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Hello The grid you are seeing is the Bayer pattern. Have a read at this https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=254 . You should have enough in the doc to use your data and recover the colours. Try using SER rather than AVI. Use RAW8 colour space (rather than RGB) and programs like Autost...

Thanks Menno. Downloaded and installed.

Dave

Nice image Chris.

Dave

have read just about every review/opinion on their use. The messaging out there is a mess- mass confusion, debating, etc. The variables are just too many to give a simple direct answer.

Completely agree with that statement.

Dave

See https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/573161-ser-or-avi/ post #1 and post #4. Post #4 is by Chris Garry, author of PIPP. Also https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=211 for some planetary capture settings. Have a look in the Tutorials sub forum for some HOWTOs on Planetary processing. Dave

I have edited the first post to show a comparison between a single processed video and 10 processed videos combined with WinJupos.

Dave

Thanks Bruce. Because of Jupiter's fast rotation (I think it is around 0.6° per minute), long videos do not help as the result would be a smearing of the detail. WinJupos allows for several shorter videos to be combined with the software compensating for the fast rotation. The realistic limit seems ...

Brian

An interesting piece of software - WinJupos site http://jupos.org

Dave

Captured June 24, 2020 around 01:30. Planets at 15°elevation, seeing=shocking (2x Barlow a waste of time). A session to test out my WinJupos workflow (to compensate for Jupiter 10 hour rotation). Sets of 10 videos captured between 00:45 and 01:45, last set nearest meridian used as planets brightest ...

Menno

Are you using the included 1x Power Supply Input 100-240V 50/60Hz 0.35A max-Output 5V 2000mA?

Dave