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Re:Satellites Taking Pictures of Rockets Carrying More Satel... by natch on Sunday July 23, 2017 @08:11PM (#14835076)
The playback speed can also be adjusted by changing the frame rate of playback. Each frame just stays on the screen for a longer time. Similar to the -delay <n> parameter when creating a GIF in ImageMagick.
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Re:Satellites Taking Pictures of Rockets Carrying More Satel... by andrewstuart2 on Sunday July 23, 2017 @11:32PM (#14835709)
That's not in question. Yes, playback framerate is independent from recording framerate.

The question is the availability of resources (memory and bandwith) to the satellite and how many frames it can store without needing to transmit them over its slow downlink.

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Re:Satellites Taking Pictures of Rockets Carrying More Satel... by natch on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:35AM (#14836103)
The frames are already back on earth now, as evidenced by the video being on Youtube. Adjusting the playback rate of those frames is what I'm talking about...
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