How to view, clip and annotate your camera footage
Learn how to watch session recordings, add events, create clips, review clip performance data and annotate footage in the PlayerData web app.
Before you begin: you need a session with a camera recording. Recordings appear at the top of your session overview once processing is complete.
Viewing your footage
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Go to the Activity tab and select the session you want to watch.
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Your recording will load and then Press play to begin.
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If you scroll down the page while the video is playing, it keeps playing in a mini player in the bottom right corner. Click the X to close it.
Using the video controls
The control bar along the bottom of the video gives you:
- Game Action: Use the green toggle to turn on Game Action, which automatically zooms the camera to where the action is happening on the field.
- Playback speed: Click the speed control (for example 1x) to speed up or slow down the footage.
- Quality: Click Auto to change the recording quality to suit your connection or screen.
- Download: Click the download icon to save the footage.
- Full screen: Click the full screen icon, or press F.
Adding an event
- Click Add event below the timeline. The Add event panel opens on the right.
- Choose an event type, for example a goal.
- Check the Time occurred. It defaults to the current point in the video.
- Choose the Team and, if relevant, the Athlete involved.
- Click Save event. The event appears on the timeline.
Creating a clip
- Drag the ribbon along the timeline to select the range you want to clip.
- Click Create clip.
- Give the clip a name and choose its event type, then save it.
Quick clip: Click the + icon on the video control bar, or press Shift + Q. You'll then be prompted to save the clip.
Navigating the timeline
The timeline under the video is split into First half, HT (half time) and Second half, with match minutes marked underneath. Icons along the timeline show where events and clips happen, and a number on an icon shows how many are grouped together.
- Drag the black marker to move to a moment in the session.
- Use the zoom in and zoom out icons to the left of the timeline to see it in more detail.
- Click Fit to reset the timeline to the full session.
- Use the previous and next arrows on the far left to jump between clips and events.
- Click Show event lanes to see every clip and event in the session laid out by type. Click any item in the event lanes to play it.
Finding your clips
Every clip for the session is listed under Session clips, below the video. Each clip card shows its length, name and the athletes attached to it.
- All: Shows every clip in the session.
- Staff created: Shows clips created by coaches and staff.
- Athlete created: Shows clips created by your athletes.
Watching and editing a clip
Click a clip card to open it. The clip name, time range and length appear at the top, and the timeline zooms in to the clip.
- Replay: Click the replay icon next to the clip name to watch it again.
- Download: Click the download icon to save the clip to your device. Downloaded clips use the perspective used during creation, such as when Game Action is turned on.
- Edit clip: Click Edit clip to change the name or adjust the start and end times.
- Note: Read or add a note on the clip, and see who created it.
Annotating footage
- Click Annotate on the right-hand side of the video.
- Choose a Tool: arrow, free draw, line or circle.
- Pick a Colour to highlight different players or moments.
- Click Undo to remove your last marking, or Clear all to start again.