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ZWO SDK and custom software for debugging and using it.
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Create new SER file each time recording is paused #57

Closed bgottula closed 1 year ago

bgottula commented 3 years ago

When the recording to disk is started and stopped multiple times it is difficult to then find the boundaries between contiguous segments of frames after the fact. Therefore I think it would be much better if the program created a new SER file each time recording is resumed and finishes off the file each time recording is paused. The filenames could have a number suffix like [filename]_000.ser that increments for each segment.

Or I suppose I could write a tool that separates a single SER file into multiple files, using the frame timestamps to determine where the boundaries between segments are.

bgottula commented 1 year ago

After pondering on this for a full two years, I no longer think creating multiple SER files is the right approach. I can write tools to deal with this after the fact and avoid adding complexity to this program.