GpxOverlay

Make data overlays for your sports videos

29 followers

Make data overlays for your sports videos

29 followers

Upload any .GPX file from Strava, Garmin, or other sports devices to create customizable data overlays for your cycling, flying, skiing, or motorsport videos.

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Launch tags:Social Media•Sports•Video

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Maker

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The WHY and HOW ...I came up with the idea to make this niche product. If you don't care, this is the TLDR: ===> Make products you NEED. Not you think you need. <=== I burned out in my full-time job a year ago. I thought I would travel a bit and then find another one while still running my side hustles. The travel plan was to visit Asia + Australia for 4 months. I did it (I am writing it from Bali btw). But I decided to extend for one more month to ride a bicycle from Portugal to Poland. And as you can guess, the spark was on the ride. I wanted to put a map and speed on the video from my ride as I was recording quick descends. HOW: I tried a year ago, but the available tools were clunky. There was just one solid but expensive one. This time I had the same problem. I looked at Reddit posts, IG/YT videos with the overlays and people seemed to have the same problem! But wait, I can do it in 1 day. So I did! Worked! I made my first video. The WHY becomes to make the overlay generation available in an easy way and for everyone. I started to post it in the same places where I was looking for the solution. I just commented/answered. Never posted. I got many upvotes and thanks. The FIRST user ever texted me the app was broken (indeed it was!). So, I continued working on it. It took me 3 months to polish it and prepare for all edge cases before allowing users to use it and PAY. I've tried many, many products, SaaS, and e-commerce, but this one actually worked because I NEEDED the solution. On my way to finding it, I met multiple people who had the same problem and were looking for the same solution. Let's summarise it with a nice metaphor: The product is the water mill, but you need a river to make it useful. Look for the river first. The water is the users. Follow me on X for more product and entrepreneurship stories and lessons learned.

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1yr ago

I love how this makes performance data visually appealing. Are there customizable themes for the overlays or are the designs fixed?

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1yr ago

Maker

@jackson_wells Thank you very much!

They are design fixed for now. You can only change the font.

Although it's my high priority now to implement more various gauges. In various designs.

Thank you for the support!

Also feel free to tell about any feature request you have!

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1yr ago

I love the idea but how user friendly is it?

Does the tool have an easy drag and drop interface or is there a bit of a learning curve for setting up overlays?

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1yr ago

Maker

@tabbunuru Drag and drop will be available in the future!

My priority is to make it as user friendly as possible as it is my main goal and competitive advantage.

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1yr ago

Cool product man!

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1yr ago

Maker

@jonathandenoo thank you very much! Going to develop it even further!

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1yr ago

Permit.io

Super handy for cyclists and adventure enthusiasts wanting to overlay data on their videos. Love how it instantly makes performance stats visually engaging.

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1yr ago

Maker

@gemanor exactly!

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1yr ago

Cool idea! IMO gpx files are great, I usually use them for trekking

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1yr ago

Bibcitation for Chrome

Love the back story. This is how great products are born: from a real unsolved pain point! Keep it up! 🔥

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1yr ago