SOLUTION OVERVIEW

The Focus Logger is a software that facilitates the distribution of live video & data during games across multiple clients. Teams using Focus can 

1. Log plays by creating Tags within Focus and supporting play data using labels associated with each tag. 

2. Distribute video & data to multiple mobile clients at various locations during games

3. View, filter, and share play data to multiple users. 

STARTING A FOCUS LIVE SESSION 

A Live Session lets you capture and log the game in a live setting. Here are the steps to set up a live session in Focus.

• Launch Focus Client and connect to a Focus Server. 

  • • Go to Settings > Server 

    • Click the Advanced button to expand the Server display.

    • The Shared Video Recording Directory must say, \\[servername]\Recordings.  If not, hit browse and navigate to the network share.

      • • Please note if you change which server you connect to, the Shared Video Recording Directory must be updated.  This ensures the logger is marking clips against the same .ts files the tablets are viewing.

• Choose Start Live Session. 

• Fill in the session name and choose the channel(s) in the window that pops-up. 

1. Home: Go back to the Focus Home screen.

2. Settings: Access the Focus Settings menu.

3. Channels: Manage video channels.

4. Export: Export video and data from Focus.

5. Tags: Manage the import, creation, and deletion of Tags.

6. Views: Access to Focus Presentations, Collections, Timeline, List and Matrix views. 

Tag & LABEL Management

TAGS VS. LABELS

Tags are defined as individual plays that can be logged using Focus during games & practices. Labels are defined as data that can be added to each play. 

In other words… 

1. Tags = A single Play

   1. Labels = Corresponding data for each play

The Focus Logger's purpose is to create the Tags (plays) that coaches and players can review during a game. Each team is responsible for making and managing its tags. A tag is an instance on the timeline you want to save, like a timestamp. The user can determine the start and end points and duration.

Tags are created by engaging a keyboard shortcut or by clicking/tapping on the tag in the Focus UI. Each tag is made by starting and stopping the recording trigger, similar to the start/stop camera recording workflow. 

Eight (8) ODK play types are available to create tags. Each ODK play type is mapped to a specific Focus Tag, and its keyboard shortcut matches what is available through the Thunder marking tool. 

Tags will be created without game data. It’s recommended that each team label their plays with offensive and defensive series information. Users add data to a Tag through a Label. The function of a Label is to attach additional information to a tag. By default, labels are applied to the most recent tag. They do not create an instance on a timeline.

Two data columns are provided to label the series number for each play. Those columns are OFF Series and DEF Series, which are Global Labels. Global labels allow the user to apply a label(s) to any subsequently activated tag as long as the global label is turned on. Global labels are manually activated and deactivated, meaning that whenever a global label is active, all tag buttons that are also activated at that time will have the active global label(s) applied to them. 

Numbers 01-20 represent the playfield values that will be inserted into the OFF/DEF Series columns. The numbers below the playfield values will provide a real-time count of the number of Tags that include that Label value. 

Creating Tags (Plays)

A user creates tags while the video is played back during a live session. They can be triggered and stopped using the associated keyboard shortcut key or clicking the Tag button in the logging window. Below is an example of an OFF tag being created with the OFF Series 01 label enabled. 

Adjusting Tag’s In and Out Marks

To adjust the start and endpoint of your tag to the current playhead position, select the tag and use the default hotkeys CTRL+1 (Start) and CTRL+2 (End).

Adding or Removing Labels

Adding a Label

Users can add additional data Labels through the List View or custom Tag Template.

1. To add a new Label click on the Tag and Label Group cell that you’d like to update. 

2. Left-click and select the Label you’d like to add. 

3. If the Label you’d like to add doesn’t exist in the available list, click on the + icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. 

Tag Display

Timeline

The Timeline view provides users with a chronological view of the live session. Its interface is similar to traditional video editing tools. The Timeline displays all the Tags created throughout the session and provides a row for every Tag type.  

List View

The List view allows users to review the Tags being created and the Label data associated with them. It most closely resembles Thunder. 

POST-GAME WORKFLOW 

Downloading Video & data 

The live Focus session can be used post-game to download video and data to additional devices. Users must keep the live Focus session in record mode to download video and data. 

1. While the live session is still recording, connect a new Focus client (iPad, Windows, or Mac) to the active Focus Server. 

2. When prompted, open the live session in tablet mode. 

3. Wait for the clips to download to the connected device. 

4. Remove the device from the network. 

Users can connect multiple devices to the Focus Server simultaneously. 

Note: Users cannot download the video and data if they end the Focus Session before adding the device. The Focus Server live session must be active to download the tag and label media and data.