Cheercast Replay Beta Testing
How to use our new judging system
Click the “View” icon next to a routine to open that routine in our new judging system, it will automatically open in a new page.
When on the new routine viewer page, you will see the following elements:
- Routine Information
- Routine Video Player (left column)
- Annotation Manager (right column)
The Routine Information box shows the current routines data, including the Item Number, Team Name, Program Name, Division, Discipline & Compete Time
The Routine Video Player shows the routine video itself. This is also the section that you can add drawings to when an annotation is added. The cog icon allows you to access the playback speed settings. Hint: Press Shift++ (plus) to speed up or Shift+- (minus) to slow down the video. Use Shift+0 (zero) to return to the normal speed.
The Annotation Manager section allows you to do the following:
- Set the Start Time of the Routine
- Set the End Time of the Routine
- Add an Annotation
- Edit one of your own Annotations
- See other Annotations
Adding an Annotation:
By clicking the "Add Annotation" button, this will add an Annotation at the current playhead time. Other options when Adding an Annotation include:
- Set the duration: this is how long the annotation remains active on the screen
- Set the type: current options include Deduction, Warning and Comment
- Comment: add a comment via a Rich Text Editor
- Draw: add a square, circle or freehand drawing with the ability to edit the shape's colour, or delete the shape when selected. Hint: Press the 'Delete' key while a shape is selected to delete it
- Visibility: set the visibility of the annotation for other users (this is still under development).
Editing one of your own Annotations
Select an annotation (either directly via the playbar OR in the annotation list) and press the "Edit" button to edit the annotation.
Viewing other Annotations
By default you can see any other annotations that have their Visibility set to any option which includes "Judges". If an annotation is set to "Just Me" no-one else will see your annotation.
List of Shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Action |
| Shift + + | Speed up video |
| Shift + - | Slow down video |
| Shift + 0 | Reset video speed |
| Right Arrow | Scrub forward 0.1 seconds |
| Left Arrow | Scrub backward 0.1 seconds |
| Shift + Right Arrow | Scrub forward 2.0 seconds |
| Shift + Left Arrow | Scrub backward 2.0 seconds |
| Space Bar | Toggle play/pause video |
| Delete | Deletes the selected shape |
How to provide feedback
If you notice any issues or bugs, please take a screenshot or screen recording. You can then provide these screenshots or videos in Slack along with a description of what you were doing when the issue occurred so we can try and replicate.
General recommendations & suggestions
We encourage you to be as detailed as possible with both your feedback/suggestions and bug reporting so we can ensure our team are able to quickly and efficiently fix issues and come up with solutions.
In addition to sending bug reports via Slack, we’d appreciate if you are able to screen record your testing session and upload this to the provided Google Drive folder (sent via email). If you are on Windows 11, see these instructions for recording your screen and if you are on Mac, see these instructions. If you feel comfortable, you can also activate your microphone and provide audio feedback as you test the system.
Known Issues
We’ll try and keep a list of known issues here so you don’t need to report these!
Annotation requires comment to save (i.e. save button won’t work unless a comment exists) and no error message is shown to indicate this.- Visibility option "Judges, EP & Coaches" is identical in implementation to "Judges & EP" as Coaches do not currently have login access to Cheercast Replay. Judges should use "Anyone with the link" to share annotations with coaches via Hit Zero/other systems.
Drawing area cut off sometimes when page is resized – refresh page to get correctly sized drawing area for nowResizing page causes drawings to incorrectly change positionViewing annotations across different screen sizes results in drawings changing their positionStart and end time markers are shown even when either are not set.Using filters/changing pages causes routines to revert to the popup viewer instead of the new full page systemDrawing line width remains the same even when drawings are resizedAnnotations remain in time order & editing happens inline
Features We Are Working On
This is what is still in progress:
| Feature | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Routines are delivered via the local server when judges are onsite | Complete | |
| Onsite judges are able to add annotations while watching live | Nearing Completion | |
| Remote judges are able to add annotations while watching the live stream and these annotations sync with the on-demand version | Investigating | |
| Visibility & Exporting settings | Nearing Completion | See issue above, coaches do not currently have access to Cheercast Replay |
| Zoom into video without needing to zoom the entire page | In Progress | |
| Integration with Hit Zero | Investigating |