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Originally Posted by AstroJunk
That's actually very good Steve. If I were to redesign the KIWI-OSD, it would have a video splitter too (and indeed I use one in my obervatory).
The Kiwi makes use of an external GPS to get a 1 Pulse per Second signal from a number of sattelites which it does some clever maths to in order to get a milisecond accurate timestamp. After time aquisition, The time is read off the device i think.
If you are ever up for a project, you are well on the way to filling nasty hole 
(there are others on the market, but way to expensive!) |
I don't have enough time for my projects Jonathan, let alone
someone elses!
The STV overlay timestamp is done in the program by calling on
the PC time. Nowhere near the accuracy of your GPS function
but easily accurate to within +/- 1 sec.
Steve