Importing events

Many sports already use software which creates game statistics. TeamPro's Import Events feature allows you to create automatically new events by synchronizing the statistics and the video. The statistics have to be contained in text or comma separated value (csv) files.

When you import statistics you need to provide Dartfish with 2 pieces of information:

1.	What are the delimiters? These are the character which denote separations between columns of data. e.g. a new column will start each time a comma is found in the imported file.

2.	Which imported columns correspond to the position and duration of game plays? The position is likely to correspond to the "stadium clock".

If your statistics do not include a duration column, you can manually create one and set an estimation of the "mean" duration of the game plays. You can always edit the events' duration later.

In the sports where the clock stops at each game interruption, you may have to re-synchronize the statistics and the video after each interruption!

To import events

1.	Select Import Events... from the Import/Export button located in the Events list panel.

2.	Locate and open the .csv file. The following window opens:

3.	Choose the delimiters which separate each column of data in the imported file. If unsure, experiment with the various choices remembering that more than one delimiter might be used.

4.	Decide which columns to import by ticking or unticking the headings at the top of each column.

5.	Select which columns correspond to Position and Duration. Remember that these two categories are essential for identifying and creating events.

6.	Click on Next

Synchronizing events and video

It is very likely that the first event in the list is not synchronized to the video. Use the playback function of the preview player to move the video to the position which approximately matches the first event. All following events are time shifted accordingly.

If you used the Pause recording function during recording, you may have to re-synchronize other events further down in the list. If you plan to use the Import function, we recommend that you do not pause recording.