wiki/howto/eventmanagers/linking-race-videos.md
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-1. Open the video on Youtube
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+# Link tracked races with their YouTube Live-Streams
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+This articel provides a short guidance of how to synchronize races with their YouTube Videos.
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+## 1. Open the video on YouTube
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1. Check first race covered by the video.
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- 1. Seek to race start. Ideally, the video shows a start countdown for this race.
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- 1. Note the video time for the start
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- 1. Take the Youtube URL to the clip board
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- 1. Check last race covered
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-1. Open Admin Console
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+ 2. Seek to race start. Ideally, the video shows a start countdown for this race (see figure 1).
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+ 3. Note the video time for the start
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+ 4. Take the Youtube URL to the clip board
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+ 5. Check last race covered
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+![Figure 1: Most races provide a race start indicator](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.sapsailing.com/wiki/how%20to/linking%20race%20videos/start_race_indicator.png)
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+**Figure 1: Most races provide a countdown which indicates when the race is going to start**
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+## 2. Open Admin Console
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1. This step is necessary to elevate you as admin user
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- 1. Open sapsailing.com
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- 1. Go to event home page
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- 1. In the URL, replace "http://<server name>/gwt/Home.html/...." by "http://<server name>/gwt/AdminConsole.html"
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- 1. Enter login credentials
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-1. In a new bowser tab
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- 1. Open the first race covered by the video
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- 1. Click "Manage Media" (only visible when logged into Admin Console before)
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- 1. Click Add
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- 1. Paste the video’s Youtube URL
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- 1. Wait for the dialog field to fill
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- 1. Adjust the “Name” field --> pattern, e.g.: <short title> Day <X> - <event short name> <year> (Race <first race>..<last race>). E.g.:
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+ 2. Open sapsailing.com
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+ 3. Go to event home page
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+ 4. In the URL, replace "http://`server name>`/gwt/Home.html/...." by "http://`server name`/gwt/AdminConsole.html". _Remember to access the -master url!_
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+ 5. Enter login credentials
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+## 3. In a new bowser tab
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+ 1. Open the first race covered by the video. It is located under the _races_ tab and will redirect you to the raceboard.
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+ 2. Click "Manage Media" (see figure 2, only visible when logged into Admin Console before)
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+ 3. Click Add
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+ 4. Paste the video’s Youtube URL
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+ 5. Wait for the dialog field to fill
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+ 6. Adjust the “Name” field --> pattern, e.g.: <short title> Day <X> - <event short name> <year> (Race <first race>..<last race>). E.g.:
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1. “Live Replay – Day One – ESS Nice 2014 (Race 8..13)”
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1. “3D Graphics Only – Day One – ESS Nice 2014 (Race 8..13)”
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- 1. Click OK
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- 1. A video window will pop up with the video a time 0:00.
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-1. In the video window
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+ 7. Click OK
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+ 8. A video window will pop up with the video a time 0:00.
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+![Figure 2: Manage media button is only visible when logged in as admin](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.sapsailing.com/wiki/how%20to/linking%20race%20videos/manage-media-btn.png)
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+**Figure 2: Manage media button is only visible when logged in as admin**
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+## 4. In the video window
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1. Click “Edit” (--> decouples video from race)
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- 1. Seek video to start of first race (if available, a count down overlay on the video is very helpful)
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- 1. Click “Preview”
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- 1. Start the race --> the video should start running
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- 1. Jump race to first mark rounding --> the video should show leader round first mark
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- 1. Check a few other distinct race points (mark rounding, finish, …). Be cautious with sections of 3D graphics embedded into live video: they have a delay and don't suit for alignment.
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- 1. For fine tuning press “Edit” again, use +/- buttons and confirm with “Preview”
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- 1. Click “Save”. If you forget to save, changes will not be stored on our server!
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- 1. Done. The video is linked to first race and synchronized.
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-1. While subsequent races covered by the same video should already be synchronized, they still need to be linked explicitly
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-1. Go to admin console
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- 1. Open tab “Races/Manage Media”
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- 1. Search the recently added video ( use search box)
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- 1. For this video, click column “Linked Race” (showing first race only)
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- 1. In the “Linked Races” dialog select all races covered by the video
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-1. Open each race and check a few distinct points (start, finish)
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-1. If a race doesn’t match the video
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- 1. decouple this race and all subsequent races (most likely, the video has been cut)
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- 1. start again from step 3
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+ 2. Seek video to start of first race (see figure 3, if available, a count down overlay on the video is very helpful)
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+ 3. Click “Preview”
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+ 4. Start the race --> the video should start running
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+ 5. Jump race to first mark rounding --> the video should show leader round first mark
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+ 6. Check a few other distinct race points (mark rounding, finish, …). Be cautious with sections of 3D graphics embedded into live video: they have a delay and don't suit for alignment.
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+ 7. For fine tuning press “Edit” again, use +/- buttons and confirm with “Preview”
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+ 8. Click “Save”. If you forget to save, changes will not be stored on our server!
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+ 9. Done. The video is linked to first race and synchronized.
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+ 10. While subsequent races covered by the same video should already be synchronized, they still need to be linked explicitly
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+![Figure 3: Synchronize the tracked race with the Live-Stream](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.sapsailing.com/wiki/how%20to/linking%20race%20videos/sync_races.png)
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+**Figure 3: Synchronize the tracked race with the Live-Stream**
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+## 5. Go to Admin Console
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+ 1. Open tab “Races/Manage Media” (see figure 4)
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+ 2. Search the recently added video ( use search box)
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+ 3. For this video, click column “Linked Race” (showing first race only)
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+ 4. In the “Linked Races” dialog select all races covered by the video
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+ 5. Open each race and check a few distinct points (start, finish)
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+ 6. If a race doesn’t match the video
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+ 7. decouple this race and all subsequent races (most likely, the video has been cut)
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+ 8. start again from step 3. of chaper 1
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+![Figure 4: Link all races covered by the video](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.sapsailing.com/wiki/how%20to/linking%20race%20videos/multi_sync.png)
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+**Figure 4: Link all races covered by the video**
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