New for the coming 2018 Season!

Updates 11/08/17:

  • Additional methods for using Statcast and TrackMan data
  • Video player has an “Enhanced Data” button that displays the data available for the current pitch you’re watching
  • Enhanced Batting has replaced the Team Batting Stats on the Main Reports screen, similar to the Enhanced Pitching report.
  • Supplemental Graphs, accessed from the Main Reports screen, allows you to graph Statcast / TrackMan data for batting or pitching.

Important BATS 2017 Upgrades

If you are updating a video capture machine, after the fix, “BatsVideoCapture.msi” will be in the c:\bats99 folder.Run that as well. This installs icons for the various capture modules and the VLC video player for use with Black Magic capture. You will need some minor help setting up the new captures, so call us when you are ready to try them.

New Video Player:

There are almost no changes required to use the new software, besides video capture. After the fix you should be ready to go!

  • Buttons are re-arranged and improved
  • Draw on-screen in main player and Compare Videos
  • Time display on clip
  • Removed black screen flash between clips
  • Better trackbar
  • Option to turn off looping
  • Store mute selection on close
  • Pg up/pgdn keys for moving between clips – End for end of clips
  • Save size of window
  • Freeze last frame of clip
  • Open/Save new Sydex playlist (.syy) file
  • The first time you play an SYY file, right-click it in the folder location and chose “Open With…” -> WinMedia1
  • Skip credentials if not using MLBAM Video
  • Variable size text font
  • Reverse clip order
  • Export Options (in the drop down)
  • Create for iPadfor the app
  • Create Movie (.mp4) in folder, individual clips, multiple angles up to 4, include text, use any supplemental angle with regular angles
  • Create .m3u file for MLBAM dugout access
  • Create .vdf
  • Option to show/hide text descriptions
  • Clip counter
  • Controls in 1 window for video on a 2nd window (for projectors / TV displays)
  • Selecting Angles:
  • LEFT CLICK (once) in a side angle Video to swap it to the main angle
  • RIGHT CLICK in any angle to get a list of possible angles to put in the window. Click to choose an angle. This includes supplemental angles
  • Choices of 2/3/4 angle windows in the Options dropdown
  • You can still drag and drop in the lower left
  • “Turn on default to ABCD” option allows you to always start the video player in ABCD rather than the last arrangement someone else used. If turned off, any arrangement you set will become the default
  • “Save Current Clip to Playlist” adds the clip you're viewing to the bottom of the playlist

Process Camera now handles many new file types without converting

  • Directly use .wmv, .ts, .mts and a variety of other files as the source video
  • .mov, .avi, and .mp4 still supported

Compare Videos

  • Access Compare Videos directly from the player for the current playlist
  • View Side by Side
  • Sync Side by Side clips
  • Save Side by Side playlist
  • Create Side by Side movie
  • Create Overlay movie

Playlist Manager

  • Trim Clip options on main screen
  • Rearrange, edit, and save clips to new or existing playlist
  • Save playlists as .syy files
  • Right-click a selected clip allows cut/copy/paste or additional angles options
  • Automatic backup when exiting playlist manager creates LastPlaylistIPBackup.syy in c:\bats99
  • Save Current Playlist saves changes with one clickSave Current Playlist saves changes with one click
  • Keyboard shortcuts:
  • Export options:
  • Create .mp4 movie
  • Create playlist and clips in folder
  • Create iPad playlist
  • Create .vdf

New Auto Create Movies Button on Bats Main Menu

  • Select groups of pitchers/batters at once, for instance 5 most recent at bats for all players in a lineup, and create video files.
  • Export to .mp4, .m3u (The new MLBAM playlist for the IPad), and .syy (if you want to trim clips or edit the playlists)
  • Export SYY From Folder (lower left button), lets you process all or selected playlists from a folder into a movie/m3u
  • Process ALL of a selected player’s EZ Video for a chosen date range
  • Create .mp4 .m3u and others from .syy and clips in folder
  • “AutoMovieCreateStandalone.exe” is also available in bats99. This is a standalone module that allows you to run separate from the Bats reports.

New Video Capture Software:

  • Replaces old capture method for IP cameras and broadcast feeds
  • Preset up to 12 cameras
  • Game Entry will now automatically try to reconnect to capture machines if the network hiccups
  • Game Entry displays status indicators under the Capture button to monitor proper functionality of each angle

Router Control:

  • New RouterControls.exe which works automatically with Game Entry
  • Allows up to 12 camera inputs
  • IP Camera Routers: dynamically switch cameras and presets during Game Entry
  • BatsIPPresets.exe allows you to manually switch to a new preset for any IP camera you identify

Compression Screen:

  • Don’t Compress Clips for using the Sydex Cutter
  • Number of compressors removed
  • New explanation for compression sizes
  • Small is 640x360 30fps
  • Med is 960x540 30 fps
  • Large is 1280x720 30 fps
  • Large 60 is 960x540 60fps

MLBAM Automatic Downloader for Data / Video:

  • Added additional options for:
  • A: all games (still works the same as last year)
  • NL,G,P: all NL home games and pickoffs for those games
  • NL,G: just games
  • NL,P: just pickoffs
  • NL
  • NE
  • NC
  • NW
  • AL
  • AE
  • AC
  • AW
  • MLBAM video will fill in games were video is indicated but not found
  • Choose a team to bypass (video for those games will be skipped)

BIS and Inside Edge Data Receive:

  • New FTP delivery method replaces old email system
  • BATS scans your database and shows which games are new or updated
  • Download manually or set up a Windows Task to run automatically

MLBAM Video Access @ m.sydexsports.net

  • Sydex downloads all the games each day so there is no need for you to manage or choose which games to download.
  • The video is accompanied by MLBAM skeleton data. If you use BIS or Inside Edge as your data provider, that data will be displayed instead.
  • Access to the website is available on any computer with internet capability – no set-up, no network permissions, and no software to configure.
  • No need to download video.
  • The site is independent of your team’s Bats Web Viewing site, but the games can be added to your site if desired.
  • Username and password provided by Sydex at user request
  • Reports available online: Game Summary, Full At Bat Matchups, Pitcher vs. Batter At Bats and Batter / Pitcher Breakdown.

Miscellaneous:

  • Automatic MLBAM Downloader now allows you to download different leagues on different computers (use up to 6) and can automatically download pickoffs
  • The Create VDF option dropdown in Bats Main Menu now allows you to convert old .tvp files to .syy.
  • One-click custom pickoffs in Game Entry can now be set to automatically use Supplemental Angles
  • Make Game / Player Drive can now include Supplemental Angles

Fixes 01/23/17:

  • Create .vdf from .syy was messing up the number of angles
  • Small Menu and In-Game Viewer had startup issues
  • Create Game/Player Drive had issues if the user’s computer did not have BATS
  • EZ Video Compare Plays wasn’t working

Fixes 01/27/17:

  • Max AB was only allowing 1 digit in Auto Create Movie
  • A compression issue for Group Clips was corrected
  • Find MLBAM clip was not working in Bats Main
  • Improved screen sizing for Black Magic capture
  • A bug with the Runner report was fixed

Fixes 02/07/17:

  • Going between playlist manager and the main screen uses the clip you have in progress

Fixes 02/10/17:

  • Fixes to bugs with trim and stack as part of compress. The screen would either hang or not cut a clip

Fixes 02/15/17:

  • There was a problem with Create .mp4 if it was a mix of .mp4 with sound and .mov without sound
  • In odd cases the last clip of an .mp4 would cut off
  • There was a bug with playing video from the MLBAM website for old games

Fixes 02/21/17:

  • Make Game Drive issue when copy full game data was checked was corrected. You will need to remake the drive.
  • The “Don’t Compress Clips” option for supplemental angles compression was not working right
  • Dates will change to 2017 in Bats as of now
  • A 153 error the first time you used the auto router in 2017 was corrected

Fixes 02/27/17:

  • Repaired freezes or “stopped working” messages in the video player
  • Frame back and clicking the slider weren’t working
  • “Use Structure” errors
  • Playlist Manager correctly highlights the one you dragged on drag and drop
  • Changed copy-paste to work like drag and drop
  • Trimmed clips not playing for correct duration

Fixes 03/08/17:

  • Corrected a delay in the preview window of the Blackmagic capture
  • Clicking a side angle to make it main now sets it to the current location rather than restarting the clip

Fixes 03/11/17:

  • Video player now traps odd freezes and behaviors and allows the playlist to continue running (prevents crashing)

Fixes 03/15/17:

  • Corrected end of clips issue
  • Corrected issue with clicking on track bar
  • Corrected issue with mouse wheel on some mice
  • Continued playback on 5 sec / 30 sec jump if video is currently playing

Fixes 03/23/17:

  • Compression has been fixed for a bug that let 0 byte videos be connected to data
  • Corrected issue with clicking on track barbug in cut-paste in playlist manager. If you cut a smaller group of clips after cutting a larger group, it duplicated some of the previous clips

Fixes 03/27/17:

  • Updated Astros ballpark

Fixes 04/01/17:

  • Updated for bugs in Auto Movie Create (path length, max abs)
  • Added error messages to prevent certain selection combinations that didn’t work together
  • Added “Pitch Samples” to the name of the .syy when using the special pitch selection option
  • Added Create to .syy folder for creating playlists in folders
  • Monoprice router connects on com4

Fixes 04/04/17:

  • Mono Price router was not switching properly during Game Entry
  • Auto Router for My Team/Home Team updates
  • Supplemental Angles capture and compress fixes for minimization issues

Fixes 04/06/17:

  • Bypass team fixed in MLBAM downloader
  • Fix for making .mp4 out of downloaded BAM video

Fixes 04/10/17:

  • Bug for pickoffs resetting size fixed in MLBAM downloader

Fixes 04/15/17:

  • Some MLBAM downloader fixes
  • Supplemental angles compression remote access fix

Fixes 04/19/17:

  • Fix for “Remote Access Violation” on some BlackMagic captures
  • Fix for MLBAM Downloader hanging
  • In-Game Compress improvement
  • Fix for using router when charting from catcher perspective
  • Fix for BIS Receive displaying wrong game in progress

Fixes 04/20/17:

  • Fix for Frame Back making a shudder

Fixes 04/24/17:

  • Another fix for “Remote Access Violation” on some BlackMagic captures

Fixes 04/26/17:

  • Bats detects if you are connected to the internet and only tries to play BAM video if there is a connection

Fixes 04/28/17:

  • Small sizing / location problem in WinMedia1
  • Playlist Manager screen is rearranged slightly
  • Compare Videos now allows for opening different angles on each side, and has individual play buttons for controlling each side independently
  • Bug fix for “View in Two Players” mode

Updates 05/04/17:

  • Add Video to Finished Games now works with Supplemental Angles for “move” and “swap”
  • Hawkeye .cvi files will always be compressed automatically
  • Improved vertical pitch locations in TrackMan data receive

Updates 05/04/17:

  • Bug fix in PCF
  • Bug fix for charting in External Mode
  • Corrected an issue that was delaying video from starting up, particularly with minor league games

Updates 06/14/17:

  • Small bug in make game drive for supplemental clips

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