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I'm still struggling with the warning about a renamed object name while Live Stacking is active.
When I answer no and try to save the current stack with the new target name, another warning appears.
So, I'm not able to save the same stack with a new name, while I don't want to overwrite the first one.
I'm using the Folder Monitor Camera doing some test with different Enhancement settings, to have them documented.

Hi,

not sure if there is some confusion here...

You see the name change message if you change the target name while live stacking *and* the current live stack has already saved some files of one sort or another.

* If you answer 'Yes' then SharpCap tries to rename all the existing saved files from the current stack to use the new target name, and then uses the new target name for any further saved files. In theory you could get a warning if some of the files cannot be renamed, but the second screenshot doesn't match this warning.

* If you answer 'No' then the renaming doesn't happen, and SharpCap will continue to use the old (before change) target name for the rest of that stack.

On the other hand, the file overwrite warning comes up at any point when the calculations of a new file name to save something to come up with a file name that already exists. This usually indicates something not quite right with your file name settings which then allows the duplicates to be created.

As an example, if one of your live stack file name settings contains something like

{TargetName}\{Date}\blahblahblahblah

It looks like you are dividing the captures into folders based on target name, then date, then files within that folder. But, because there is no {Time} in the template, if you run two stacks of the same target on the same date then you are liable to get file overwrite issues - even if you don't you will get files from the two stacks in the same folder. The thing to do is to change the template to

{TargetName}\{Date}\Stack at {Time}\blahblahblah

Now every time you start a new stack on the same day it will get its own folder - no more problems hopefully.

cheers,

Robin

Thanks replying Robin.

I don't divide the captures into folders based on target name, then date, then files within that folder.
But the saved file contains: object name, camera, exp time, date, time.
But now it is clear to me what happens depending on the answer No/Yes.
So, when I want to do tests and documentt different Live Stacking settings, I must clear the stacking cycle with a new object name.
Doing so I have different jpg/fis files for further investigating/comparing and eventually publishing on Cloudy Nights.
Thanks clarifying this topic.