Bird: I've sent you an email with a link to a few files. I've included a small AVI direct from the DBK camera in Y800 format, and a set of BMP images which came from a VirtualDub export of that AVI. I think from what I'm seeing on this end that the bayered color information is lost in the translation to BMP in VirtualDub. It does indeed have a "checkerboard" look to it, but I'm not seeing anything in the RGB channels in Photoshop (it looks totally grayscale). My gut feeling is that the VirtualDub export to BMP is not going to maintain the color information.

I still have options even if this doesn't work out. I can either a) purchase a K3CCDTools license as it does debayering and supports the Y800 codec, b) shoot in a codec other than Y800 so that the AVI is compatible with a larger variety of software, or c) let the DBK circuitry or IC Capture debayer the footage as it is being captured.

I like having the control of debayering after the fact, so out of the above choices I will probably purchase K3CCD Tools. But any of those options should give me a debayered file that can be converted to BMP so that it can be used within PPMCentere(ninox) prior to hitting Registax.