changelog

24.02.13

Fixed several critical bugs

24.01.03

Fixed several critical bugs

23.12.04

Fixed several critical bugs
Fixed a bug when error message was sent via script output
Added source/processing frames per second and dropped frames counter
ClassX integration
RT Software swiftEngine integration

23.11.06

Fixed several critical bugs

23.10.31

Fixed a critical bug
Improved Aja capture SDK integration (automatic reconnect after 3seconds, graceful exit if Aja device is in use)

23.10.11

Minor bug fixes

23.10.09

Fixed a bug with “Send test data” and “Clear test data”

23.10.02

Improved performance when defining corners
Fixed a bug that NDI sources were not working when starting the application as a service
Fixed a bug with Ross Xpression CG when values were not sent if the corresponding area was not active

23.09.26

Fixed a critical bug
Added popup dialog when Sending test data

23.09.07

Added option to send data to NewBlue Captivate

wiki update

Added instructions how to send scoreboard data to NewBlue Captivate

23.09.05

Updated NDI and NDI-HX library to version 5
Added confirmation dialog when deleting field regions of interest
Added confirmation dialog to avoid accidental termination of application
Added option to rename the field names
Improved integration with Magicsoft
Licence expires date is now shown in application header
Minor bug fixes

wiki update

Updated instructions how to send scoreboard data to Magicsoft

22.12.06

Added Auto invert functionality
Added new output option HTTP Client
New Shot clock option with customizable seconds
Fixed critical bugs
Implemented padding version 3
Application now auto-removes spaces after URLs

22.09.29 (this version has been temporarily removed due to a bug)

wiki update

Added instructions how to ingest scoreboard feed from Bodet scoreboards that support HDMI output

wiki update

Added instructions how to send scoreboard data to Epiphan
Added instructions how to send scoreboard data to Flowics
Updated instructions how to send scoreboard data to NewBlueFX Titler Live version 5

22.08.30

Added option to send data to Epiphan

22.08.22

Added option to send data to Flowics
Added option to send data via secure Websocket
Fixed several bugs
Improved Shot clock (ss, s.d) format functionality
Improved singular.live integration and increased HTTP POST timeout to make sure all digits reach singular.live

22.01.01 (this is a critical update recommended for all users)

Fixed a bug

21.12.15

Fixed a bug introduced in previous version

21.12.15

Decreased CPU usage
Updated libraries
Various bug fixes
Removed depreciated functionality (Recognize delimiters and Remove digits after delimiter). Please use format and scripted output instead

21.08.27

Various bug fixes

wiki update

Added instructions How to delay Scoreboard OCR output
Updated singular.live instructions with Data Stream option

21.05.03

Added SRT input option
Improved NDI feed re-discovery after changing network connection
Fixed bug when application crashes using NewTek NDI Screen Capture tool (with ROI activated) as input
Fixed Viz Engine bug

21.04.12

Updated NDI to version 4.6 enabling support for NDI-HX2

wTVision

wTVision Sports Scorebug(s), Basketball Stats, Basketball Stats Fiba Edition, SportStats have integrated with Scoreboard OCR

Singular.live

Singular.live has published a blog post regarding integration with Scoreboard OCR

21.02.28

Fixed a critical bug, which sometimes caused application show OpenCV error when starting capture (after changing capture resolution)

21.02.18

Fixed Scripted output bug
Fixed a critical bug, which caused application to crash in a rare case when starting capture due to invalid value in the preset
Decreased TCP/UDP socket connection timeouts

wiki update

Added instructions how to send scoreboard data to Google Sheets

wiki update

Added instructions how to send scoreboard data to a website (for example display match score)

21.01.28

Fixed a critical bug, which caused application to crash in a rare case when drawing regions around digits
Fixed Viz Engine bug and added instructions for testing
Fixed BlackMagic Design SDK integration bug when processing frame rate was 2x smaller than the source frame rate

wiki update

Added a use case how Scoreboard OCR is used in a remote production

21.01.05

Minor UI improvements

20.12.23

Downgraded BMD SDK to version 10.11.4 to support older BMD Decklink driver versions

20.12.14

BlackMagic Design Decklink capture SDK version 11.5.1 integration to enable automatic recognition of capture format and support of additional formats (1080p25, 1080p30)
Computer name displayed in application header
Minor user interface changes
Added RTMP input option. Useful when you want to run Scoreboard OCR in your remote control room

20.10.28

Send/Clear Test data now works even if no rectangles haven been drawn around digits
Non-latin characters can now be used in field names. Keep in mind, that some GFX engines might not support them
Automatic removal of spaces before and after URL when using RTSP input
Added old() function to Scripted output to be able to compare to the old value of the field. Useful for validating field value or for displaying an image on your GFX after scoring 3pts in basketball
If there is a script error for scripted output, you can see the error message by moving your mouse over the 'script error' text
Ordered capture devices in an alphabetical order
Fixed Ross Xpression CG bug

wiki update

Added samples for Scripted output

20.10.09

Some improvements for Scripted output
Updating image in vMix graphics made easier, please see Scripted output sample 9 and 10. This is useful for showing/hiding penalty time background, displaying foul count in basketball, etc

20.10.03

Fixed TriCaster WS output bug

20.10.02

Demo version is no longer limited to maximum runtime of 12h
Added UDP socket connection option to PlayBox TitleBox output to enable updatng GFX 10x a second (basketball)

20.09.29

Fixed another Scripted output bug
Added licenced version expire days remainig info so that you know when your subscription is about to renew

20.09.24

Fixed Scripted output bug and changed the syntax

20.09.17

Added Scripted Output option giving total user control of format validation and output sent to GFX

20.09.11

Added new time format hh:mm:ss.d (used mostly for athletics)

20.09.07

Added option to load a video recording of scoreboard to be able to test at home
Added sample scoreboard recording to the installation

20.08.31

Implemented new functionality to recognize geometric shapes (squares, circles, triangles, etc) that indicate timeouts, fouls and serve direction

20.07.12

Optimized RAM usage

20.06.30

Fixed bug introduced in version 20.03.16, which caused NDI 4.5 sources to crash the application

20.04.07

Decreased CPU usage
Introduced new 30sec shot clock (ss, s.d) format
Added option to start Scoreboard OCR as a service
Added camera video resolution, frame rate and format information in status bar

20.03.16

Fixed Update button appearance problem
Implemented automatic camera resolution, frame rate and format recognition for most cameras
Implemented support for additional cameras (Logitech, etc)

installer update

Moved VS Redistributable as standalone libraries delivered with application (instead of separate installation)

20.03.04

Fixed Websocket and TriCaster output bug

20.03.02

Fixed Time (mm:ss, ss.d) format bug
Updated Visual C++ Redistributable

wiki update

Added instructions how to send data to Streamstar SW

20.02.18

Fixed Tricaster integration bug
Fixed singular.live integration bug
Fixed bug when field values sometimes were not updated when using websocket connection

live-score-app

Thanks to Christian at live-score-app for creating a great user guide how to send data from Scoreboard OCR to live-score-app

wiki update

Added instructions how to send data to Deltacast DELTA-cg

20.02.06

Tricaster integration
Vizrt Engine and Scene integration
singular.live integration
Ross Xpression CG integration
Chyron Hego Lyric integration
live-score-app integration
INTV Atlas Sport integration
Nemo3D integration
Evoux CG Station integration
Magicsoft CG integration
Websocket and socket output will now only send updates to GFX solution, if field value has changed. For example, if match_time changes and score_a does not change, score_a will not be sent out to GFX solution. This is to avoid overloading the GFX solution with unnecessary updates.

20.01.05

Improved recognition quality for slow changing digits
Fixed socket output bug, when sometimes initial recognized digits were not sent via socket connection

0.9.12.23

Minor CPU usage improvements
Removed legacy functionality

0.9.11.25

New digitally signed installer published (Windows and/or Antivirus software should no longer display alerts)

0.9.11.18

Fixed bug, which prevented Scoreboard OCR to work on multilingual (for example, Russian) Windows
Decreased CPU usage
Fixed json output padding bug
Implemented new padding option
Fixed bug, when Update button sometimes did not show up

0.9.11.3

Fixed a bug that was introduced in version 0.9.10.30 (BMD Decklink capture at 1080i50 did not work)

wiki update

Added instructions how to make sure that you have connection with your graphics system

0.9.10.30

Decreased output latency for Socket output, CasparCG, vMix for ~ 50ms

0.9.10.8

Aja capture device support (Corvid 88 and IO 4k tested)
Added new time format “30sec shot clock (ss)” for NCAA basketball

CharacterWorks CG

Thanks to CharacterWorks CG team for creating a great video tutorial how to receive data from Scoreboard OCR

0.9.9.26

Decreased CPU usage
Decreased processing latency
Spaces and underscores (“_”) now are allowed in field names
Fixed memory leak
Application now displays licence type (Licensed or Demo) and days remaining until the licence will expire
Added socket server output option (3rd party application can connect to Scoreboard OCR, which acts as socket server)

NexBlueFX Titler Live version 4.0190919

Now supports reading XML files at rate of 10x per second and therefore can be used with Scoreboard OCR effectively. Instructions and download links here

wiki update

Added instructions how to send data to PlayBox TitleBox

vMix version 22.0.0.68

vMix has solved the render spikes issue that some users have reported when sending data from Scoreboard OCR, vMix must be upgraded to version 20.0.0.68. More information here

0.9.9.4

Solved NDI crash problem that several people had reported

0.9.8.22

Improved vMix API output by decreasing amount of data sent to vMix (some vMIx users users have reported render time spikes when using vMix API, so this update should hopefully solve the problem). It did not. vMix version 22.0.0.68 fixes the problem.

0.9.3.16

Fixed 24sec shot clock format validation bugs

0.9.3.7

Fixed Time and 24sec shot clock format validation bugs

0.9.3.5

Added “Italic correction” control to improve recognition of italic fonts

0.9.2.27

Fixed NDI crashes
Decreased CPU usage

0.9.2.7

Added new fonts
Fixed RTSP bug

0.9.2.5

Bug fix for Time (mm:ss, ss.d) format

wiki update

Added Frequently Asked Questions page

0.9.1.31

Added new fonts

0.9.1.29

Fixed application startup crash by temporarily disabling NDI input in some cases, still trying to figure out the cause
Improved Period validation format to output “OT”, if the period value on the scoreboard is equal or larger than 5
Added “Ignore Empty Values” checkbox for any field, which deals with a situation when someone/something covers the scoreboard during the match or scoreboard is powered off right after the match (very useful for match time and score)
Added Period Custom format that supports 1st … 9th
Reinstated option to allow underline “_” character in field names
Corrected TCP Socket output bug, which created too many connections

0.9.1.7

Improved 24sec shot clock (ss, s.d) validation
Added "Padded" checkbox for all output options
Added “.” to the list of allowed characters for field names (you can use “Clock.Text” field name, which is required for vMix graphics templates created by the new GT title designer

0.9.1.2

Fixed shot clock and time format validation bug introduced in previous version

0.8.12.30

Improved format validation for Time (mm:ss, ss.d) and 24sec shot clock (ss, s.d) formats
Added new validation formats - Period (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) and 45sec shot clock (ss)
Added “Padded” option for vMix API, XML File and HTTP Service outputs

wiki update

Added instructions how to send data to graphics engine using Browser Window. This is helpful when the graphics engine by default does not support reading data 10x a second, which is crucial for basketball matches
Added Video Tutorials
Updated instructions how to send data to various graphics engines

0.8.12.19

Added new fonts

0.8.12.14

Improved digit recognition latency

0.8.12.4

Added new fonts

0.8.11.25

Separated Erode from Dilate. Setting Erode independently lets you get rid of nets in front of scoreboard
Some bug fixes related to socket output
Improved (smoother) output for 1/10 of a second

0.8.11.21

Improved 24sec Shot clock s.d format validation
Disabled removing digits after delimiter for 24sec Shot clock s.d format

0.8.11.20

Fixed a bug introduced in v19, when output did not work for vMix, CasparCG and Multiple TXT files

0.8.11.19

0.8.11.15

Fixed a bug, when in some situations using NDI input crashed the application

0.8.11.13

Added new fonts

0.8.11.11

Moved Add field to a popup window to make sure users notice output format options

0.8.11.10

Decreased CPU usage
Re-positioned the contrast controls to make sure original input video is visible on lower resolution screens and contrast controls are available at all times
Moved output options to a drop down list to save space

0.8.11.5

Updated the contrast algorithm to much higher contrast level in order to deal with more sophisticated scoreboard color issues (default black level might have to be increased). If this new functionality does not work for you, uncheck “High Contrast”
Decreased CPU usage

0.8.11.4

Updated to NDI SDK 3.7 with NDI|HX support, which should make Tricaster NDI sources available (latest Tricaster software version uses NDI|HX instead of NDI?)
Enabled Cross Origin for HTTP Feed web service
Fixed a bug when it was impossible to delete vMix output

0.8.11.1

Fixed “Time (mm:ss)” format bug

0.8.10.31

Enabled “Send once a second” functionality for vMix API, CasparCG, Web Socket and Socket outputs. This functionality forces output at least once a second (even if digits have not changed). It comes in handy when using several CasparCG templates (because hiding template also clears field values).
Enabled Logitech HD Pro Webcam to use MJPEG format by default

0.8.10.30

Moved output settings to a new “Choose Output” tab
Enabled to send to multiple outputs at the same time, also allowing to send to several CasparCG, vMix templates at the same time
Introduced new output type HTTP Feed

0.8.10.25

Bug fix

0.8.10.24

Added time and 24sec shot clock format validation to output only valid time and also insert the respective delimiter
Hard coded that delimiter for mm:ss will always be “:” and for “ss.d” always “.”

0.8.10.18

Fixed a bug related to running multiple instances of Scoreboard OCR at the same time

0.8.10.9

Added Send Test Data and Clear test Data buttons to be able to test connection to your graphics solution before the live event
Renamed “Add Manual” to “Add One Digit”. Many users were trying to draw around several digits using “Add Manual”, while this function is intended only to recognize one digit.

0.8.10.5

Added Save/Load preset functionality

0.8.10.3

Changed “Time validation [mm:ss]” to only enforce [mm:ss] format (to support [ss:d] format, you have to use Add Automatic + Recognize Delimiter)
Report problem will now create an email ticket with the entered text + screenshot

0.8.9.30

Fixed crash bug when using “Recognize delimiters” option
Fixed resolution for Blackmagic Web Presenter capture device
Added MJPEG format to support webcam capture devices

0.8.9.27

Improved white/black level algorithm
Forced column (“:”) as delimiter
BlackMagic Web Presenter default Video Format will be YUY2

0.8.9.24

Added new fonts
Fixed a bug when “Time validation” checkbox limits time to max of 59:59

0.8.9.22

Changed socket server output to include end of line identifier after every update

0.8.9.20

Added socket server output
Added “Report Problem” button that will send screenshot of the application window to our server for analysis

0.8.9.17

Added “Invert colors” checkbox to enable black digits on white background

0.8.9.14

Fixed bugs
Added NDI input

0.8.9.9

Added new fonts
Fixed crash bug

0.8.9.5

Fixed capture input bug

0.8.9.4

Fixed CasparCG output bug
Improved perfomance

0.8.9.3

Added new fonts
Fixed bug, when capture devices are not accessible

0.8.8.31

Fixed RTSP bug, when application sometimes crashes
Added new fonts
Fixed 24sec clock bug
Added output option for OBS and Wirecast

0.8.8.30

Changed RTSP capture framework, added RTSP over TCP/UDP options

0.8.8.28

Changed capture framework to support Razor Ripsaw, Elgato and some older analog USB capture devices

0.8.8.27

Fixed application crash bug

0.8.8.24

Added new fonts
Added “Shot clock” checkbox to solve 24sec shot clock delimiter bug

0.8.8.23

Added new fonts

0.8.8.22

Improved Add Automatic performance
Fixed RTSP validation to accept username and password

0.8.8.21

Changed CSV delimiter from tab to comma (now CSV output works with vMix)
Added new fonts