Sharpcap SER file?

[Dunc78]

Hello

It's been many years since iv used sharpcap and recently downloaded the updated version. Afew differences... In the drop down menu mono 8 and mono 16 is this just 8 bit and 16 bit images? Also when using mono 16 it saves as a SER file. My comp won't open this file. What prog do I need to open this. Also what's the difference between them. 

Thanks 

[ONIKKINEN]

You can open and process the .SER file with Autostakkert!3 (or 4, the new beta version). You could also download SER player to quickly view the recording.

SER format is a video recording, so multiple images in the same file. Recommended for planetary, unless you want to have 10 000 images saved every few minutes. SER is also lossless raw data so you should stick with that.

MONO 8/16 is the bit depth of the recorded frames, so either 8bit = 0-255 or 16bit = 0-65 535. Most of the time you want to use 8-bit because file sizes are lower and thus capture framerates will be faster.

In short i recommend MONO 8 and SER file format and opening the file with Autostakkert when stacking into an image.

[melsmore]

Siril will, I believe, also process .SER files. Although I had some trouble with debayer with it.

[SteveNickolls]

AstroSurface will also stack and process .ser data.

Cheers,

Steve

[Dunc78]

Will it work in PIPP?