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Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 3:41 pm
by NeilG
I now typically use livestacking and its ability to save individual raw frames as my preferred way of capturing DSOs, rather than using capture sequencing - this way I get to see what I'm pointing at
Is there any chance you can save the equivalent of the camerasetting.txt file that you get in sequence capture, with the livestack raw frames?
It just helps me remember when I'm exposing at different timing and gains - rather than having to concoct some very weird folder/file naming conventions?
By the way - love the two monitor feature - allows me to see the live stack on a nice 19" monitor while controlling SC from the laptop screen.
Regards
Neil
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 7:53 pm
by admin
Hi,
Yes, it sounds like a good plan to be able to save the camera settings with the raw files – I don't think it should be too hard.
Cheers, Robin
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:28 pm
by NeilG
Thanks
Neil
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:18 pm
by NeilG
Just a bump to ask Robin if this will make it into a new build and when?
Thanks
Neil
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:24 pm
by admin
Hi,
Right now, I am not adding any new features to SharpCap 3.2 (just bug fixes), so this will have to go onto the list for the next major upgrade later this year.
Cheers, Robin
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:38 pm
by nexusjeep
You can do most of this in the name of the files as I set up the raw frames naming convention to add the filter exposure gain offset etc as part of the filename an example of one of my frame names would be as below is this the type of thing you are after. The overall folder is named as per the object enrterd in the box in Sharpcap.
So Light Frame / Red Filter / 90 second exposure / 75 gain / offset 10
Light_R_90s_75_Gain_10_Offset__00001.fits
Cheers
Nick
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:39 pm
by NeilG
Robin,
thanks - no problem, its just a useful addition and
Nick - good suggestion - hadn't tried that way
Re: Saving the camera settings in livestacking
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:28 pm
by ippiu
nexusjeep wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:38 pm
You can do most of this in the name of the files as I set up the raw frames naming convention
So Light Frame / Red Filter / 90 second exposure / 75 gain / offset 10
Light_R_90s_75_Gain_10_Offset__00001.fits
Cheers
Nick
I set as a tag in the raw file naming "single frame exposure" but eventually it always appears "total integration exposure", even if i set the right tag name. So it could be a bug: single frame exposure tag always is total integration exposure...
I hope Robin will fix this soon, please.