What's New
See what updates and changes we've made to our products.
February 2020
Feb 7
Narrow down your clips in seconds with quick filters.
Introducing quick filters, a default set of options for your offense, defense and special teams. You can even add your own customized choices, plus create multiple playlists at once.
November 2018
Nov 13
Edit jersey numbers before you send a game to Assist.
If an athlete wore a different jersey than what’s on your roster, they can still get stats. Just click Edit Jerseys on the Assist submission page to let us know which jersey they wore in this game.
October 2018
Oct 12
Text and drawings on full videos are here.
Coaches can now quickly share visual feedback to the whole team by adding text and drawings directly on game videos.
*Available for all sports but American football.
September 2018
Sep 21
Upload your video from the web without audio.
Loud parent yelling in the background? Don’t sweat it—you can choose if you want audio to be included in your upload.
*Available for American football teams.
Sep 5
No more late-night uploads on Friday.
Out with the old, in with the new. American football teams now have access to our web uploader—the easier, more reliable way to get your film online.
August 2018
Aug 29
There’s now an easier way to create your roster on Hudl.
Say goodbye to tracking down your players’ emails. Introducing invite codes, where your team members can add themselves to your account. All you have to do is accept or deny their request.
Aug 15
Practice scripts are available to view from the field.
No need to print your practice scripts before you hit the turf. As long as you have your mobile device and the Hudl app, those diagrams can go with you wherever you go.
*Available for American football teams.
July 2018
Jul 25
Our special teams playbook is here.
It’s one-third of American football. Now your playbook on Hudl will show it.
Jul 25
Offensive formation from Hudl Assist now includes backfield and strength.
Pro used to just be pro, regardless of strength. Now Assist users can define the strength and backfield of each formation.
*Available for American football teams.
See HowJul 18
Choose how you want to watch your clips.
Sometimes one look isn’t enough. Loop a single clip within a playlist so you can teach at your own pace.
Jul 16
Do more with your playlists.
Clips are now easier to manage than ever. You can reorder, rename and reuse clips in your playlists.
*Available for all sports but American football.
Learn MoreJune 2018
Jun 18
Hudl Assist is now available for small (but mighty) 8- and 9-man teams.
We’re ready to give all football teams the resources they need to be successful. 8- and 9-man teams are eligible to receive 14 breakdown columns (and advanced reports) from Hudl Assist.
May 2018
May 21
Athletes can edit single highlight clips before publishing.
Edit individual highlights before sending them to a highlight reel. This means athletes can trim and add spot shadows or text before adding those clips to their public profile.
May 12
There's a maximum file size for individual clip uploads.
We’ve added an official file size limit so you'll know if your uploaded files won't make it online. This means no more waiting to see if it'll upload.
This will:
• Allow individual files in an upload at 20 GB maximum (and tells you that before you start).
• Let you know which file caused the problem. Simply split the file into smaller pieces, or convert it down in size.
April 2018
Apr 23
New Hardware Order Tracking
Order something from Hudl? Whether you purchased a remote, Hudl Sideline or an iPad case, you can now track its progress from right inside your account.
Apr 18
More flexibility in playlists built from reports.
• Customize sharing of these playlists instead of default sharing with the owner and admin.
• Send clips from reports to existing playlists instead of only creating new ones.
• Create playlists with individual clips from your reports instead of building an all-or-nothing playlist.
*Available for all sports but American football.
Learn MoreApr 13
Hudl Assist for 8- and 9-Man Teams
This season we’ve launched Assist for 8- and 9-man teams. Submit your games and we’ll send back 14 columns of data within 24 hours. Smaller teams and smaller fields won’t keep you from having the resources you need to be successful.
Apr 3
Filter by either opponent from scout video in your reports.
You can now filter scout video in your reports by either opponent. In the past only one team from the game would appear as an option. Now take full advantage of a scout video, especially if you play both teams.
*Available for all sports but American football.
March 2018
Mar 6
New Assist packages for high school football, basketball, soccer and volleyball.
- No submission windows. Once paid, your breakdowns aren't limited to a specific season, meaning you can submit year-round.
- Unlimited packages. All four sports will offer unlimited packages for both game and scout video. Plus, choose between 12 and 24-hour packages based on what your team needs.
February 2018
Feb 14
Download playlists to watch from anywhere.
You can now download individual playlists to watch from anywhere. So the next time you want to review a few clips on the way to a game, just download your scouting playlist for offline viewing.
*Available for all sports but American football.
Learn MoreFeb 8
Create highlights from your playlists.
Get twice as much done with half the work by saving playlists as highlights. Add top moments to a playlist for team review, then save them all as highlights.
*Available for all sports but American football.
Learn More
January 2018
Jan 31
Submit to Hudl Assist during upload.
It’s now possible to submit your video to Hudl Assist as it uploads from the web, iPad or iPhone.
*Available for all sports but American football.
Learn MoreJan 31
Submit to Hudl Assist from your mobile device.
Hudl Assist makes game submission even easier with new mobile options on iPad and iPhone.
*Available for all sports but American football.
December 2017
Dec 13
We’re joining forces with Volleymetrics to help teams improve performance at every level of volleyball.
Learn MoreDec 12
Bluetooth remotes are now compatible with the latest version of Hudl on the web.
Learn MoreSeptember 2017
Sep 18
You can now tag sideline and baseline out-of bounds. This will help take your stats and reports to the next level.
Learn MoreJuly 2017
Jul 12
New Video Tools
- Rather than sharing a full video with your team, you can create clips of key moments by adding comments and drawings or simply clicking to save the play.
Comments are no longer one-directional, but allow for conversations as a team.
Create your own tags to track the information that matters most to your team with custom tags.
Updated drawing tools such as arrows, circles and the free hand drawing tool give you the ability to provide more visual feedback.
Redesigned Library
- You can now create playlists with clips from multiple games. These playlists will then live as their own entry in the library.
- Organize your library by adding custom labels to each video.
Additional Updates
- The new Manage Team page makes it easier to update your list of players, coaches or groups on any device.
The messaging feature got a serious boost with permissions updates.
Jul 10
Hudl Classic’s library has a fresh new look. No major changes in functionality—just made it prettier.
Learn MoreJune 2017
Jun 24
Hudl Assist for football will break down new stats this season, including offensive formation, defensive front and blitz.
Learn MoreJun 5
Hudl makes it easier to access the content your team needs by giving teams the ability to host and share documents, files and video for teams on Platinum packages and above.
Learn MoreOctober 2018
June 2018
September 2017
August 2017
Aug 21
- Uploading now has a fresh look, better error messaging, and push notifications.
- Teams can now upload to specific practice schedule entries.
- Added improved messaging for users with non-recommended devices.
- Added better messaging when a user is trying to log in without WiFi.
- Fixed a bug that caused in-app troubleshooting to constantly run in the background.
- Fixed a bug that caused uploads from last season to fail.
- Bug fixes and behind-the-scenes improvements.
February 2021
Feb 11
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.34
What did we improve?
- Added support in Find window to replace text in codes of the front timeline, to improve user experience and efficiency of changing codes in a timeline.
- Instance text within a playlist now resizes to maintain the proportion in the video player window so that text is now visible when presenting on high resolution external displays.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue in Playlists that caused a flickering display for specific videos on macOS Mojave machines.
- Fixed an issue where the option to Live Share an instance was disabled, when accessed from the Edit menu item while player window was in focus.
January 2021
Jan 27
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.33
What did we improve?
- Implemented a few changes in live share to make it a smoother experience with better latency between sharing and viewing machines.
- Improved code mode tagging sessions by having instances get tagged on the front timeline, rather than always appearing on the live capturing timeline.
- A new webpage is now available to help with Scripting feature, via Help->Scripting menu item.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused the row color to not get updated, after cells were sorted, in certain scenarios in a sorter.
- Fixed a crash that was caused by renaming a code button, in certain scenarios.
- Fixed an issue that meant un-sharing an instance during a collaborative coding session would remove the Instance from the timeline of both the primary & viewing HSC machine.
- Fixed an issue where the DFL Raw Event import would not import correctly immediately after a game.
Jan 12
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.32
Find
- Find window custom selection adds the ability to choose a custom selection of timelines from different packages and locations for analysis.
What did we improve?
- Added a new column to the sorter “Original instance” which displays the instance row name and number from the source timeline.
- Added capability to control video with hotkeys of up, down, left right arrow keys and modifier keys to playback, move scrubber ahead and back, while editing instance notes in sorter.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused drawings to not show at the correct times in a Playlist when uploaded to Hudl.com, in certain conditions.
- For better comprehension, removed the decimal point shown in code windows lead and lag time fields default value.
- Fixed a crash where data containing special characters was being filtered in the Find window search query.
December 2020
Dec 16
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.31
What did we improve?
- Improved ability to align data during data import by keeping the reference point as the start time of the first instance, rather than mid-point of the first instance. Align Right and Align All, on the timeline toolbar and menu items, will also take the start time of the first instance as the reference point to change alignment.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused the output windows to not update correctly in certain scenario on the viewing machine if sharing machine changed labels from the existing instances.
- Fixed an issue in the DFL import where own goals or goals scored from set-pieces were not displaying correctly.
- Fixed an issue in Opta import where an import would fail in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue that didn't let the user edit notes to add empty notes in sorter, in a certain scenario.
Dec 8
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.30
Live Data Optimization
- You can now configure which instances are shared live to other devices running Sportscode or Replay. You control this via the new Live Sharing tab in the Code Window inspector, and you can modify the sharing status of coded instances via row and instant context menus on the Timeline, as well as a Live Sharing button at the bottom of the Timeline.
Find
- Significantly improved performance for Find window to search through large data across multiple timelines and folders. Results are now returned up to 30x faster.
- Added an option to include sub-folders when searching an entire folder using the Find window.
What did we improve?
- Improved rewind button on Hudl Remote and fast rewind on player controls to progress past the current clip when multiple clips are selected.
- Row name of a slide can be edited now and the new row name will be retained when sending to other Playlists.
- Letters used in flagging hotkeys can now add flags, regardless of caps lock on or off on the machine.
- Instance adjustments are now supported with command+control+Z hotkeys to drag all instances to a certain location on the timeline. Command+control+X can also now be used to drag all instances to the right of the playhead. If adjusted during a live sharing session, these instances get adjusted on the live viewing machine too. Keyboard shortcuts for Align all and Align right in the timeline are now option+z and option+x to so that they do not conflict with the new instance adjustment keys.
- Improved playback experience for some playlists that were causing glitches in fullscreen playback.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused the instance sequence number of rows in a sorter to be incorrect, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue that caused code windows with certain scripting commands, to take focus and come in the front whenever there was a change in timeline data.
- Fixed a crash related to moving rows on the timeline, that occurred in specific conditions.
November 2020
Nov 24
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.29
Note that Hudl Sportscode does not yet support macOS BigSur. For more information on macOS version support, click here.
What did we improve?
- Improved timeline player to retain its position above the timeline window, when switching between single and multi-angle views.
- Sorter rows can now only be selected and reordered by selecting or dragging from the sequence number column.
- Added an icon in sorter to reflect the presence of a slide.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue where the instance duration could not be adjusted correctly using the command+option hotkeys on a live capturing timeline.
- Fixed an issue where certain clips from packages could not be saved in a standalone playlist or database.
- Fixed a crash in timeline ruler when zoomed in and out, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue that caused the instance sequence number of rows in a sorter to be incorrect, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue where an unexpected clip got selected, after a slide was inserted in sorter. Now, the newly added slide will stay selected.
- Fixed an 'Open from Hudl' issue where losing internet connectivity whilst scrolling through videos would cause the 'unable to load more videos' message to repeatedly open and close.
- Fixed an issue where black video would be displayed on a new standalone database. This would happen when sending instances from a matrix, that was launched from a standalone database, to a new standalone database, that is then given the same name as an open reference database.
Nov 10
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.28
Legacy Movie Organizer Conversion
- Hudl Sportscode now supports Movie Organizers from Sportscode Classic to be converted into standalone playlist files in Hudl Sportscode. The files can be converted into Hudl Sportscode playlist format by a menu item File - Convert From Legacy > Movie Organizer.
Find Window
- Hudl Sportscode now supports searching for instance notes in timelines via Find window.
What did we improve?
- Added an option to pause after each clip in a Playlist or instance in a Database.
- Improved local capture by giving an option to not select an audio source for capture. ‘No Audio Sources’ can now be chosen from the audio sources.
- Clip sequence number in a sorter shall remain visible at all times during vertical scrolling, to improve user experience.
- Added the ability to include the label group when using the “Add Label ” scripting command.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue where wrong season data prevented users from accessing Hudl Library to open video packages from File→Open from Hudl.
- Fixed an issue where uploaded playlists to Hudl.com showed a few video frames from the previous clip or slide.
- Fixed an issue that showed incorrect values for imported data on video packages, for specific instances that were present before the starting time of the video.
October 2020
Oct 27
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.27
Legacy Sorter Conversion
- Hudl Sportscode now supports sorters from Sportscode Classic to be converted into standalone playlist files in Hudl Sportscode. The files can be converted into Hudl Sportscode playlist format by a menu item File > Convert From Legacy > Sorter.
What did we improve?
- Added support for Opta Football data import for new season, to correctly import player data.
- Databases now work as expected on exFat format hard drives.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue where aligning angles in packages, with multiple video files, was causing unexpected alignment for first and second halves of the game.
- Fixed an issue that caused effects to not get exported correctly from the visible angle in a playlist.
- Fixed an inconsistent crash that caused playlists to crash on being opened, after a certain workflow related to Titles.
- Fixed an issue that caused the database player to go back to the beginning of the clip, if a label was added in label mode when a database was in Sorter view.
- Fixed an issue in multi-angle playlists where an effect could still be added in multi-angle view, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue during edit mode in playlists, by not pausing or displaying effects during edit mode now. Effects and annotations shall continue to appear and can be created, like before, during play mode.
Oct 13
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.26
What did we improve?
- Added support to copy slides and clips between playlists by dragging them to the new playlist
- Added functionality to send slides between playlists through toolbar ‘Organizer’ and ‘Sorter’ icons
- Added hotkeys for a few menu items; Import, Export and Edit.
- Added the ability to send instances to new or existing Standalone Databases from the Find window when the source is a Standalone Database.
What did we fix?
- Fixed some issues relating to new season data in the OPTA Football import that caused import failures.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Start Time column to not sort clips correctly in a standalone sorter.
- Fixed an issue that did not correctly reflect a newly added label group in playlists, when sent to a new playlist.
- Fixed an issue where audio kept playing in a certain scenario, after player window had been closed.
- Fixed an issue that caused non-alignment of clips on Hudl.com, when an exported package was uploaded to Hudl.
- Fixed a crash in capture, that occurred under specific conditions.
September 2020
Sep 29
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.25
What did we improve?
- Improved the process for uploading a timeline to an existing video package, by adding a dialog to indicate that data is being processed.
- Added the ability to send instances to a new or existing Reference or Standalone Databases from the Find window when the source is a Reference Database.
- Added functionality to cut, copy, paste slides with images between standalone and reference playlists.
- Improved sharing to Hudl Sportscode and Replay when the capture source is an RTP feed.
- Added support for Opta files for current season and multi-leg games, that were giving errors.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused mute setting to not disable audio in certain scenarios.
- Fixed a crash that was caused by typing an incorrect IP feed address, in a certain workflow.
- Fixed a crash that was caused by opening timelines with incorrect data.
- Fixed an issue that caused game clock to show incorrect time format in label data, in a certain workflow.
- Fixed an issue where pasting a clip in an empty row in organizer was not possible
Sep 15
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.24
What did we improve?
- Uploading a timeline to an existing package has been removed from behind a feature toggle. This is available based on subscription level.
- Clips and slides can be cut, copy, pasted between different reference playlists.
- Added functionality to copy and paste slides with images between playlists.
- Improved sharing to Hudl Sportscode and Replay when the capture source is an RTP feed
- Added support on Hudl remote “Full” button to launch fullscreen for a player.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused Playlists to not display correct clip lengths when uploaded to Hudl.com.
- Fixed an issue where the video would not display correctly on Hudl.com when uploaded from multi-angle packages.
- Fixed an issue in sorter where notes could not be edited after adding slides.
- Fixed an issue in sorter that caused duplicate notes to be added to slides, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed an issue in sorter which did not send the expected clips to sorter, if both clips and slides were attempted to be sent.
- Fixed an issue with the Sportscode xml export encoding to more closely match the Sportscode V11 export
Sep 1
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.23
Playlist
- Standalone Playlists now indicate with a prompt when opened if there are any missing videos. Those clips are highlighted in red, and it is recommended to remove them and re-add them to the to playlist.
Database
- Multiple angle audio controls are now supported in Databases. Both video and audio angles can now be set independently and globally for a Database.
What did we improve?
- Drastically improved the performance of slides in playlists, including transitions to a slide and between slides, that is particularly noticeable on high resolution or Retina displays.
- Fixed an issue that caused delays in sharing video in a live share workflow, from a Catalina sharing machine.
- Added functionality to cut, copy and paste slides and clips within reference sorters. Undo can be performed on this action.
- Undo and Redo is now supported in a Sorter in multiple operations.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused errors in Champion data import, due to timezone differences.
- Fixed an issue that caused the name of the button to appear in white during edit mode, when in dark mode setting on the machine.
- Fixed two issues in standalone playlists that caused black video if shared with another machine. Black (missing) video was resulting from copy pasting clips and sending slide+clip combination to standalone playlists.
August 2020
Aug 18
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.22
What did we improve?
- Improved playback performance in playlists where audio was not correctly synced with the transition between clips, slides and titles.
- Sorter columns, including the notes column, can now be resized to any width.
- The size and location of the Playlist window is now retained when opening and closing Playlists.
- Instance player generated from find, matrix and output window will now retain the chosen angle in the player when moving between instances.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused some older v11 packages to not be converted in Hudl Sportscode.
- Fixed a crash that was caused by showing and hiding columns in a sorter, under a certain scenario.
- Fixed few other inconsistent crashes including a crash in the timeline ruler.
- Fixed Opta Rugby data import to improve accuracy with actual coordinates from a rugby pitch and include lineout numbers.
Aug 4
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.21
What did we improve?
- Clip level audio controls are now supported in playlists. Both video and audio angles can now be set for each clip.
- Location and size of the playlist set by the user is retained by Hudl Sportscode now, even after relaunching the app.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue that caused the drawings to be exported on incorrect moments, from video export and upload to Hudl workflows.
- Fixed an issue where a reference playlist was not correctly sending clips to a standalone playlist, thus ended in missing video in the standalone playlist. This issue was typically visible only once the source reference video was not available
July 2020
Jul 22
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.20
What did we fix?
- Prevented an issue that caused blank video when sending clips from Find window, in a certain scenario.
Jul 21
Hudl Sportscode 12.2.19
What did we improve?
- An error message is shown when a v11 reference package conversion to Hudl Sportscode is not able to locate the source package.
- Sorter now supports the scrollbar to automatically move to the clip which is being played. This auto-scrolling is also supported with tab and shift-tab to move through the clips.
- Added feature to show and hide rows from organizer.
- You can now send Find Window results (instances) from a single (or multiple) timelines to a reference or standalone database.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue where angles could not be aligned correctly incase a new angle was added to the package, in a certain scenario.
- Fixed a crash caused on zooming into the timeline, in a certain workflow.
Jul 8
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.
June 2020
Jun 23
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.
Jun 10
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
Jun 9
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.
May 2020
May 26
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
May 12
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.
April 2020
Apr 30
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
Apr 28
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.
Apr 14
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.
March 2020
Mar 31
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.
Mar 23
Version 12.2.8
What did we fix?
- An issue that caused a black video upon saving a standalone playlist.
Mar 17
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.
Mar 5
Version 12.2.6
What did we fix?
- An issue where standalone playlists created from standalone databases would show a black video for clips.
Mar 3
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.
February 2020
Feb 19
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
Feb 4
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.
January 2020
Jan 21
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.
Jan 7
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.
December 2019
Dec 17
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.
Dec 3
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.
November 2019
Nov 21
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.
Nov 19
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.
Nov 5
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.
October 2019
Oct 22
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.
Oct 16
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.
Oct 10
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.
September 2019
Sep 24
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.
Sep 10
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.
August 2019
Aug 28
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.
Aug 8
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.
July 2019
Jul 30
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.
Jul 17
Version 12.0.0
Welcome to the new Hudl Sportscode! For more information, visit hudl.com/products/hudlsportscode.
February 2021
Feb 17
Hudl Replay 2.27.0
What did we fix:
- Fixed an issue where Replay was unable to reconnect to a Hudl Sportscode Session which had stopped while the app was backgrounded
- Fixed an issue where re-opening an existing session on a non-default angle would result in a black video screen being displayed
Feb 3
Hudl Replay 2.26.0
What did we fix:
- Fixed an issue where Hudl Sportscode Sessions started when the App was backgrounded would not auto-connect when foregrounding the App.
- Fixed an issue where starting new Hudl Sportscode Sessions without closing Hudl Sportscode when the App was backgrounded would not auto-connect when foregrounding the App.
January 2021
October 2020
Oct 23
Hudl Replay 2.20.0
What did we improve:
- Hudl Replay now supports iOS 14.
- On iOS 14, Replay now asks for permission to find and connect to devices on your local network. Be sure to grant this permission, to allow Replay to connect with Sportscode.
Oct 12
Hudl Replay 2.19.0
What did we improve:
- Replay now uses Sportscode terminology! Look for references to instances, notes and video packages within the app.
- If your network is configured to prevent Replay from being notified about computers running Sportscode, you can now connect manually. Just tap the settings cog, then “Manual Connection”.
January 2021
Jan 31
What did we improve?
- Added competition NCAA ACC to Advanced search and Ranking data
- Divided Goal kicks in short and long, like regular GK passes (after goal kick rules change, since it's now allowed also in penalty area)
- Allowed players with missing age to be seen in the Rankings app (skipping the minimum value of 17 yo)
What did we fix?
- Fix a date conversion bug, affecting certain matches, played in different timezone, which led to have different dates displayed for the same match, with one day of difference
- Fix a bug that prevented the search to work properly with the apostrophe
- When a player had no birthdate, the date representation was not the same along the platform. Its visualization has been changed and displayed in the same way
- We fixed a bug about Platform notification system where a user kept receiving notification messages for teams or players that were not in his favourite list anymore.
- We fixed a bug on RefManager where any user with push notifications enabled received a notification about discussions shared by someone else inside his group/subgroup even if the original discussion was only shared among a limited number of users but not with himself
December 2020
Dec 28
What did we fix?
- Fix the list of competitions in the "Add Competition" menu in user dashboard
- Fix the visualization of the month label in the match date of a teamsheet
- Fix Group structure of MLS is Back Tournament by updating its configuration
- Fix the external share feature when trying to share a match link
- The issue that was preventing women players to be added in Player Lists and Shadow Teams was fixed.
- The thresholds for displaying average and accuracy stats in Rankings were recalibrated to ensure a more realistic distribution of players.
- Fixed a case where a red card for a player on the bench was breaking the new events API.
- Fixed a case where a red card for a player on the bench was breaking the match calculation.
November 2020
Nov 30
What did we improve?
- Updated the team sheet to support jersey numbers composed by zeros (eg. "0", "00") and in general any combination of numbers up to 3 characters.
- Removed the "change in position" column from the competition's standing table.
What did we fix?
- Fixed an issue with the video distribution lists that prevented the users from downloading videos in wide angle format
- Fixed a display issue on the Talent Center and Noise Feed purchase panel that was showing an old pricing model
- Fixed a display issue with the minutes format on the team sheet that was showing third period formats in matches that only included two periods
- Fixed a display issue in the agencies portfolio that was showing some person as Unknown instead of Coach or any player's role
- Fixed a display issue on the team sheet that was preventing it from showing up in the video player
- Fixed a display issue in the MLS competition that was showing all teams in both conferences
- Fixed a display issue on the standings tables for competitions Uefa Champions League and Europa League that was ignoring the current phase of the competitions
- Fixed an issue in the the competition RegionalLiga Nord that was not showing the "Nord-Nord" and "Nord-Sud" groups even if the user hard access
September 2020
Sep 1
New Teamsheets
Teamsheets in the Platform are now fully compatible with NCAA rule set (eg. rolling subs support).
Minor changes in UI: beside each player's name you have now the chronology of related events during the match.
Available:
- In the sidebar, while playing a video
- In the new video player
- In a full-screen popup
April 2020
Apr 1
Wyscout Reports - Update
The new Wyscout Reports Set is completed with the release of the new version of the Player Report.
Our Report suite is composed by:
- Match Report
Shows statistics about a match, like match sheet, stats by player on the pitch, teams’ head-to-head match dynamics, stats, formations and various events. - Player In-Match Report
A page with detailed information about player in-match performance. Shows stats, actions on the field, passes distribution and challenges against the opponent
Also available for GKs. - Team In-Match Report
Report compiled from “Player in match” reports of all team players and goalkeepers that was on the pitch. - Prematch Report
Compare stats of teams which will face in a match. Shows teams’ head-to-head rosters, formations, stats, events and top players by various statistics. - Team Report
Provide information about any team. Shows roster, player stats, formations, basic information about every match you have chosen on the platform, build-up, set pieces and various events. Report is customizable by matches that team played. - Player Report
Shows player career, stats by matches and relevant for his position information. Each relevant section contains events on field, comparison with other players from his league by various stats and detailed statistics packed in tables. - Season/Matchday Report
This is about competitions. Report is customizable, it can provide information about whole season or just a matchday. Report shows standings table and play-off grid, goals’ analysis, teams’ rankings by various stats and players’ top-10 by various stats. If report in matchday mode it also shows main info about matches that was played in chosen matchday.
March 2020
Mar 20
Wyscout XML download - Importable in Hudl Sportscode
An improved version of the Wyscout XML for all matches to be imported in Hudl Sportscode has been released.
Mar 15
Scouting Area App - Improvements
A new improvement of Scouting Area mobile app has been released.
In view mode, it will be possible to tap and see the video attached directly inside the report.
It will be available the video connected to the entire report and all the videos connected to chapters and paragraphs.
February 2020
Feb 26
New Scouting Area
We officially released the new Scouting Area tool, the all in one solution for player recruitment
- Packaging of information: Easily combine subjective scouting reports, curated video clips as well as performance and career data to provide 360 degree evidence on potential signings.
- Video integration: Choose from a plethora of curated clips and present targets to decision makers based on un-biased videos and data.
- Mobile app: Don’t waste time on written notes that need to be reworked post-match. Easily create live reports from the pitch, even without internet access.
More info in here