Feature Request: allow frames with meteors to be saved

Imad H.

We're missing so much fun when it comes to meteor showers.. just imagine being lucky to catch a green glowing meteor crossing the center of Andromeda.. easy APOD!
Then seestar discards the frame because it thinks it's a bad frame 🙂
Or sometimes you just want to catch all passing objects!

Please consider adding an option to keep ALL frame!

Daemon42

Imad H. Even if you save all frames, the chances of a meteor crossing the field of view (barely wider than the moon) is extremely low. We get the occasional satellite because there are thousands of them (and more every year).

Support@Seestar

You can choose to turn off "Live" to save all frames, thank you.

Misam

Support@Seestar One question not related to the actual question but the answer instead:
Assume I have Save all frames on.
Then I can have the Live either on or off.
If it is on, all frames are saved but not the "bad" ones.
If it is off, all frames including the "bad" ones are saved.
Am I correct?

Lilo

Misam
Correct. A bit strange logics, but it's how it works.

Support@Seestar

Misam You are partially correct. Here’s how it works:
If you turn off the Live function, all frames are saved, including the “bad” ones.
If you turn on Live but do not enable “Save Each Frame”, the device performs real-time stacking, and only the final stacked image is saved.
If you turn on Live and enable “Save Each Frame”, only the frames that can be successfully stacked (the “good” frames) are saved, which you can then use for post-processing.

Daemon42

I agree, it's very weird and has tripped up so many people who mistakenly think that "all frames" means "all frames".. 😉
In Live it means "all good frames". And lately I've gotten several Live stacks with a satellite trail spanning the whole frame, so it's really "all good-ish frames.. " Thankfully we've got the option to restack after deleting those bad frames.

Misam

Support@Seestar Yes, noticed it, just used my S30 for stargazing for the first time!