If you want to run the same job twice, you need to increase the number of iterations of the second one. This is necessary as long as you have the „remember job progress“ selected.

The reason behind is that the number of repeats is used to calculate how many frames need to be captured until the job completes

Take a LLRGB capture sequence and set two repeats. Then this job will run as long as 4xL, 2xR, 2xG, 2xB is present. If this succeeds during the first night, the job will be completed. Otherwise, in the next night you can restart the job and it will run as long as all frames are present. If e.g. only one G is missing, it will capture exactly this frame.

If you add the same job twice, it will be completed as soon as the first one is completed.

What you mean is that with the second run you want to double the number of frames to be captured. Therefore you need to set the repeat value of the second job to the double value of the first one.

After the first one has completed, the second one will be considered. Before starting, the scheduler recognises that there are already some frames present and will run only as long as the calculated number of the second job have been captured.

This might sound complicated, but it gives you the option to restart jobs over several nights. If you want a strict behaviour without taking into account of existing frames, deselect the remember job progress option.

HTH
Wolfgang

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