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Installation on Windows
Instruction to install the binaries on a Windows system
It is possible to install the Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart version 3.0 over a full Windows version 2.76 in the same directory, and run the Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart 2.76 version apart from the 3.0 version. But you can also install the 3.0 version of Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart only.
Run the installer file skychart_3.xxxxx.exe, to install Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart in your prefered directory
(i.e. C:\Program Files\Ciel)
At any time you can start the version 3 with skychart.exe, or the 2.76 version with ciel.exe
Options
Telescope driver
Only a limited number of telescope are natively supported.
To work with a full range of telescope model you need to install the ASCOM platform and the required telescope drivers.
Video recording
Video recording require the ffmpeg software.
You can get a ready to install version for Windows from a number of place:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/FFmpeg/
http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/autobuilds/
You can install the files anywhere you want but be sure to set the location of ffmpeg.exe in the menu Setup / Date-Time / Animation.
