NorgeReplay.exe
NorgeReplay.exe --helpNo command-line arguments are required. The application launches a graphical window.
Norge Replay downloads and plays tournament ski jumping videos recorded by the Video Distance Marking system. It connects to the tournament server at thehansens.com, lets you browse recorded videos by date, caches them locally for instant replay, and launches the file viewer for playback with distance measurement grid lines.
Double-click NorgeReplay.exe. It automatically creates local cache folders and connects to the tournament server to fetch available dates. The status bar at the bottom shows progress.
Use the Date dropdown to pick a tournament date. The list shows all dates that have recorded videos, with the most recent date first. The corresponding settings file is downloaded automatically.
The Video dropdown lists all clips for that date. Each entry shows a cache indicator:
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
[+] | Video is already cached locally — instant playback |
[ ] | Video needs to be downloaded before playing |
Click the Play button. If the video is not yet cached, it will be downloaded first (progress shown in the status bar). The file viewer then opens with the video and its matching settings file for grid line calibration.
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
| Load Cache | Downloads all videos for the selected date at once. The status bar shows progress as each file is downloaded. Once complete, all entries show [+] for instant playback. |
| Play | Downloads the selected video (if needed) and opens it in the file viewer with the correct settings for that date. |
| Help | Opens this help page in the default web browser. |
| Exit | Closes Norge Replay. Any file viewers already launched remain open. |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Open this help page |
Norge Replay stores downloaded files in a cache folder in the current working directory (typically next to the executable). Videos only need to be downloaded once — subsequent plays load instantly from disk.
cache/
settings/
settings.txt.20260201
settings.txt.20260315
...
videos/
02-01-2026/
2026-02-01_14-30-22.315.139.026.mp4
...
03-15-2026/
...cache folder or individual date folders within cache\videos\. They will be re-downloaded as needed.
Each video filename encodes metadata about the jump:
YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.<total_frames>.<feed2_start>.<jumper_no>.mp4| Field | Description |
|---|---|
YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS | Date and time of the recording |
total_frames | Total number of frames in the video |
feed2_start | Frame where the bottom half switches from feed 0 to feed 2 |
jumper_no | Jumper number assigned in the controller |
thehansens.comfileviewer.exe and SDL3.dll in the same directoryNorgeLogo.png in the same directory (optional, for logo display)numbers.txt in the same directory (used by file viewer for text overlay)Norton may flag NorgeReplay.exe or fileviewer.exe as suspicious
because they are not digitally signed. Norton can quarantine or delete the files without
warning. To prevent this, add the installation folder as an exclusion:
NorgeReplay.exe, or type the path directly:C:\Users\{USERID}\AppData\Local\Programs\NorgeReplay\*{USERID} with your Windows username. For example, for the user david:C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\Programs\NorgeReplay\*If you see a "Network Error" dialog, check your internet connection and verify that thehansens.com is reachable. The full URL that failed is shown in the error message.
Make sure fileviewer.exe is in the same directory as NorgeReplay.exe. The error dialog shows the Windows error code if the launch fails.
Grid lines require a settings file with calibrated anchor points for each camera feed. The settings file is downloaded automatically when you select a date. If the grid lines are missing, the settings may not have been calibrated for that date yet.