IMPORTANT: Only available if you purchased VideoSyncPro along with the Marker & Debriefing license.
With VideoSyncPro Studio, it is possible to set Markers to flag events during a session. These Markers can be entered in different ways:
oautomatically, when using predefined Presets for PTZ cameras
othrough UDP commands by external equipment
omanually, with the icon-markers on the recording station itself or the corresponding buttons in the Remote Observer - whenever something noticeable happens
omanually, with the keyboard-markers using a wireless pointing device or the local keyboard - whenever something noticeable happens
Manually logged Markers can be set live, while recording a session, as well as off-line, during review of the recorded video material.
Automated and external Markers are ONLY entered during the live-recording session.
| TIP: | It is also possible to collect Metadata with the help of questionnaires right before or after the recording session. |
Comments
To enter a free text comment, you need to create a special Keyboard Marker:
▪Specify a Key to call the comment dialog.
▪Enter a fitting Class name like 'Comment'.
▪Enter [C] into the Code field and assign a Signal/ key to this Marker.
Anytime you now press the assigned key during your observation (in this example the SPACEBAR), this comment dialog appears:
▪Enter your comment and press RETURN to close the dialog.
The time information reflects the moment you pressed the comment key.
Note: If your VideoSyncPro window does not show a Subjects and Marker area next to your videos, you either do not own a coding license OR the function is disabled in the current Scenario.
Contact sales@mangold-international.com to upgrade your license or verify the options in the section Special Settings within the Scenario Properties.
Marker
A Marker is an expression, Code, label, or tag that can be used to identify or flag specific situations. Markers can be entered during a live recording session in different ways:
oBy clicking the marker icons in VideoSyncPro Studio
(also possible off-line for a previously recorded session).
oBy using a connected Mangold Remote Observer to press the buttons of the corresponding Marker that are represented by an icon in the VideoSyncPro Studio application.
oBy pressing keys on the keyboard to enter plain text markers.
oUsing a wireless ASCII device like a presenter to send a character assigned to a keyboard marker.
The available Icon-markers depend on the content of the folder C:\Users\Public\Documents\Mangold VideoSyncPro Studio Data\Marker.
Setting up icon-based markers for your study is easy, as long as you understand that:
oEach marker is a plain *.png file (e.g. 48x48 or 32x32 pixel).
oThe name of the *.png file is used as a marker label (tag or code).
oA set of coherent tags is considered a Coding System.
oYou can prepare multiple Coding Systems for different types of observation.
oEach Coding System is stored in a separate folder within the Marker folder.
oMarker can be logged independently or for a specific Subject.
Note: Mangold VideoSyncPro comes with some pre-installed sets for both Marker and Subject. You may freely re-group and rename those icons to fit your needs. You can also use custom icons.
Those demo images are stored inside the shared files directory, per default located in C:\Users\Public\Documents\VideoSyncPro Studio Data.