From The Stands

  • -Updated Aug. 13, 2009-
     I have now made the August album available, and hope to have more July footage posted shortly.

  • -Updated Jul. 11, 2009-
     The High Quality video from the 2nd Main Event of July 4th, 2009 is now available. (visit July album)

  • -Updated Jun. 10, 2009-
     The High Quality videos from May of 2009 are now available for viewing.

  • -Updated May 2, 2009-
     *INSTANT CLASSIC* - The video from the July 4, 2005 race is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated May 1, 2009-
     The video from the April 25, 2009 race is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated Oct. 14, 2008-
     Video from the 2004 "Fall Classic" on October 30, 2004 is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated Oct. 13, 2008-
     The video from the September 13, 2008 race is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated Sep. 12, 2008-
     The video from the September 06, 2008 race is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated Sep. 03, 2008-
     The video from the August 23, 2008 race is now available for viewing.

  • -Updated Aug. 05, 2008-
     5:04 PM Mountain Standard Time
    The Video Gallery is officially open to the public.  Videos will be made available soon!

   Please select the way you'd like to view our video collection by using the menu to the right.  This section of videos includes races recorded from the stands.  I, Brad Edwards, am the owner of each video, and they are not to be modified in any way, shape, or form, rereleased, or reproduced without my consent and that of Hale Racing Incorporated.  Please remember that these videos do not only reflect to Michael Hale, but instead are related to anything and everything involved with Hale Racing.  If you want to link to the video, you may do so by posting a link to our website and directing the visitor to our Videos section.  Thank you.

   Below is a little information on how the video process works to give you a bit of an idea on what it takes to get these "From The Stands" videos online.

Step 1:  Record video from the stands using a Sony HDR-SR5 HD/AVCHD Camcorder
     Note: Each time I press the record button, a new video file is created.  This camcorder, when using
     Note: standard quality recording, creates a .MPG file for each segment recorded.  So when the green
     Note: flag flies up until a caution, that is one segment or .MPG file.
Step 2:  Importing video files into Corel VideoStudio 12 and combining them into one video.
     Note: A race with a lot of cautions can end up taking a lot of time because I have to manually create the
     Note: "fade in/fade out" effect for each video as the camcorder does not do this automatically.  So
     Note: combining the videos into one single video, or "race video" as you might call it, can be very time
     Note: consuming.
Step 3:  Saving the combined videos, or "race video" to a new .MPG file.
     Note: This process usually takes about 10 minutes and once it's finished I can now work with my single
     Note: "race video" and work on compressing it to be more user-friendly for the web.
Step 4:  Encoding the "race video" TWICE.  1 for high speed connections.  1 for low speed.
     Note: This is by far the lengthiest process.  The high speed connection version usually takes between 2
     Note: and 3 hours depending on the length of the race.  The low speed connection version takes
     Note: approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.  Keep in mind this is with a quad core processor at 2.9GHz.
     Note: Your basic dual core processors would probably take close to 5 or 6 hours for the high speed
     Note: version.
Step 5:  Uploading the video to the web and updating the video gallery website.
     Note: Uploading the high speed connection version takes between 45 minutes and a hour.  The low
     Note: speed is usually 30 minutes.  Updating the website can take some time if I have to create a new
     Note: section (ie: whenever a new month begins), but I can usually have it together in about an hour.
     Note: IIf I don't have to create a new section, I can have it updated in about 20 minutes.

    Hopefully this information gives you a better idea of what it takes to get our videos online.  It is a lengthy process, so I appreciate your patience as I try to get them online as quickly as possible.

   Please accept our apologies if some of our videos do not live up to your standards on quality.  Many of our videos are somewhat aged, so please forgive us if some of them are lower in quality than others.

   Thank you for visiting, and enjoy our video gallery, "From The Stands".  Don't forget to visit often, as new videos will be posted as soon as they become available.

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