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4th March 2010
Fixed a bug in the Live Scoreboard Control which affects the scores after
using the UNDO function following a foul being recorded... now fixed (version
1.1.0.4).
22nd February 2010
We noticed a couple of bugs in the Scoreboard Control while scoring the
Snooker World Handicap Tournie last weekend which affected the high break
records and safety percentages shown in performance statistics... now fixed
(version 1.1.0.3).
10th February 2010
New live scoreboard software and drawsheet maker released.
The BallStream Scoreboard Control
will provide a scoreboard from any monitor connected directly to the computer
(no internet required). BSC caters for all cue sport games including
billiards, snooker, 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball pool with many features for
performance statistics, tournament and draw management. The
BallStream Drawsheet Control can be used
to create seeded draws for all tournaments and all sports. BDC includes tools
and templates for 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 player draws. Players can be selected,
sorted in order of seed or rank and the draw maker will automatically sort the
drawsheet to allow for byes, etc.
16th December 2009
Improved handicap controls with the option of using a base handicap set
against each player or setting the handicap individually for each match.
29th November 2009
Added the cuesport venue gallery for clubs to promote their services and
provide useful information for players reviewing cuesport resources and
tournament conditions, searchable by country and state.
18th November 2009
Added live scoring controls for 10-Ball pool.
15th November 2009
MiniScorer upgraded to version 1.2 to include support for 8-Ball and 9-Ball pool.
This upgrade also addresses problems that were caused by an operator inputting
incorrect data.
14th November 2009
Added live scoring controls for 8-Ball and 9-Ball pool.
11th November 2009
Added the option of high and low quality settings for users with slow internet
connections when watching archived videos which are recorded at a much higher
quality than live stream broadcasts.
28th October 2009
Fixed a problem encountered when scoring matches where there were more than 80
visits (turns) to the table during a single frame. Slowed down the live score
refresh rate that is displayed with a live video stream to allow for lag time
between real time and stream delay caused by the server encoding. Added a
status bar and controls to the live video display to notify users when the
video stream is being buffered before being shown.
21st October 2009
Completed the DVD catalogue for online orders and delivery by post.
20th September 2009
Over the last couple of months William has video recorded the final match of
several major snooker championships around Australia and met with officials
and club staff to discuss the best way to broadcast their next events. These
events have been live streamed where Internet was available, however all of
these events will be available soon as archives for viewing online and on DVD.
24th August 2009
Easier to remember domains have been registered for
ballstream.com and
ballstream.com.au.
13th August 2009
Our media server was been moved from the Bribie network to a Brisbane data
centre to cater for unlimited stream video bandwidth and the score databases
have been migrated from Access to SQL to cater for unlimited connections.
8th August 2009
Real-time scoreboard embedded into live video streams. Our new software
captures the current scores from the live scoreboard and embeds it into the
video recording as it is being sent to the media server, providing current
point scores, frame scores and the name of the player at the table at the
time.
6th August 2009
Modified the full screen scoreboards to suit window size rather than monitor
dimensions. The new scaling functions will now auto-adjust to fit any window
size and automatically adjust to any resized browser window, providing a sharp
and proportional display throughout the whole range of monitor sizes from
desktop to giant plasma screens.
27th July 2009
Optimised MultiScorer functions for billiards and created a billiards string
display for scoreboards:
25th July 2009
MiniScorer desktop control for use with full-screen displays on Windows and
Mac computers:
23rd July 2009
Live video streaming from events is now available. Added score controls for
billiards.
20th July 2009
Modified functions and security for multiple match scoring forms.
Fixed a bug in the ballstring display that appears on the scoreboards where
colours were not displaying after all reds had been potted. Added a new
multiscore match control page for scoring dual (2) matches.
14th July 2009
Added online chat for logged in scorers. To connect to chat a scorer only has
to be logged into the forum and then click the chat link. Chat includes
private messaging as well as community discussion and the option of using
separate channels (rooms) for different matches.
13th July 2009
Added banner advertising management for scorers to sell advertising
space on their scoreboards. Images can be uploaded and scaled/cropped to
the required size and then added to a scorer's individual banner library. From
the match editing control the appropriate banner/s can be assigned. If no
banner is assigned then banners will not appear on the scoreboard for that
match. If multiple banners are assigned they will appear in rotation.
11th July 2009
Revised crop image area selection to overcome Internet Explorer's
non-compliance to WC3 standards. Added advertising info and media download
page.
9th July 2009
Modified site membership to cater for provisional access for new visitors to
test drive the live scoring environment without affecting the real match
programme managed by approved (realtime) scorers.
7th July 2009
The former site has now
been integrated with a sophisticated portal solution to provide
discussion forums, member photo albums and varying levels of access for the
management of individual live score and video streaming accounts.
26th June 2009
Scorers can now print out individual frame scores itemising each player's
progress stroke by stroke.
Added rules to prevent a scorer from corrupting the progressive results and
ballstring display.
Optimised keyboard control for scorers to enable all frame scoring functions
when using the number pad only.
24th June 2009
Added miniature scoring panel to the fullscreen monitor display for when using
the same computer/screen for both public display and scoring updates. It can
be accessed from top right of the screen and clicking MiniScore.
Optimised the fullscreen scoreboard number display for super large
monitors.
Added visual ball display for current break and modified the add scores
functions to enable corrections for wrong input:
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- score inputs should be a single digit between 1-7 to maintain the
ballstring
- to input double digits (to resume a frame) type a plus sign (+)
before the score
- otherwise using double digits will be ignored
- any input other than 1-7 will clear the current break count and ball string
display
- use a (-) before the score to deduct points from the active player
22nd June 2009
Tracking of active users and session times, search engine identification
and crawler detection.
21st June 2009
Provision for scorers to upload video files for submission to the
on-demand media library for streaming.
19th June 2009
Encryption for match credentials sent to and from the database via the
Internet.
16th June 2009
Visitors can now sign up for a demo account
to test drive the score controls without waiting for account approval. Demo accounts are auto
approved providing they validate their identity from a link sent by email. The
demo section uses a separate database and upload folders so that any
misadventure cannot affect matches provided by the official scorers in any
way.
15th June 2009
Full screen scoreboards for different screen sizes are now available from
a single link with compensation for irregular screen proportions. Scorers have the option of marking player images so that they may not
be shared by other scorers.
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