How to set up your screens
Once you plug in your screen, you can choose your display options. Right click on the screen to change GRAPHICS PROPERTIES.
Duplicate. You’ll see the same things on both screens.
Extend. Your screen is now spread over two monitors, and you can drag and move items between the two.
Second screen only. You’ll see everything on the connected screen, and the other one will remain blank.
Mouse use during CARE is minimum.
The mouse is only used to get attentions between Kinovea, Pot player or Windows explorer screens.
In Kinovea, mouse is used to start/stop recording (red button)
In Windows Explorer, mouse is used to open a file (double click)
In PotPlayer, mouse is not used at all. Keyboard or Media Wheel is used.
WINDOWS FILE EXPLORER BEST PRACTICE
Create a folder in C: drive root. For example, c:\judocare videos or c:\2014 Scholastics Mat2
Do not create a folder on DESKTOP. It bogs down the laptop.
How to configure the Kinovea to point to the new folder.
Go to Kinovea > Options > Preference > Capture > Video directory
Find the new folder to associate the new folder to Kinovea
Open File Explorere on external monitor Date sort the files (descending) It's Date sorted (descending) so the newest file is always on the top. Soon as you start recording (Front-54 and Back-54), double click on Front-54 and Back-54 to keep them open in 2nd monitor. The Kinovea screens will be tiny. We don't care because the replay will be done on the 2nd monitor.
POTPLAYER BEST PRACTICE
Run PotPlayer on 2nd monitor
PotPlayer is where you can review the instant replay using left/right arrow keys.
Slow motion (X/Z) or frame by frame (D/F).
PotPlayer has built-in 6 seconds delay so don't add delay in Kinovea.
PotPlayer configuration:
Start PotPlayer
Right click anywhere on screen to bring on PREFERENCES (F5).
General > Multiple Launching > Launch Multiple PotPlayers
(since you can launch multiple potplayers, you must be dilligent in closing them. If you leave too many potplayers open, it will bog down the laptop)
Playback > Time Jump > Left/Right arrow key (3 seconds for keyboard, 1 second for wheel)
Stack the Front and Back PotPlayers so you can jump to them for instant review. You can add 3rd monitor
This is 2nd Monitor. Notice Potplayer on the left, and windows file explorer on the right.
Space bar: start/stop
Enter: Make full/small screen
Left arrow: Jump back 3 seconds.
Change time jump seconds (F5> General> Playback (click on + to expand) > Time Jump > Left/Right Arrow keys
Right arrow: Jump forward 3 seconds. Keep it down to reach the end of the file (most recent action)
D: one frame back
F: one frame forward
X: slow speed by 10% (keep pressing to go down to 0.2x)
Z: normal speed (1x)
KINOVEA BEST PRACTICE
Show Kinovea on laptop screen
Click on Two Capture Screens icon or go to View > Two Capture Screens
Select the front camera on the left screen, and back camera on the right screen.
The laptop screen points to the care operator. The operator click and unclick the red circle to start/stop recording.
Next Video: Front-52
Next Video: Back-52
Delay: 0 seconds Delay: 0 seconds
Be mindful of the file names: start with Left-1 and Right-1
In this example, Front-54 is a next file name after Front-53. Notice the red dot is large.
Large Red Dot means it's ready to record. It's another way of saying, it's not recording.
Keep the Delay Display to 0 seconds because Pot Player's 6 second delay is plenty. Any delay you set here will be added to Pot Player's 6 second delay.
When the red dot is pressed, the screen will show "Recording Started" and the red dot will turn tiny and the file name (Front-54) will turn gray.
Small Red Dot means it's recording.
When the match is over, stop recording by pressing on the tiny red dot. The screen will show "Recording Stopped" and the red dot will turn large and the file name will automatically increment to First-55, the next file name.
