Anyone know how to convert or export NASCAR 2002 replays to AVI or MPG format

I want to be able to show some of my replays to friends that don't have any of the NASCAR programs. How can I capture/convert/export N2K2 replays to AVI or MPG format? Thanks!

Haven't tried it with 2002 yet, but gpl2avi works fine, although it takes forever as it converts at about 1/15 real-time. -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash David Hearn <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a5b6es$ink$[email hidden]... > I want to be able to show some of my replays to friends that don't have any > of the NASCAR programs. How can I capture/convert/export N2K2 replays to AVI > or MPG format? > > Thanks! > >

Someone at the Team Lightspeed forum did it by using a screen capture utililty to capture the replay at 2 fps, then speeding up the playback of the captured screens. It came out looking ok. "David Hearn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a5b6es$ink$[email hidden]... > I want to be able to show some of my replays to friends that don't haveany > of the NASCAR programs. How can I capture/convert/export N2K2 replays toAVI > or MPG format? > > Thanks! > >

David Hearn <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a5b6es$ink$[email hidden]... > I want to be able to show some of my replays to friends that don't haveany > of the NASCAR programs. How can I capture/convert/export N2K2 replays toAVI > or MPG format? > > Thanks! > Don't know if gpl2avi will work with the new version since the new version has more data in the replay file (gas and brake positioning), but the most accepted way is long and tedious and will produce HUGE files until you can compress them into MPEG or similar format when complete. This method is basically screen capture and output, then converting to the compressed file. I really wish someone at Papy could have pushed for this, but I understand that the RPY file that the game outputs is data only, it has to have the game in order to display the tracks and the cars...they aren't 'in' the replay, only which car files were used and their time and position on a given track at any given point in time. I have toyed with the idea of outputting a full screen replay to mv TV out on my video card to a VCR, then capturing the VCR playback to HD. Seems backward kinda, but I think it would preserve the quality of a larger screen size since about the best screen capture you can do and keep a 2 minute replay under 500 MB is @ 640x480...I think it would also allow for more intuitive non linear editing.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:02:52 GMT, "CarGuy" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >David Hearn <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:a5b6es$ink$[email hidden]... >> I want to be able to show some of my replays to friends that don't have >any >> of the NASCAR programs. How can I capture/convert/export N2K2 replays to >AVI >> or MPG format? >> >> Thanks! >> > >Don't know if gpl2avi will work with the new version since the new version >has more data in the replay file (gas and brake positioning), but the most >accepted way is long and tedious and will produce HUGE files until you can >compress them into MPEG or similar format when complete. This method is >basically screen capture and output, then converting to the compressed file. >I really wish someone at Papy could have pushed for this, but I understand >that the RPY file that the game outputs is data only, it has to have the >game in order to display the tracks and the cars...they aren't 'in' the >replay, only which car files were used and their time and position on a >given track at any given point in time. I have toyed with the idea of >outputting a full screen replay to mv TV out on my video card to a VCR, then >capturing the VCR playback to HD. Seems backward kinda, but I think it would >preserve the quality of a larger screen size since about the best screen >capture you can do and keep a 2 minute replay under 500 MB is @ 640x480...I >think it would also allow for more intuitive non linear editing. >

If someone could get an AVI converter going then compressing it with DiVX is not out of the question. Then depending on the compression you could get the whole race down to 500mb (a 2min clip could be >500k)