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10: Importing Data

Tracab Data Import

Paint supports importing video clips and pairing them with player paths exported from Tracab systems. The paths allow you to link Keyframe animations to them.

See the keyframe animations section for more info.

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Workflow

  1. Get the match data from a Tracab system for the match of interest. The data consists of the player positions definition file (.dat) and match metadata file (.xml). These two files must be in the same directory.
  2. Enable the TracabData plugin in the Config editor, Plugins tab.
  3. Import a clip from the match of interest and define 3D perspective (see 3D Calibration).
  4. Open the Administration menu on the Clear button and choose “Import Tracking Data > Import Tracab data”.
  5. In the import dialog Browse the .dat file to import the data.
  6. Match the current video with the correct time in the players data.
  7. When the import is finished, click on four players in the video (click on their feet, not body - see example below).
    • In most cases, four players are enough to find the match. If the found match is ambiguous, you will be asked to click on another player. If no match is found, press the Clear button and start again. We recommend clicking on different players.
    • When a match is found, but computed positions differ from players' real position slightly, use the slider at the bottom part of the Import dialog. It allows you to display the players' positions from the timeframe of the computed time match. Leave the slider at the time of the best match.
  8. Press Save to save the paths to the clip.
  9. You can import the data into another clip or close the dialog and start binding tools to the newly imported paths.

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Note: Tracab data import requires a license upgrade.

Zebra NFL Data Import

Zebra NFL Data Import plugin allows to import player tracking data from NFL NGS servers. Imported data can be matched with Paint clips in the same fashion as Tracab data.

Workflow

  1. Acquire NFL NGS tracking data login credentials from NFL.
  2. Enable ZebraData plugin in Config Editor, Plugins tab. Type login credentials into the plugin configuration fields. Save configuration and launch Paint.
  3. Import a clip from the match of interest and define 3D perspective (see 3D Calibration).
  4. Open the Administration menu on the Clear button and choose “Import Tracking Data > Import Zebra NFL data”.
  5. Use Download Zebra NFL Data  button Image 49 to open Download Dialog.
  6. Download Dialog allows user to choose a season and a particular game for download. To narrow down list of games available, it is possible to filter game list using the Search field. Data to be downloaded can be trimmed down to specified time range by entering game time values into the Start Game Time/ End Game Time fields.
  7. After selecting the game, use Download button to start downloading game data from NFL NGS servers.
  8. After the download finishes, data are ready for matching against video.
  9. To narrow down the number of NFL plays where the matching algorithm searches for match, use filtering.
  10. After setting filtering criteria, apply the filter by pressing Filter button. For actual matching of players, use the same workflow as with the Tracab data.
Selecting the Player Data checkbox in the ZebraData section of the Configuration Editor Plugins tab enables player names to be automatically bound to imported targets to PathPlayerNumber or PathPlayerLastName. You can then link tags, labels or animations to the player path (see Linked keyframe animations chapter).
Note: Zebra NFL data import requires a license upgrade.