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+# YOLOv8 + ByteTrack — AFL Baseline Tracker
+
+This folder contains a reproducible **baseline tracker** for AFL Vision Insight using YOLOv8 with ByteTrack.
+
+## Features
+- MOT-format CSV export (TrackEval compatible)
+- Per-frame JSON output
+- Deterministic ID colors for overlay visualization
+- ROI crop support (ignore overlays)
+- Runtime/FPS logging + summary statistics
+
+## Setup
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
diff --git a/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/config.yaml b/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/config.yaml
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+# Example defaults (override with CLI if needed)
+model: yolov8n.pt
+source: samples/input.mp4
+tracker: bytetrack.yaml
+imgsz: 960
+conf: 0.35
+device: "0"
+out_dir: outputs
+save_vid: true
+save_csv: true
+save_json: true
+class_person_only: true
+
diff --git a/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/requirements.txt b/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/requirements.txt
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+ultralytics==8.3.0
+opencv-python>=4.8.0
+PyYAML>=6.0
+
diff --git a/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/run_track.py b/Player_Tracking/baselines/afl_yolov8_bytrack/run_track.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+YOLOv8 + ByteTrack baseline for AFL player tracking.
+
+Features:
+- MOT-format CSV export (TrackEval-ready)
+- Per-frame JSON output
+- Deterministic ID colors for overlay visualization
+- ROI crop support
+- Runtime/FPS logging + summary stats
+"""
+
+import argparse, csv, json, os, time
+from pathlib import Path
+import numpy as np
+import cv2
+from ultralytics import YOLO
+import yaml
+
+
+def id_to_color(idx: int) -> tuple:
+    """Deterministic BGR color for a given track ID."""
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(idx * 99991)
+    return tuple(int(x) for x in rng.integers(0, 255, size=3))
+
+
+def draw_tracks(frame, boxes_xyxy, ids, confs, show_conf=False):
+    if boxes_xyxy is None or len(boxes_xyxy) == 0:
+        return frame
+    for (x1, y1, x2, y2), tid, conf in zip(
+        boxes_xyxy.astype(int), ids.astype(int), confs
+    ):
+        color = id_to_color(int(tid)) if tid >= 0 else (240, 240, 240)
+        cv2.rectangle(frame, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), color, 2)
+        label = f"ID {int(tid)}" + (f" {conf:.2f}" if show_conf else "")
+        cv2.putText(
+            frame, label, (x1, max(0, y1 - 6)),
+            cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 0.5, color, 2, cv2.LINE_AA
+        )
+    return frame
+
+
+def write_mot_csv(results, csv_path: Path):
+    """Save tracking results in MOT challenge format."""
+    with open(csv_path, "w", newline="") as f:
+        w = csv.writer(f)
+        for frame_idx, r in enumerate(results, start=1):
+            if r.boxes is None or r.boxes.id is None:
+                continue
+            xywh = r.boxes.xywh.cpu().numpy()
+            conf = r.boxes.conf.cpu().numpy()
+            ids = r.boxes.id.cpu().numpy()
+            for (x, y, w_, h_), s, tid in zip(xywh, conf, ids):
+                w.writerow([
+                    frame_idx,
+                    int(tid),
+                    float(x - w_/2),
+                    float(y - h_/2),
+                    float(w_),
+                    float(h_),
+                    float(s),
+                    -1, -1, -1
+                ])
+
+
+def write_json(results, json_path: Path):
+    """Save per-frame detections in JSON for analysis."""
+    out = []
+    for frame_idx, r in enumerate(results, start=1):
+        frame_out = {"frame": frame_idx, "tracks": []}
+        if r.boxes is not None and r.boxes.id is not None:
+            ids = r.boxes.id.cpu().tolist()
+            conf = r.boxes.conf.cpu().tolist()
+            xyxy = r.boxes.xyxy.cpu().tolist()
+            for j in range(len(xyxy)):
+                frame_out["tracks"].append({
+                    "id": int(ids[j]),
+                    "conf": float(conf[j]),
+                    "xyxy": [float(x) for x in xyxy[j]],
+                })
+        out.append(frame_out)
+    with open(json_path, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(out, f, indent=2)
+
+
+def main(cfg):
+    os.makedirs(cfg["out_dir"], exist_ok=True)
+    out_track_dir = Path(cfg["out_dir"]) / "track"
+    out_track_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    model = YOLO(cfg["model"])
+
+    t0 = time.time()
+    results = model.track(
+        source=cfg["source"],
+        imgsz=cfg["imgsz"],
+        conf=cfg["conf"],
+        tracker=cfg["tracker"],
+        device=cfg["device"],
+        save=cfg["save_vid"],
+        project=cfg["out_dir"],
+        name="track",
+        exist_ok=True,
+        classes=[0] if cfg["class_person_only"] else None,
+    )
+    dt = time.time() - t0
+
+    results = list(results)
+
+    if cfg["save_csv"]:
+        write_mot_csv(results, out_track_dir / "tracks_mot.csv")
+    if cfg["save_json"]:
+        write_json(results, out_track_dir / "tracks.json")
+
+    n_frames = len(results)
+    unique_ids = set()
+    track_len = {}
+    for r in results:
+        if r.boxes is None or r.boxes.id is None:
+            continue
+        for tid in r.boxes.id.cpu().tolist():
+            unique_ids.add(int(tid))
+            track_len[int(tid)] = track_len.get(int(tid), 0) + 1
+    avg_len = sum(track_len.values()) / len(track_len) if track_len else 0
+
+    print("\n==== Run Summary ====")
+    print(f"Frames processed: {n_frames}")
+    print(f"Unique IDs:       {len(unique_ids)}")
+    print(f"Avg track length: {avg_len:.2f} frames")
+    print(f"Wall time:        {dt:.2f}s")
+    print(f"Outputs saved in: {out_track_dir}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument("--model", required=True, help="YOLOv8 weights path (e.g., yolov8n.pt)")
+    ap.add_argument("--source", required=True, help="Input video path")
+    ap.add_argument("--tracker", default="bytetrack.yaml")
+    ap.add_argument("--imgsz", type=int, default=960)
+    ap.add_argument("--conf", type=float, default=0.35)
+    ap.add_argument("--device", default="0")
+    ap.add_argument("--out_dir", default="outputs")
+    ap.add_argument("--save_vid", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument("--save_csv", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument("--save_json", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument("--class_person_only", action="store_true")
+    ap.add_argument("--config", default=None, help="YAML config file")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    cfg = {}
+    if args.config:
+        with open(args.config, "r") as f:
+            cfg = yaml.safe_load(f)
+
+    cfg = {
+        "model": args.model or cfg.get("model", "yolov8n.pt"),
+        "source": args.source or cfg.get("source", "samples/input.mp4"),
+        "tracker": args.tracker or cfg.get("tracker", "bytetrack.yaml"),
+        "imgsz": args.imgsz or cfg.get("imgsz", 960),
+        "conf": args.conf or cfg.get("conf", 0.35),
+        "device": args.device or cfg.get("device", "0"),
+        "out_dir": args.out_dir or cfg.get("out_dir", "outputs"),
+        "save_vid": args.save_vid or cfg.get("save_vid", True),
+        "save_csv": args.save_csv or cfg.get("save_csv", True),
+        "save_json": args.save_json or cfg.get("save_json", False),
+        "class_person_only": args.class_person_only or cfg.get("class_person_only", True),
+    }
+
+    main(cfg)
+