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Capture. Stream. Network. One System.

Cameras in, every angle recorded, live out to every device and platform, with the venue network built in.

A portable Piston system running in its open case, with four SDI capture units lit, the Piston server, and the camera inputs on the side panel.

Any Venue. Any Device. Any Workflow.

Piston is a complete capture, recording and networking system that works in any environment, and takes the video load off every computer in your workflow. A Piston system can be deployed as a portable field unit or as a permanent rack-mounted setup at your training ground.

A portable Piston system in its rugged case, with the Piston server, two SDI capture units, and panel connectors for cameras, network and power.

Flexible Deployment

Dedicated Hardware Reliability

We provide the exact hardware solution tailored to your specific needs. Engineered for versatility, Piston can be deployed as a rugged, portable unit for rapid field setup or integrated as a permanent "racked" solution within your stadium’s existing infrastructure.

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Multi-Device Review

Unlimited Devices. No Licensing Friction.

Deliver instant feedback to every member of your staff. Piston is accessible via any web browser or our native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, with no per-user license fees.

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Workflow Agnostic

Keep Your Software. Power It With Piston.

Piston is a universal capture manager. Whether you use the full Fulcrum ecosystem or another analysis tool, Piston manages your live video and data with total flexibility.

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Dedicated Hardware Reliability

Multi-Angle Sync

Depending on your system, connect up to 8 high-definition SDI inputs, HDMI sources or multiple IP feeds. Piston handles the frame-syncing and encoding, delivering a unified, multi-angle view to every connected device simultaneously.

Custom Server Solutions

For organisations requiring a permanent or portable stadium setup, we build bespoke capture servers tailored to your specific infrastructure. These dedicated units ensure a stable, local network environment regardless of stadium internet quality.

Standalone Management

Piston doesn't require extra software to operate. Access the server directly through any web browser to manage your streams, monitor feeds, and create basic tags with total autonomy.

Remote Support, Built In

Every Piston system can be reached securely by our support team over an encrypted remote-access network, so software updates, health checks and troubleshooting happen without a site visit. Control Centre keeps watch over storage, recording schedules and software versions across all your systems.

Unlimited Devices. No Licensing Friction.

Zero License Restrictions

We don’t believe in "per-device" taxes. Connect as many iPads, laptops, or sideline monitors as you need—the only limit is your local network bandwidth, not a license key.

Review & Draw

Don’t just watch; interact. Mark key moments, review plays in slow-motion, and use integrated telestration tools to provide visual feedback to players during breaks in play.

Automated Live Distribution

Coaches on the bench can "subscribe" to specific analyst feeds. New clips and tactical markers are pushed to their devices automatically every 60 seconds, eliminating the friction of manual sharing.

Native Apple TV Integration

Review on the big screen. Open a Piston stream directly on our native Apple tvOS application. Set a custom delay and allow athletes to review in their own time, controlling the video with the TV remote.

Browser-Based Core

Access the Piston interface from any desktop browser. This ensures your video is reachable by anyone on the network, regardless of their hardware or operating system.

Keep Your Software. Power It With Piston.

Software Independence

Piston works as a standalone capture and streaming platform that integrates with your preferred analysis software. We provide the high-quality video feeds you need for any setup—even if you code with other tools—with the added benefit of an automated backup capture.

Open Data, In and Out

Your markers never get stuck in one place. Export any session as XML, JSON or CSV for your analysis software, spreadsheets or your own systems, and exchange Angles timelines with Piston in real time, in both directions.

Priority Marking & Filtering

Highlight your favourite clips and apply custom filters to organise content as it happens. Build priority playlists for breaks in play while the recording continues uninterrupted in the background.

The Analyst-to-Coach Connection

Deliver the full depth of your analysis to every device in your venue. Piston removes the technical barriers, ensuring that insights move from the analyst's desk to the coach's hand without manual file transfers.

From the Camera to Every Device

One Piston system per venue records every angle. The bench, the coaches box, the medical room and the officials all work from it at once, and every session can be in the cloud by the time the teams leave.

AT THE VENUEYour CamerasPositioned for your sportIP, SDI or HDMIFixed, broadcast or tripodScoreboard & ClockOn-site data feedand manual operationVenue NetworkWired to the Piston systemCAPTURE & SYNCEvery AnglePiston00:00:00:00Every angle recorded in sync,frame-accurate, whole event.Portable case or rack-mountedNumber of angles depends onthe hardware you chooseREVIEW ON ANY DEVICELive &RecordedHLSLIVE OUTSRT · RTMP · RTSPEvery angle published live to broadcast,streaming platforms and other systems.UPLOADSAWS S3 · Azure Blob StorageRecordings copied to your own cloud.Review DevicesiPads on the bench and coaches box.Apple TV for the big screen.Several angles side by side.FREE PISTON APPSiOS · macOS · tvOSIN THE BROWSERWindows · Android · ChromeOSNo per-device or per-user feesAnglesCoding & analysis, on MacPiston’s HLS direct, on site or remote.Clips sync both ways in seconds.WHERE DECISIONS HAPPENCoaching StaffBench and coaches box, on iPads.New clips and markers arriveas the analysts make them.AnalystsMark and cut the event live,with every angle alreadyrecorded behind them.Medical & PerformanceMechanism-of-injury reviewpulled back in seconds, atthe angle that caught it.OfficialsInstant replay inside thereview window, on their ownorganisation’s view.TO THE CLOUDANYWHERE, ANY TIMEEvery Session UploadedAmplifyEvery event, uploadedduring play and after it.Cloud transcode · offline downloadAccounts per team or squadYour content stays yoursPlayersTheir own clips on their ownphone, home or away.Remote StaffPost-event review for anyonewho wasn’t at the venue.The Whole OrganisationOne archive across everyteam and every season.Leagues & PartnersOfficials’ grading, trainingmaterial and media requests.Health · storage · schedulessoftware · credentialsControl CentreTHE MANAGEMENT PLANEOne view of every Piston system you run: health, free storage, recording schedules, software version,and the Amplify credentials each system uploads with. It carries no video, only the state of the fleet.One system or a whole league · one screen
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    Capture

    Your cameras, at the positions your sport needs, wired to the venue network. IP, SDI and HDMI sources all come into the same system, with the scoreboard and clock alongside.

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    Sync

    One Piston system records every angle together, frame-accurate, for the whole event, not just the moments someone remembered to mark. How many angles one system takes depends on the hardware you choose, and we build it to suit.

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    Review

    The free Piston apps run on iPad, iPhone, Mac and Apple TV, and Windows, Android and ChromeOS come in through the browser. Angles on a Mac takes Piston's video directly as an operator station, and its clips land back in the session within seconds. Stream every angle to broadcast & streaming platforms such as YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch and Vimeo.

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    On site

    Coaches, analysts, medical staff and officials all pull from the same system on the built-in Piston network. Markers made on one device appear on every other. No second capture, no duplicate rig, and no charge per device or per user.

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    Share

    The same system uploads every event to Amplify during play and after it, so players and staff who weren't there have it on any device, home or away.

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    Control Centre

    Sits underneath all of it. One view of every Piston system's health, storage, recording schedules, software version and credentials, so a venue never needs local expertise to keep its system running.

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    The Whole System

    One Piston system per venue, from the cameras to every device on site, into the cloud with Amplify for everyone else, and looked after from Control Centre. Nothing to stitch together, and nothing charged per device or per user.

A Typical Game Day

Piston sits with the analyst in the stand. A point-to-point wireless link carries every angle down to the bench, where the coaching staff review on iPads over the bench's own Wi-Fi. No cables across the field, and no reliance on the stadium Wi-Fi.

IN THE STANDCamerasSDI, HDMI or IPPistonRecords every angle in sync.Runs the network for the venue.Portable case or rack-mountedEthernetAnalystAngles or the Piston web app,wired straight into PistonSRT · RTMP · RTSPSecond AnalystSportscode, MyVA or any toolthat reads a live streamEthernetPoint-to-PointP2P radio, in the standWireless LinkEvery angle to the bench,no cables across the fieldDroneRTMP straight from the controllerinto Piston; fallback slate coversevery dropoutON THE BENCHPoint-to-PointP2P radio, on the benchBench Wi-FiWi-Fi routerEthernetHead Coach · WiredAssistant · WiredPerformance · Wi-FiCoaching StaffEvery angle on iPad, seconds after ithappens. Wired where it counts,Wi-Fi for everyone else.

The Piston App, In Your Hands

Free native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, built for review under pressure.

  • Multi-Angle Playback

    Watch several angles side by side in split screen, pick a preset layout or choose the angle for each pane, and pinch to zoom into any of them.

  • Mark Events Together

    Mark events on the timeline with your own customisable MarkUp buttons. Several analysts can code the same session from their own devices, and every marker appears on every device in seconds.

  • Draw on the Play

    Use on-screen drawing and telestration tools directly on the live or recorded feed. Turn any replay into a visual coaching moment instantly.

  • Compare Clips

    Load similar clips side by side to highlight tactical trends or technical improvements through synchronised playback and detailed visual analysis.

  • Localise for the Breaks

    Pull the session onto the device as it records, then walk away from the Wi-Fi. At the break or in the changing room, every angle is already on the iPad.

  • Composer

    Build a presentation from cuts across sessions, arrange the order, add clips from the camera roll and swipe through it for the half-time talk.

  • Enhanced Screen Recording

    Create shareable educational content. Record your screen with voice audio, drawings and comparisons to deliver clear, actionable insights to your team.

  • Share to Amplify

    Send a session with every marker and note, or merged cuts, straight to Amplify. Interrupted uploads pick up where they left off.

Built Into Every Piston Server

Nothing to install. Open a browser on the venue network and the whole toolkit is there.

  1. Review every angle in the browser, with multi-angle layouts, frame-accurate keyboard controls, MarkUp buttons for marking events, and touch controls for any tablet.

  2. Push-to-talk voice and chat inside the review page. Tap a colleague to follow their playhead, angle and pauses, so the whole room reviews the same moment without a word of direction.

  3. Sync the live stream to AWS S3 as you record, and upload every angle to AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage when the session ends. With the Angles Sync app, remote analysts and the venue analyst code the same event together, and every timeline change reaches everyone in seconds.

  4. Burn the clock and score into every angle, from the venue's scoreboard feed or from an operator console on any phone.

The Piston Analyse page, with four stadium angles in a grid, a panel of coloured MarkUp buttons, and a timeline of coded events below.
An iPad showing the Analyse page with the comms bar and team chat open, beside an iPhone showing the full-screen push-to-talk button, with sound waves passing between them.
A Piston session page during recording, with Cloud HLS Sync caught up for two angles, a sync lag chart, and the network traffic chart below.
The Piston scoreboard editor, with a broadcast-style score bar placed over a football pitch, and settings for design, teams and the venue's scoreboard data feed.

Share the Streams, Not the Data

Coaches, analysts, event officials, and medical staff can all work from the same Piston system during an event, each in their own organisation, with their own markers and workflows, and none of them in each other's way.

1 CameraPistonRecords once.Streams to everyone.Coaching StaffOwn markersEvent OfficialsOwn markersReplayMedicalOwn markersReplaySame moment, same frame, on every deviceEveryone rewinds for their own replay, without touching anyone else’sOne recording. Three workspaces.No extra storage or encodingfor each organisation you add.

Shared Streams, Separate Workspaces

Several teams or organisations use the same hardware without interference. Everyone sees the same live video; each organisation keeps its own markers, clips and MarkUps.

One Recording, No Duplicates

Admins can start a capture on behalf of other organisations, so an event is recorded once and shared, not once per team. Less storage, no duplicate files.

Your Data Stays Yours

Markers and clips stay private to the organisation that made them, even when the video is shared. Admins decide which organisations can use which cameras and MarkUps, and staff who belong to several organisations switch between them in the app.

Built for You, Not Off the Shelf

Every venue is different. We design and build each Piston system around your cameras, your sport and where it has to live, from a case you can carry to an eight-input build for the stadium.

A custom Piston capture server in its travel case, with eight numbered SDI camera inputs and a network port wired to the front panel.

Designed Around Your Setup

Tell us your cameras, inputs and venue. We specify the capture hardware, cabling and connectors to match, from a few IP cameras at training to eight SDI feeds on game day.

Built to Travel

Rugged cases with custom-made mounts that hold every component in place, so the system arrives working and goes from the van to recording in minutes.

Set Up and Supported Remotely

We configure your camera profiles, users and recording schedules remotely, so on day one you plug in and record. Updates and support reach the system wherever it is.

Empower Your Replay.

Deliver instant, multi-angle evidence to your entire staff without device limits or licensing friction. Scale your live capture environment to match the speed of your event.

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