Software Stacking uhm... software?

[Macavity]

Very "out of the loop" re. latest developments in Video Astronomy software.

But the recent purchase of a ZWO planetary Cam, prompted me to extend

my horizons and actually LEARN (gasp, wheeze) how to use FireCapture!

My "All Sky Cam experiment" caused me to discover that FireCapture had the

facility to (software) "Stack" images in real time as one of the *pre-processing*

options. However, a modest number of frames gives a WHITE image! I assume

this due to the literal *addition* of frames? The promising option to "average"

frames doesn't appear to be implemented just yet...

But the general framework (pre-process frames / write those to AVI) is brilliant!

Best of all, I found that FireCapture can "see" a standard video capture dongle.

Naturally, there is no "camera control"... But that set me wondering:

Are there other programs that do / envisage "software stacking" as above --

Can any of these interface to a (working!) video capture USB dongle input?

I note my *in-the-post* Watec (910HX) uses the same chip as Lodestar X2.

(Ex-programmer to active programmers: "No pressure"... Just wondering!) 

[shirva]

Astrotoaster it uses deep sky stacker engine to do semi live. Great results from dr dave on nsn