ZWO dropping frames in Sharp Cap

Somnium (Aidan) · #1 20-01-2016, 10:28 PM

I was wondering if anyone else was getting an issue from time to time with their ZWO 120MC with it dropping frames and not displaying an image ?

Nikolas (Nik) · #2 21-01-2016, 12:42 AM

Try reinstalling the drivers and updating the firmware.

JimsShed (Jim) · #3 21-01-2016, 08:33 AM

I've had this happen, but my frame rate was set too high in conjunction with the resolution setting. If I reduced the frame rate or the resolution, the problem went away. Also be aware that many (most) computers these days have a mix of USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports which can affect the data transfer rate. To go full belt with these things you generally need USB 3.0

Somnium (Aidan) · #4 21-01-2016, 08:35 AM

Cool, thanks guys I will give that a go

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #5 21-01-2016, 05:03 PM

I read elsewhere that switching the recording format to SER improves frame rate when actually recording, the default being AVI.