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Originally Posted by ChrisV
I'm interested as trying to figure which software (capture & processing) to go with.
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Neither APP nor PI will capture so those are out on your criteria. Otherwise have you tried FireCapture (free)?
I was hoping to have a pic to show PI vs APP and just to complicate things PI has proven better as a one click solution in this test so far. But I havent an integration frame to compare yet. The other morning I went out and shot Orion, full set of darks, flats, bias (mucked up my flats settings so they arent ideal) threw them all into PI's BPP script, chose first file as registration target and and output folder. Pressed go and went to bed. 200 frames later when I woke up it had ran through and I have an integration frame. No errors or crashes (PI is updated to the release from a week or so ago). Trying the sam with APP it stopped partway through waiting for user input
SO I'm stepping through the steps individually which is going to take longer but I hope to have an integration frame to show and compare this week. Maybe, if telstra fix my damn line (I have no internets at home for a week and its playing havok with my home automation stuff and sleep and this machine is one I rarely touch and APP is a fresh install (I've been playing from a laptop downstairs instead.)
Anyway unsure what to expect at this point and I'll post when I can however it turns out. As i think i mentioned earlier a new install of APP will need some user info if you just give it frames and press integrate, it runs through the numeric tabs in sequence on its own util it needs input but after some use it should be storing the changes you make to the steps to tweak them and soon enough it does become a one click step but this machine I'm testing APP and PI on I havent been using for APP so its not there yet. I am still to test how the mast calibration frames from one perform in the other too. But in my laptop testing I'm evolving how I store my master calibrations to make future reprocessing of old data easier to my needs. So its forcing me to rethink things and keep notes better on all my source frames
Or am I just weird wanting to go slow and learn a new program and understand what its features do in order to try to get the best out of it?