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The document provides technical guidelines for using three pieces of software - Tracker, ffmpeg, and RMPh22 - to accomplish an experimental task. It describes how to install and set up Tracker and ffmpeg, and briefly outlines the main features of Tracker for video analysis and tracking objects. It also provides instructions for running RMPh22.

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Tech Guide

The document provides technical guidelines for using three pieces of software - Tracker, ffmpeg, and RMPh22 - to accomplish an experimental task. It describes how to install and set up Tracker and ffmpeg, and briefly outlines the main features of Tracker for video analysis and tracking objects. It also provides instructions for running RMPh22.

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Technical guidelines

Prerequisite: Windows 10, 64 bit, 8 GB RAM.


You need three pieces of software to successfully accomplish the experimental task:
1. Tracker
2. ffmpeg
3. RMPh22
One further tool that might be very useful, although not completely necessary, is
Microsoft Office or Libre Office. In addition, you are allowed to use any alternative
graphing/data analysis tool that you are comfortable with and that is already
installed on your computer (Python, Jupyter, Matlab, Origin, etc.), as well as the
associated documentation.
The archive you received contains the installer for Tracker, as well as ready-to-use
executable files for ffmped and RMPh22. You will use Tracker and RMPh22 directly.
ffmpeg is only a prerequisite for RMPh22.
We recommend that you perform the installation procedure in advance of the
competition, to avoid delays on the exam day.
Begin by unzipping the archive at a known location.
Tracker installation
Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions. Troubleshooting is also
available online.
ffmpeg setup
No installation needed for ffmpeg, but you need to add it to the environment path
variable.
 In the start menu search bar, look for Edit the system environment variables.
 Open it and go to the Advanced tab. Click on Environment variables.

 In the window that opens, click on New in the upper half. Then type Path in
the Variable name field and the ffmpeg binary path in the Variable value
field. Typically, you will obtain this path by adding \ffmpeg\bin to the path
where you extracted the files. For example, if you extracted the files in the
folder C:\RMPh22, the Variable value will be C:\RMPh22\ffmpeg\bin.

 Click on OK on all windows to save the changes.


How to use Tracker
You are allowed access to the full documentation of Tracker. Here we briefly
present the main features that might be useful during the exam. First, you need to
open the video file that you want to track with Tracker.
 Clicking the button highlighted with the red square will allow you to set a
calibration stick. This calibration stick will be used as a reference for length
measurements. You can manually set the two ends of the calibration stick,
as well as give the numerical value of its length.
 Clicking the button highlighted with the blue square will allow you to move
the origin and the coordinate axes of the coordinate system that will be used.
 The green square shows the button that will open the tracking interface. In
the pop-up window that opens, click on New, then select Point mass. Press
Ctrl+Shift, then click on the object whose movement you want to track. In
the new pop-up Window that opens, click on Search.
 A data table will show up. To export the data table, click on File->Export-
>Data. We recommend that you select comma as a separator for the data.
You can then change the extension of the output file to .csv and open it using
Excel/Libre Office to continue your analysis.
You will also need to open some images and take some measurements on them.
 Clicking the button highlighted with purple allows you to use measuring tools.
From here you can choose to insert rules or protractors. As practical advice,
we recommend you to right click on the inserted tool and change its color or
bold it, if it is not clearly visible on the screen. For example, certain tones of
green are very easy to discern. You can also enlarge the instrument as much
as you need.
How to use RMPh22
 Run the program. A black terminal window will open. Wait for a few seconds
until one more window opens.
 The window will ask for a password. Input the password mentioned in the
exam question and click on OK.
 Input the desired experiment parameters and continue.
 Wait until the terminal window closes (this might take a few minutes!). Then
open your video in Tracker to analyze it.

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