Video Express for Softball: Minimum and Recommended Requirements

Modified on Fri, 5 Jul at 5:09 PM

In this article, we will discuss the minimum and recommended requirements for Synergy Sports Video Express for Softball.

Minimum requirements

PC
- Operating System: Windows 7 (64-bit)

Note: Microsoft has stopped supporting this version of Windows, and it is not compatible with other Synergy applications. Continued use may cause performance issues.

- Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent – 2013 and later
- RAM: 4 GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA Ti 4800 or ATI 9800 or equivalent
- Hard Drive: 10 GB of free hard drive space
- Documents folder that is on the hard drive (not networked with limitations)
MAC
- macOS High Sierra 10.14 or later
- Intel quad-core i3 processor or greater
  - At least 3GHz
- 8 GB RAM or greater
- 512 GB or greater hard disk storage
- Discrete graphics card

Recommended Requirements

Synergy recommends the following specifications (specifically for running Editor 7 and Source Manager 5 with local capture and advanced editing workflows). If you are purchasing a new Mac computer, a quad-core processor and a discrete graphics card are essential; for Windows, a multi-core processor is essential. Increased RAM, at or greater than the recommended configuration below, and sufficient hard disk space or video backup storage, are the next most important options to consider for capture and editing workflows.

Mac
- macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later
- Intel quad-core i7 processor or greater
- At least 2.3 GHz before Turbo Boost
- 16 GB RAM or greater
- 512 GB or greater hard disk storage
- Discrete graphics card
Windows
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Intel quad-core i7 CPU or greater
  - At least 2.5 GHz before Turbo Boost

Note: AMD processors, equivalent to the quad-core Intel i7, should also provide good performance

- 16 GB RAM or greater
- 512 GB or greater hard disk storage
- Discrete graphics card

Internet Bandwidth Requirements

For the smoothest video playback, it is recommended, though not required, that teams have 5-10 MBPS of upload and download bandwidth available on campus.
Because of the large size of game video files, we recommend upload speeds of 5+ Mbps to ensure games are uploaded in a timely fashion.

Required Video and File Formats

Teams must provide video files for every game unless the game is broadcast or a Synergy-captured live webstream.
- For games not captured by Synergy, the following formats can be uploaded to Synergy for breakdown: .MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MOV, .MPG, .MOD, .MTS, .VOB, etc.
Teams must provide Synergy with Roster, Box Score and Pitch Charts including pitch type, location, and velocity.
- Synergy allows the following file types: .HTML, .XML, .CSV, .PDF, .PNG, .JPEG, etc.

Documents Folder Setup

Synergy files are written to either the Documents folder on your computer’s hard drive (not networked with limitations).
The Documents folder should be at least 25 GB of available disk space.
You must also have Read/Write permissions on the specified Documents folder.