http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/ wxAstroCapture Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:34:03 GMT Carsten A. Arnholm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1255 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1255 ... Hi ganganwen, It should work with DirectShow I believe. Have you tried it with wxAstroCapture? What happens? Clear skies Carsten A. Arnholm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:11:58 GMT ganganwen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1254 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1254 Hi, all: I have a camera which only support DirectShow Driver, I can use it in K3CCDTools but I like wxAstroCapture more than K3CCDTools. Can wxAstroCapture Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:29:43 GMT LKnoll http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1253 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1253 Too bad. OK, thanks. - Leonard ... From: Gary Ahlers To: wxAstroCapture@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [wxAstroCapture] Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:57:41 GMT Gary Ahlers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1252 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1252 Hi Martin, Thanks for the reply. I was afraid it was something like that. I used it for LX a while back - then got a Mallincam. Regards Gary ... From: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:49:58 GMT bm98astro http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1251 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1251 Hi Gary, ... but for long exposure so old mans dont suffer. But really - I know AmCap (source code is available) and it really uses the fastest way through the Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:46:19 GMT Gary Ahlers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1250 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1250 Hi Leonard, The Lifecap uses a CMOS sensor. This has been researched by several guys at QUAIG. No one has found a successful mod for CMOS circuitry that I know Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:00 GMT LKnoll http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1249 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1249 Folks: Can someone point me to some data on the CCD and video processor chipset used in that Lifecam? I might consider buying one and doing LX and Amp-off mods Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:17:07 GMT Gary Ahlers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1248 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1248 Hi Malcom, Weather has been realy bad here in S Nevada for the last 3 months ( El Nino ) so I've done limited testing. Lunar is very good as is Jupiter at 1280 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:33:10 GMT Malcolm Whinfield http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1247 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1247 Lifecam HD looks nice, I have been using aGent which is HD but does not go to 30FPS anything above 640 x 480. Does this one work well at higher resolutions? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:54:25 GMT GaryA http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1246 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1246 I've used wxastrocapture with an SPC900 for the past year and am very happy with the program. The Lifecam looks like it may be the next generation for Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:14:52 GMT Carsten A. Arnholm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1245 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1245 ... Hi, YUV420 is the native format of the webcam. Peter Katreniak has a good explanation of it at Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:08:51 GMT Tex FBVFW http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1244 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1244 I set up to do some work on MARS a few days ago. On a "Vista" laptop, using the Philips 900 SPC, exposed a series of AVIs. Registax nor Media Player would Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:46:10 GMT MishMich http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1243 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1243 Hi, yes, thanks, I appreciate that there are other things I could use for guiding and for imaging. M. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:18:08 GMT Clive Rogers http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1242 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1242 If I may interject here. The QHY5 can be used to guide a HEQ5 mount with PHD both under Linux and Windows. For Windows see here: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:13:47 GMT Carsten A. Arnholm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1241 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wxAstroCapture/message/1241 ... The ASCOM component is developed by Tom Zalmstra, a member of this group. Are you there Tom? Clear skies Carsten A. Arnholm http://arnholm.org/ N59.776