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Yes- a USB video capture device is how most folks go about getting the video feed displayed on computer screen. I use a Pinnacle Dazzle device- you don't need the fancy one- the $49 one works great. There is also a device called an Easy Cap available on Amazon for around $10 that works okay- but it is kinda flimsy.

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Unless Chris has coded some Mallincam specific capabilities into the new s/w it won't do much with a Mallincam long integration wise. High end Mallincam's have up to 128x Sense which means a maximum of 2.1s of integration (with NTSC cameras) without any "extensions".

Control wise Mallincam's are very similar to other video cameras on the market but they also have some very unique extensions. One of these is the Hyper or long exposure/integration circuitry. On the MC Hyper plus camera the Hyper capabilities are enabled through the switches on the side of the camera and not through any external handset or PC to camera communication. With the VSS+ the "Hyper" capabilities are controlled on camera via a pot and for a PC connection via some extended capabilities in the camera to PC communications. On the Xtreme this is done via a 2nd unique on camera connection (for the wireless hand controller) or for the PC connection via that same extended PC connectivity.

So unless Chris is taking specific advantage of those Mallincam extensions with a VSS+ or Xtreme I believe the s/w will be limited to 2.1s integrations. With a Hyper Plus Mallincam there's no way I know for any type of external (off camera) control over the Hyper circuitry so it's a maximum of 2.1s there too.

All of this assumes that Chris also hasn't found a way to extend a basic camera's Sense capabilities (taking the 512x Samsungs' from 8 to 16 second integration for example). If he has found a way to do this and it can be applied to other similar cameras then perhaps some of the high end Mallincams could be coaxed into 4.2s integration times with his software ... but I really can't see the s/w being capable of any more than that with the high end Mallincams (the MC Jr. is already a 256x - 4.2s camera).

Another question about using Chris's s/w with a Mallincam is if you pre set a Hyper exposure time (say 14s for example on a Hyper Plus) can his s/w still control the starting and stopping of the integration? If so then there could be some very interesting uses for his s/w with a Mallincam.

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Mark, the s/w has nothing to do with Mallincam cameras.
Chris did not write it for Mallincam use, and until he saw my Mallincam he had never even seen one before.
He writes his Program for Steve Massey the Gstar-Ex dealer, and anyone that uses a Mintron Based camera.
You can control a camera with it but it must be a Gstar or a Mintron.
No, it won't control a Sammy or Mallincam.
ccs_hello is correct in that it takes the incoming video stream and enhances it. It becomes more easily manipulated than using Amcap, and due to it's stacking on the fly of 2 lots of 512x integrations it theoretically gives 1024x (16 seconds). And smoothing decreases the effect of noise and allows graduated Gamma control.

To increase the cameras ability to do longer sens-up, someone would need to make new circuitry inside the camera, or find a way to change the Firmware.
The software isn't an answer to longer sensup times.
It is an answer to the request to be able to get longer integration results (by doubling what the hardware can do by stacking on the fly).
The results I received during the tests were successful.
Do a video run at normal 512x, then turn on the doubling features and see the difference.
It's all we have until someone works out a Hardware hack for the Sammy's.

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This will be 2x stacking. No sliding window stacking nor more than 2x possible.

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and due to it's stacking on the fly of 2 lots of 512x integrations it theoretically gives 1024x (16 seconds). And smoothing decreases the effect of noise and allows graduated Gamma control.

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