This document explains the Auto Score feature, how to enable it, and the common use-case scenarios in which it will help you score your games.
Overview
Auto Score is a feature designed to reduce the load on a Video Analyst by removing the requirement to score each ball, allowing the analyst to focus on other tasks, such as coding high performance data and capturing ball clips.
When Auto Score is enabled, the scoring data will come through immediately as the Live Scorer scores a ball, and the Video Analyst can add as little or as much high performance data as they need. This feature is resilient to network issues, allowing a Video Analyst to code ahead as many balls as required before the Live Scorer reconnects to the server and syncs with the Video Analyst.
Auto-Score simply requires two connected users: One Live Scorer and the Video Analyst running Auto Score.
Auto Score is enabled via the Scoring menu:
Note that there is often still a requirement amongst different cricket boards to have two official scorers in a match, this is often achieved with an additional Support Scorer connected to the match and sharing the End of Over checks with the Live Scorer.
Supported Collaborative Scoring Configurations:
- Live Scorer + Video Analyst manually clipping ball clips
- Live Scorer sending ball timings (eg using Start/Stop ball or Opta/Ellipse sending timing data) + Video Analyst with Collaborative Capture. In this scenario the Video Analyst will capture ball clips automatically based on the ball clip timings from the Live Scorer.
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- We have additional functionality to shift the ball clips forward and back to support a delayed video feed live during the match, and post match time shift to move all existing ball clips forward or back.
- Live Scorer + Video Analyst with Auto Start ball enabled. In this scenario the coding panels are unlocked allowing an analyst to add all High Performance data live before the Live Scorer sends through the scoring data. The Video Analyst clicks 'End Ball' or 'End Ball Clip' to start adding coding data to the next ball. They may take as long as they like - Live Scoring data will continue to come in so that an Analyst can work "behind" the Live Scorer as needed
- Live Scorer with high performance data (eg Ellipse/Opta) + Video Analyst with Auto Start Ball disabled. In this scenario a Video Analyst could "watch" PCS live during a match as each ball comes through and choose to modify or supplement the High Performance data via Edit mode as required.
Unsupported Collaborative Scoring Configurations
- Live Scorer + Video Analyst with Auto Score, Collaborative Capture and Radar connected. The radar cannot be triggered in this scenario as the Video Analyst is required to trigger the radar using the Start Ball Clip button
- Live Scorer + Video Analyst with Auto-Capture. When Auto Score is enabled, the auto capture of 17 second ball clips is disabled.
- Should Auto Capture be required, it remains available for the Live Scorer or the Video Analyst is recommended to use Collaborative Capture for better timing of ball clips
- Live Scorer + Video Analyst with Auto Switch Ends. In this scenario Auto Switch Ends will not switch ends and all video will be from a single end unless manually switched.
- Mobile Live Scorer + Video Analyst running Collaborative Capture. We do not yet support the sending of ball timings from our Mobile Scoring App, so Collaborative Capture will not capture any ball clips in this scenario.