What's New

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.18

Playlist

- Playback mode controls added to the Playlist. Users can select to loop individual instances or a selection of instances instances from the new playback control icon added to the playlist player.

- Added controls to show or hide instance text from being displayed in the Sorter. This is possible for label group and flag columns from the context menu on the column, ‘Hide From Instance Text’.

Database

- Added the ability to flag from find window when it references a Database.

- The new video export user interface with additional controls has been introduced for video exports from the database. Users can now choose to export single or multiple angles from an entire database or a selection of clips. This also includes controls to export as individual movies, individual movies per row or a single movie.

Legacy Conversion

- Added support to convert legacy Gamebreaker Plus packages to Hudl Sportscode.

What did we improve?

- You can now send instances to a new or existing Standalone Database when you open a Matrix from a Standalone Database.

- Added ability to edit color of a clip in a sorter.

- Added ability to edit row color and name via a context menu in an organizer.

- Improved UI for audio muting controls added to the instance player.

- Improved the progress bar for sending clips to a database.

- Opening multiple timelines package now remembers the last opened timeline and highlights it, to help find the last opened timeline better.

- During live sharing the last chosen folder location to save the viewing package is now remembered.

What did we fix?

- Fixed an issue where Live Sportscode XML could scroll the timeline to the top row, on every update in data.

- Fixed an issue where v11 reference packages could not be converted on macOS Catalina. v11 reference packages can be converted to Hudl Sportscode packages if the source v11 package are located in the same folder as the source video.

- Fixed a crash related to empty labels being tagged onto the timeline

- Fixed an issue where same named rows coming from different timelines to a database would create duplicate rows in matrix or when sending selected instances to a video package.

- Fixed an issue where instance text border was showing on exported slides and titles in playlists, in certain scenarios.

- Fixed a crash where a 0 length video would cause the timeline to crash, in a certain scenario.

- Fixed an issue where Sportscode XML failed to import files with empty row names.

- Fixed an issue that caused live XML import to not work for Champion Data.

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.17

Database

- Databases can now be switched to display in Code View. The code view of a database includes support for instance adjustments, the sorting, renaming and moving of rows, zoom controls, the ability to delete instances and undo actions.

- Playback mode controls, users can select to loop individual instances or loop a selection of instances from the new playback control icon added to the database player. Watch a demonstration.

- Labels mode can be enabled in code windows to add labels to instances in a database.

- Angle selection in a database is now maintained when moving between instances in a database.

- Click here to learn more.

Video Exports

- A new video export user interface with additional controls has been introduced for video exports from the playlist, timeline and instance player. Users can now choose to export single or multiple angles from an entire playlist or timeline or a selection of clips or instances. This also includes controls to export as individual movies, individual movies per row or a single movie. Find out more here.

Edit labels window

- Edit labels window can now be accessed via menu item ‘Edit -> Instance Labels’ or shortcut key, to view and edit labels on a selected instance in the timeline. See a tutorial here.

Flagging

- Flagging from the Find window on timelines is now supported. This includes the ability to flag to a playlist or add instances notes. This behaviour is also supported across multiple timelines where the timelines are not currently open.

Data Import

- DFL import is now supported in Hudl Sportscode. This import has also been improved to provide additional information that was not available in Version 11, watch here.

What did we improve?

- You can now send instances to any other Database when you open a Matrix from a Reference Database.

- Organizer now displays the original row name and instance number referencing the timeline it was created from.

- New label group columns can be added and renamed in sorter.

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.16

What did we fix?

- Fixed an issue that caused a black screen in fullscreen on playlists, in a certain scenario

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.15

Combine Timelines

- Combine Timelines feature is now available in Hudl Sportscode. Data and video from multiple packages can now be combined into a single, standalone, Hudl Sportscode package. See a demonstration here.

Playlist

- Playlist layout can now be switched between two views to change placement of the data, Data Below or Data Right.

Pause Capture during Live Capture

- Resolved issues relating to Pause capture to enable both the capture and sharing to be resumed if capture is paused during breaks in play. This includes disconnection of the capture device, removal of network connections or putting the capturing Mac to sleep while capture is paused

Database

- You can now send instances to a Sorter or Organizer when you open a Matrix from a Database.

Data Import

- Added ability to import Champion data into Hudl Sportscode.

What did we improve?

- Added the ability to choose whether to merge overlapping instances on import for third party data imports.

- Labels can now be added or removed on instances in timeline by using the command key when in the contextual menu.

- Playlists generated from databases, can sync changes back to databases by the Synchronise button. Previously this feature only supported syncing back from playlists generated from timelines.

- Changed Sidebar toolbar button to Inspector button on the playlist.

What did we fix?

- Fixed a crash that was caused by using auto sorting rows and ‘Populate codes in Timeline’ option in a code button together during capture.

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.14

macOS Catalina

- For an announcement about macOS Catalina support click here.

Database

- Added functionality to trim and extend instances in databases using drag handles in Edit mode.

Matrix

- You can now send instances to a Sorter, Organizer or Database when you open a Matrix from a Timeline.

What did we improve?

- When we save a Matrix, we now also store whether axes were swapped or not.

- Added the ability to choose whether overlapping instances should be merged on import for Sportscode xml and live Sportscode xml imports.

What did we fix?

- Fixed an issue where editing a clip from playlist caused the effects to disappear from the clip, in certain scenarios.

- Fixed an issue where Group Labels may appear cropped or empty when dragging Labels in the Matrix.

- Fixed an issue where matrix would not generate video if the source was a reference database that was created from multiple timelines in a package.

- Fixed an issue where trimming or extending the first instance on a timeline, falling close to the starting time, caused an unexpected behaviour.

- Fixed an issue in the code window inspector for Gambreaker Plus users, where the hotkey field was not displayed

- Resolved an issue relating to RTP capture, in certain scenarios

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.13

Multiple Timelines in Packages

- Hudl Sportscode now supports multiple timelines inside packages. New timelines can now be added from selected instances using the menu item or toolbar icon.

- Where multiple timelines exist in Sportscode V11 packages, these will now all be converted into the Hudl Sportscode package.

- Find window search results have been updated to also include timeline name.

- The default timeline in a package will now be created with the package name rather than "Timeline.

- When packages containing multiple timelines are saved on a server, multiple users can now access and edit different timelines within the same package simultaneously. See a tutorial here.

Code Window

- Live notes can now be added to instances via a code window using menu items or keyboard shortcut (Elite and Elite Review only). Find out more here.

Matrix

- You can now swap the axes on a matrix.

Database

- Strip contents (labels, notes and flags) feature is now available in databases.

- Undo and redo operation can be done after stripping contents to undo or redo the operation.

Flagging

- Added functionality to allow flagging on video generated from action buttons in code windows operating on timelines.

- Flag with notes now pauses the video to give the user time to enter a note.

Data Import

- Added additional data to the Opta Rugby Import and created a start period row with instances to mark the start of each period for easier alignment.

- Enhanced Opta Rugby and Opta Football imports by providing improved color sorting and differentiation for Player and Team rows.

What did we improve?

- Improved performance of slides in playlists that caused large images to take a longer time to display during playback.

What did we fix?

- Fixed an issue where output windows from a database would not get triggered to give correct results, in certain scenarios.

- Fixed an icon in code window inspector that didn’t appear correctly in dark mode.

- Fixed an issue where saving a reference playlist prompted an error. Now, reference playlists can be saved as standalone playlists.

- Fixed an issue where ‘Populate code in Timeline’ from code window inspector didn’t work during capture mode, in a certain scenario.

- Fixed an issue where zoom in/out keys did not work on a timeline for keyboard with specific settings.

- Fixed an issue where two labels could not be added to the same label group for a clip in database.

Hudl Sportscode 12.2.12

What did we fix?

• Fixed an issue where Upload to Hudl from timeline, for multiple angle packages was not showing all angles on Hudl

Version 12.2.11

What did we improve?

• Upload of playlists to Hudl has been improved. Single angle playlists now support uploading of titles, slides and effects. Playlists containing multiple angles can also now be uploaded and supports titles and slides.
• You can now double click on any row, label, label group or total to launch the instance player.
• You can now browse your entire library and not just the last 100 videos. Scroll to the bottom of the list to load older videos.
• Database will now maintain clip numbers in a sequential manner per row (code), rather than showing the original clip number with respect to the source timeline.
• Added functionality to trim, extend, mark start and end time to clips in a database with hotkeys and ‘Edit -> Instance or Clip’ menu item.

What did we fix?

• Sportscode XML now supports special characters and shows these characters correctly now in the exported xml file.
• Fixed an issue where the first default angle in a playlist was re-enabled in the Playback tab, after sending new data to the playlist, in a certain scenario.

Version 12.2.10

What did we improve?

Strip contents from Instances and Clips

- The Strip contents (labels, notes and flags) feature is now available in Hudl Sportscode. Contents of instances from timeline and clip data from playlists can now be deleted with menu item, Edit->Instance or Clip-> Strip Contents.

- Undo and redo operation can be done after stripping contents to undo or redo the operation. Learn more here.

Access to Playlists

- Added support to work on playlists saved on a server and some non-apple formatted external hard drives.

What’s Fixed

- An issue where some exported videos would appear to have a slow motion section in Quicktime player, for certain video packages.

- An issue where the exported video appeared to be larger than the expected duration, for certain video packages.

- An issue where export operation would halt midway during the export, for certain video files.

- An issue where export from a playlist containing slides and titles would take a longer time than expected, in certain scenarios.

Version 12.2.9

What did we improve?

Fullscreen Coding

- Hudl Sportscode now supports fullscreen coding. Ability to tag instances from hotkeys and code window buttons has been added to work during full screen playback in code mode. Find out more here.

Access to Video Packages on Server

- We’ve added support to work on video packages saved on a server and some non-apple formatted external hard drives.

Databases

- We’ve added flagging for databases.

What did we fix?

- An issue where Capture Preset appears truncated on the capture inspector.

- A few issues related to translations.

Version 12.2.8

What did we fix?

• An issue that caused a black video upon saving a standalone playlist.

Version 12.2.7

What did we improve?

Export Video Package

• You can now create a video package from selected instances in a database or video package! This gives you a way to perform all standard timeline operations on your database, including adding labels in label mode, coding in code mode, and editing instances. It also allows you to remove dead time from a video package. Access this new feature via the File->Export->Selected to Video Package menu item, with either a database or video package in focus. Learn how to use this new feature here.

Data Exports

• You can now export data from a timeline, playlist or matrix to a CSV file, and use this data in spreadsheet or data visualisation applications. Access this functionality via the File->Export->CSV File menu item. Learn more about this feature.

Other Languages

• Hudl Sportscode now supports Turkish.

What did we fix?

• An issue which caused adjacent instances in a timeline to be merged, when using the New Merged Row feature, or when duplicating instances.
• An issue which occurred when clicking a hotkey for a non-existent angle, which caused the timeline playhead to stop moving.
• An issue which occurred when exporting a video from a video package or database with angles of different durations.
• An issue which occurred when exporting video from a standalone playlist.

Version 12.2.6

What did we fix?

• An issue where standalone playlists created from standalone databases would show a black video for clips.

Version 12.2.5

What did we improve?

Download and Open a Video from your Hudl Library

• You can now use Hudl Sportscode to down­load video from your Hudl library. Access this new feature by clicking File > Open from Hudl. Check out all the details, including a demonstration, here.

Standalone Playlists 

• Save your playlists as a stand­alone file, which don’t need the orig­i­nal source files to play. Learn more about how to use this new feature.

Other Languages 

• Hudl Sportscode now supports Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Chinese Simplified, Italian and Greek, as well as U.K. English.

Frame rate

• When capturing from a local device (i.e., AJA U-TAP, Blackmagic or others), you can now select the frame rate from the inspector window. For best capture quality, it’s recommended to select the same frame rate as the source video. 

What did we fix?

• A bug in playlists where angle information went missing from the Playback tab.
• A bug that prevented playback hotkeys from working on a database if the video player wasn’t selected.
• A crash issue when exporting a report for Sportstec Player from the timeline.

Version 12.2.4

What did we improve?

Translations

• Hudl Sportscode now supports German, Russian, Portuguese (Portugal) and Dutch

What did we fix?

• An issue in Matrix that caused the labels to disappear upon scrolling through the data

Version 12.2.3

What did we improve?

Translations

• Hudl Sportscode now supports French.

Scripting

• Further improvements to scripting performance in complex code windows, beyond those seen in the last release.

What did we fix?

• An issue that caused clips video to be ordered incorrectly, when generated from an output window executing on a database.
• An issue with exporting overlapping instances with instance text that produced unexpected exported video.
• An issue which caused a crash when importing some Synergy packages.

Version 12.2.2

What did we improve?

Scripting

• We've made significant improvements to scripting performance in complex code windows.
  

What did we fix?

• A crash that was being witnessed for a particular audio setting in custom preset in capture.
• An issue that caused the playhead to jump at the start of the timeline, upon initiating fullscreen display.

Version 12.2.1

What did we improve?

Video Import and Export

• You can now export video from an instance player in a matrix generated from database and video generated from code window action buttons. We’ve also added ability to include effects, slides and titles when exporting a playlist.

Playlist

• Added ability to relink clips to missing databases, when transferring playlists between computers

What did we fix?

• An issue where angle numbers did not update correctly after deleting earlier angle numbers in Import -> Video…
• A crash which was seen after deleting a flag, in a certain scenario.
• An issue where the instance player was not in chronological order, when generated from matrix.

Version 12.2.0

What did we improve?

v11 Packages Conversion

• You can now convert legacy video packages (including databases) with multiple video sources to the Hudl Sportscode format.

Playlist

• You can now change the properties of effects, including line color, weight and stroke style, fill colour, and font colour and size. If you add effects while presenting a playlist in full screen, the effects are now telestrated, meaning that the effects are not saved with the playlist, and are not obscured by drag handles. When sending clips from one playlist to another, effects are now sent too. We've also added the ability to relink clips to missing video, when transferring playlists between computers.

Databases

• Output windows on databases now support action buttons to generate video.

What did we fix?

• An issue in the playlist where playback wouldn’t pause at drawing after returning from full screen.
• An issue where a long video package name would overlap other columns content in a sorter.
• A crash that was being seen in certain scenarios in the Matrix.
• An issue where the results from queries could not be clicked in a certain sequence of actions.
• An issue that caused unexpected behaviour when sending very short instances to databases.

Version 12.1.10

What did we improve?

Playlist

• We added an icon in the playlist and database to show which clip is currently playing or being edited. We also added functionality to send clips to a playlist, from a standalone database

Find

• You can now search for instances in a folder of Videos using the find window

Database

• We added functionality to generate a matrix from a database.

Note: Databases created or opened in this version of Hudl Sportscode will not work in previous versions of Hudl Sportscode. Be sure to update Hudl Sportscode on all computers to the latest version.

Video Export

• When exporting a video from a timeline or playlist, the default name is now more useful.

Capture

• For local capture, if camera permissions are not enabled from System Preferences, an error message is now shown.

What did we fix?

• An issue that caused the HD720 preset to not show in the list of presets, upon first launch of a local capture.

Version 12.1.9

What did we fix?

An issue in the playlist that caused rectangle and ellipse tools to have white color filled in the properties.

Version 12.1.8

What did we improve?

Playlist

• When a single clip is selected in a playlist, playback now continues from one clip to the next. You can also navigate between clips using tab and shift-tab. We’ve added functionality to generate a matrix from a database and synchronise changes from an organiser or sorter back to a source database.

What did we fix?

• An issue that caused the capture preview window title bar to disappear, even if hovering over it.

Version 12.1.7

What did we improve?

Playlist

• You can now add a slide on sorter, through the toolbar icon and menu item. Adding effects on slides, changing background color, deletion, dragging to another row are some of the key features enabled for slides on sorters. Playlist shows an error: if the video no longer exists on the computer. Playlists continue to work if the source video is in the original location, in the same folder as the playlist, in a different location on the same machine after having been created.

Database

• We’ve added the ability to run output windows on Databases. Make video command from Scripting is still being worked on to be supported in this feature.

What did we fix?

• An issue where copy and pasting a clip or slide didn’t paste the effects present on it.
• An issue that did not make the timeline step into a non-growing state on the viewing machine, when the sharing machine had paused capture, in a certain scenario.

Version 12.1.6

What did we improve?

Capture

• Improved performance when launching an instance player during longer multi-angle captures.

Instance Adjustments

• We’ve added the ability to adjust the start time, end time, or both, of selected instances.

What did we fix?

• A playback issue with multi-angle Videos that have been uploaded to Hudl.
• An issue which caused a loss of data when appending a capture to an existing Video, in a certain scenario.
• An issue that prevented you from selecting all clips in a database, when opened for the first time.

Version 12.1.5

This release contains internal changes in preparation for support for macOS 10.15 Catalina. Note that Hudl Sportscode does not yet support macOS Catalina. For more information on macOS version support, click here.

Version 12.1.4

What did we fix?

• A crash related to camera permissions.

Version 12.1.3

What did we improve?

Databasing

• We’ve made user interface enhancements.

Matrix

• There’s now added matrix functionality for Player licenses.

Find

• The find window now shows instance totals for each filter and instance result counts to facilitate more efficient searching. Selecting a timeline or database in the find results now selects all the found instances.

Capture

• Live viewing videos are now automatically defragmented after capture is stopped. The File->Defragment Video menu item is now disabled when defragmentation is not needed

Video Export

• We’ve added the ability to export instance text with video from instance player and playlists. Turn on instance text to enable it.

Data and Video Import

• The File -> Import -> Video workflow now automatically opens the window to select files. The Sportscode XML import now creates rows in the order that instances appear in the file, unless a row order is specified in the file. The Sportscode XML import now works for Sportscode XML files that include an XML declaration.

What did we fix?

• An issue that sometimes prevented some instances from being sent to a database.
• A playlist issue where an extended clip did not show the increased duration correctly.
• An issue which sometimes caused the playhead to enter the red zone and show black frames during capture.
• An issue which caused a Video package to be deleted when cancelling the process of adding a video file to a Video package.
• An issue that showed an error prompt when attempting to overwrite a Video package during a Synergy import.

Version 12.1.2

What did we improve?

Databasing

• We’ve improved the legibility of notes and labels during editing in databases. You can now send clips to a playlist from a reference database. You can generate a matrix from a reference database.

Find

• You can now view instances from the Find window by double clicking them.

What did we fix?

• Issues that caused the playlist and instance player window to appear in front of fullscreen playback, in certain scenarios.
• An issue that caused flagging with notes to not work if the note was not edited.
• An issue with local capture that caused length of capture on sharing machine to not match length of capture on the viewing machine, in certain scenarios.
• An issue where instance player would not show video if a feed drops out during a multi-angle IP capture.
• A crash that was witnessed for certain code windows with scripting.

Version 12.1.1

What did we improve?

Multi-Game Analysis

• We’ve added the ability to skip between cells in a database using tab and shift-tab. The database button on the timeline now sends clips to an open database, or allows you to create a new one. You can now move and hide columns in a database. The visibility and order of columns order is remembered next time you open the database.

Data Import

• Enhanced Sportscode XML import to support timestamps with decimal seconds.

What did we fix?

• An issue where up and down arrow hotkeys did not start/pause playback if instance is selected.

• An issue where video export failed when an instance extended beyond the end of a timeline.

• An inconsistent crash that affected some code windows with scripting.

Version 12.1.0

What did we improve?

Multi-Game Analysis

• Databasing is now available, you can now create standalone and references databases and add instances from video packages. The Find feature is also available, you can search for instances in timelines and databases, view the associated video, and send them to a playlist. Click here for an article with more information about the roadmap for multi-game analysis in Hudl Sportscode.

Collaborative Coding

• Collaborative Coding is now available. You can capture and code on multiple computers, and share video and data live via the File->Edit->Live menu.

IP Capture

• Hudl Sportscode IP capture now supports RTP streams, including the ability to share to other devices, and convert the video for use in Sportscode version 11.

Catalina

• Click here for an important announcement regarding macOS 10.15 Catalina.

Opta Football

• Updated Opta Football import to incorporate changes for the 2019-20 season.

What did we fix?

• An issue which caused jittering when playing 720p video with slides or titles.
• An issue which caused IP captured videos to take a long time to open, especially on external drives. These videos are now automatically defragmented after capture, and packages can be manually defragmented via the File->Defragment Video menu.
• An issue that caused a missing angle in fullscreen playback, during multi-angle capture in some scenarios.
• An issue with alignment of data in workflows where you capture and share single and multi-angle video to other devices.
• An issue which caused the capture preview window to flicker in some scenarios.
• A number of crashes that was being experienced with certain Synergy packages.
• An issue that caused HTML export and video export to not export the complete video.

Version 12.0.2

What did we improve?

Playlist

• You can now share playlists with other team members, by copying the playlist and placing source video packages in either the same folder as the playlist or in the same folder as on the source machine.

Upload to Hudl

• We added a freehand effects tool for playlists and hotkeys for effects tools: Select - S, Ellipse - E, Rectangle - R, Text - T, Line - L, Line with Arrow - A, Line with T-bar - B, Freehand line - F.

Data Imports

• Hudl Sportscode now supports Sportscode XML files from Wyscout.

Flagging

• There’s now the functionality to add notes with flagging from an instance player or playlist. This option can be set from Preferences -> Flagging.

What did we fix?

• An issue that caused text to be illegible in the playlist while editing in dark mode on macOS Mojave.
• An issue that produced a black video on hudl.com, when uploading some video packages.
• An issue that caused a crash when synchronising playlist edits after importing data from an external source.
• An issue that caused timeline row names to be illegible while editing in dark mode on macOS Mojave.
• An issue with live sharing which caused video to stall on the viewing computer.

Version 12.0.1

What did we improve?

Batch Conversion

• Added the ability to batch convert multiple Sportscode v11 packages to Hudl Sportscode format, via the menu item menu item “File->Convert From Legacy…“.

Code window

• Added the auto-save feature to code windows. Note that code windows saved in Sportscode v12 will now only be compatible with Sportscode v11.3.0 and later. Please update to the latest version of Sportscode v11 to ensure backwards compatibility.

What did we fix?

• A playlist issue where copying a drawing from one angle to another caused unexpected behaviour.

Version 12.0.0

Welcome to the new Hudl Sportscode! For more information, visit hudl.com/products/hudlsportscode.