It’s been a big year at CompuSports in 2007, and we’re charging hard to the finish line as we prepare to refresh our Easy-Scout product line for its 25th Anniversary.
In a year that kicked off with the January release of the long-awaited Windows Vista, a host of ensuing challenges were faced by computer users and software developers (both large and small) alike. Despite it being virtually impossible to avoid Windows Vista if a person wanted to buy a new computer in a Retail Store, Windows XP enjoyed a surprising resurgence in popularity that resulted in Microsoft extending its life - not to mention scratching its head.
By mid-summer, to the surprise of many, Windows Vista started appearing in a number of school environments but soon it became clear that Microsoft had used its war chest to “nudge” the process along. As we close out 2007, its still a mixed bag as far as what works on Vista, what doesn’t and what “never will”.
In the case of our Easy-Scout product line, we chose to focus our developers’ efforts last fall (a year ago) on Easy-Scout XP Professional, as it was clear that due to the way Windows Vista handles video, major changes would be required. This filtered through to Windows XP users as Vista’s Windows Media Player 11 was “pushed out” by Microsoft early this year via Windows Update. Like Windows Vista, Windows Media Player had a number of “issues”, but unlike Vista, they were quickly worked out.
By late Spring the final 2007 updates for both Easy-Scout Professional and Easy-Cut were released – in plenty of time for the 2007 fall sports season. Quickly, our development efforts turned to our Easy-Scout XP and Analyzer scouting products, since only Easy-Scout XP itself was Vista-compatible. After studying a number of options, the logical direction was clear: Easy-Scout XP and Analyzer would be combined into a single product (much like we did with Easy-Scout Professional ) based on Easy-Scout XP.
Easy-Scout to Celebrate 25 years of helping coaches build game plans
Easy-Scout, first released in January of 1984 will be available in two versions for the 2008 season: Easy-Scout XP Plus, the replacement for Easy-Scout XP, and Easy-Scout XP Professional a video-enabled version of Easy-Scout XP Plus. Both are fully compatible with Windows XP AND Windows Vista.
Easy-Scout XP Plus combines the functionality of Easy-Scout XP and Analyzer into a single product. This new “scouting” product includes a number of “under the hood” improvements and adds the advanced analysis and reporting modules previously offered in Easy-Scout XP Analyzer, along with a number of improvements and additions to its extensive library of reports.
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Easy-Scout XP Professional adds a number of video editing features to the capabilities found in Easy-Scout XP Plus, including the ability to watch video while recording scouting data and then quickly search for, retrieve and view plays from one or more games. Easy-Scout Professional can produce cutups and highlights using an external recording device, such as a VCR, DVR or DVD Recorder and is available in a special bundle with Easy-Cut, that adds advanced video editing and cutup functionality for those who need it.
New features scheduled to debut in 2008 include support for intercutting two or more camera angles and a number of other enhancements.
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