I am also seeing a low frame rate. However, in my case changing the format from RAW to MPEG in the Streaming section of the Camera properties didn't seem to make any difference. When I do a 'live video" from the "CCD" tab I get between 0.7 and 1.1 FPS regardless of RAW or MPEG. Clearly MPEG is a lot less data so I am suspecting there is something else at play in my settings/setup?
I am using an ASI071 MC-Cool Camera. Do I need to bring the resolution down? I guess the fact that the FPS didn't seem to change at all between RAW and MPEG makes me think I have something else incorrect?

Btw, does KStars have a button/option where you can simply check the throughput rate to the Stellarmate. It would be nice to know the comms speed over WIFI from my MacBook (running Kstars) to the Stellarmate. VNC seems quick and there is no obvious lag there, so using that as a reference for speed would indicate that I should be getting enough throughput for a few FPS from the Camera?

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