100th of a second. The Helmet camera gives the pit stop coach a unique and the best view to evaluate the pit crew member’s efficiency. Click here to download endorsement letter.

HDV-Sports has just released its latest version of “HDV-Performer” 5.5 - Latest News! ABout US! HDV-Sports was founded in 1995 in Orange County California one of the premier technology centers in the United States.  HDV-Sports technology is based on a wealth of engineering experience gained from 30 years of product development.  Our headquarters located in Anaheim, California is the center of Southern California's technology hub. “ “HDV-Performer” 5.5 incorporates all the same features as previous versions such as.  Direct to disk video capture / Advance tagging video clips /post edits of video clips /sort video clips according to associated text data / produce high-quality DVD from sorted video files.     HDV-Performer 5.5 New Features:   Multiple video stream capture HDV-Performer 5.5 Now includes the ability to capture live video performances utilizing multiple cameras, up to four video streams can be captured simultaneously. Video playback is precisely synchronized. With the single click of the record button you can record up to four video streams and playback is just as easy. You can also playback just one video files, or choose which combination of video files you'd like to playback.   HDV-Performer 5.5 now gives you the ability to capture video from high-quality HD Camcorders via FireWire or High-Quality networked IP Cameras (Internet Protocol wired or wireless cameras) and USB WebCams.   Combine and Export video files With this new release of HDV-Performer 5.5 you also have the ability to combine multiple video files into one file and then export that file to a variety of formats. Such as iPhone / IPad / Windows Media Player / Blackberry.

For immediate release January 5, 2011 Michael Waltrip Racing decides to take a scientific approach to Pitstop analysis. They have contracted with HDV-Sports to provide a complete video analysis system for their 2 NASCAR Sprint cup teams the #56 of Martin Truex Jr. and the #00 David Reutimann. The HDV-Performer 5.5 software sets the gold standard for time and motion Pitstop analysis. The software can capture as many as four video streams simultaneously and provide the Pitstop coaches with synchronize multi-camera playback. The camera hardware typically consists of one overhead camera and two wireless cameras mounted to the tire changers helmet.

As soon as the car leaves the pit box, the Pitstop coach can replay the Pitstop and perform segmented timing analysis to 100th of a second. Each individual tire exchange can be scrutinized to trim time for the next stop. Team members can watch each lug nut as they spin off the five studs. Next they can see how well the tire carrier “sticks the tire” and then how fast the tire changer can tighten all of the five lug nuts.

The HDV-Performer 5.5 software also allows the Pitstop coach to combine all three video images to one. From here it's a coach can export this video file into several popular formats such as IPad, iPhone, Windows media player, Apple QuickTime, YouTube. These files then can easily be e-mailed or provided to the team members via Dropbox.com.