Copy the 4K game off your camera's card and fix the three things parents ask about most: the sound, the framing, and a highlight reel for every player. It all runs on your own PC, and nothing is uploaded.
The usual complaintYou can see the goal, but all you hear is wind and the people standing next to the camera.
A tracking camera sits on a tall tripod at midfield, where the wind is strongest and the play is often 30 metres away. Any small built-in mic struggles there. A phone or a pocket recorder by the bench or the goal hears the game far better: the whistle, the coach, the crowd going up for a goal.
The usual complaintThe camera stayed wide, so your player is a few pixels in the corner. Or it zoomed in and missed the pass.
Auto-framing decides on the day what ends up in the shot, and you live with it. Record wide in 4K and decide afterwards instead. A 4K frame holds four times the detail of 1080p, so you can crop in to 2× and still deliver full 1080p, with no upscaling.
The usual complaintAutomatic highlights show the game, not your player. Cutting a reel for each player by hand takes all evening.
Highlights are only useful when they're about the right people. Here you skim the game once and tag what happens with the keyboard. Every reel is built from those tags: the goals, each player's own reel, the whole match. Online highlight services charge a subscription and need hours of uploading for a 4K game. This runs on your PC, from the file you already have.
Keep using your XbotGo and its app for recording and streaming. This picks up when the game is over.
Take the microSD card out of the camera and copy the game file to your PC. Record in 4K if you want room to zoom.
Load the video, then your sideline recording. Click Auto-sync and check a whistle by ear.
Jump through the match 10 seconds at a time with ]; a 50-minute game takes under 5 minutes. Press Space on anything worth keeping, pick the event and the player, press Enter.
Choose your logo and name overlays and click Generate. Reels for the team and every player land in one folder.
No. It works with any MP4 from any camera or phone. It was built around the 4K files a tracking camera like the XbotGo Falcon records, because that extra resolution is what makes zooming and following players work.
No. Keep using the XbotGo app to record, track and live stream. Soccer Video Tools is for after the game: better sound, your own framing, and reels for each player.
Yes, for tagging, sound and reels. Zooming and following a player need footage above 1080p, since a 1080p reel can't be cut from a smaller crop without upscaling. Record in 4K to get them.
A phone in your pocket or on the bench works. A small recorder clipped near the goal or the dugout is better. Long recordings split into several files are fine; the app joins them.
No. Video, sound and rosters stay on your PC. The only thing the app does online is check whether a new version is out.
A Windows PC. A recent NVIDIA, AMD or Intel graphics card makes rendering and player following faster, but isn't required. The download section has the details.