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Before: CameraBase.hardware_averaging was False, although the camera thread already averages Naverage frames (Grab.n_average). The viewer then averaged the averaged frames a second time (Naverage x Naverage frames for one displayed image).

After: hardware_averaging = True. This was left False until the live mode of the DAQ_Viewer no longer depended on it (PyMoDAQ #1421, fixed in pymodaq 5.3.9, which is already the floor of this package), so it can be set now.

How: one attribute and its comment in camera_base.py, and a test that states the two class attributes (live_mode_available and hardware_averaging) with the reason.

Tested: tests/ with the fake camera: 66 passed, 2 skipped, 1 failed. The failure is entry point ... points to pymodaq_plugins_utils of the package structure test: the package is not installed in my sandbox, so it is not related to this change. The camera tests of pymodaq_plugins_mockexamples (CookbookCamera, BSCamera) pass with this version (31 passed). Not tested: a real camera, nor the opencv plugin.

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The windows-latest / Python 3.12 / pyqt6 job was cancelled after running for 30 minutes (started 10:28, cancelled 10:58) while the other 5 jobs, including the tests, passed. The change only sets two class attributes, so it is not this PR's. I re-ran the job once.

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