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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
How have you found Astrovideo to operate? I'm having nothing but frustration with it (using a SAC 4.2). I can't actually get it to take a video. (Trying to vid Jupiter). Any suggestions?
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I find Astrovideo an indispensable piece of kit for this type of experimental DSO work and also planetary imaging. I've never used a SAC camera, however I've been able to get Astrovideo to recognise both of my Mintrons, a firewire camcorder and also a USB webcam. With my cameras it's as easy as choosing the camera from the Driver menu. Don't know how I can help with your setup.
Maybe this is relevant from the online Help:
"If you have a SAC8 camera (or a 1004 JG USB) your choice depends on whether you are performing long exposure imaging (eg deep sky) or short exposure imaging (eg lunar and planetary imaging). For short exposure imaging you should select the camera from the VfW or WDM list of drivers. If you want to perform extended exposures, you should select the camera on the Twain dialog. Note that you will not, by default, see a preview image if you select a Twain driver. You need to click on the Preview option (eye symbol on the toolbar) to open a Twain preview window and the window"
Hope this helps.