Registax guru's required

[symesie04]

Hi Gents
 
Need a little help with the above. I am trying to load a video for stacking in Registax but keep getting an error. The original video is in Canons MOV format which i have converted to avi via a program called Prism. I have tried anging some opf the output compression options etc but the error continues. There are so many options i could be here for ever. Any ideas on the error or suggestions as to a good free video converter?

 

[RobertC]

I have the exact same problem, there is a software called 'PIPP' that i use. Freeware also

[symesie04]

Thanks Rob that hit the spot nice. Now just need to figure out how the hell registax works

[RobertC]

No problem I also am still learning how to use registax, i've only done still frames and not a video yet. My videos sucked so i gave up after converting them.

[symesie04]

Lol yeah i know the feeling. I have just stacked a video and the result sucks. Wasnt sure if it was the quality of my original video or my ability to figure out what the hells going on in Registax. Then to my relief i realised it was both 

[Merlin66]

If you set the quality reject level to suit the "best individual" frame you can find and select reference points around the dominant feature you wish to record, Registax should give good results.

Many novices over use the wavelet sharpening and end up with "over cooked" results.

My advice - start with the level #6 and think of it as atmospheric seeing correction, work down through #5 and #4 level looking for marginal improvement in definition...That's it!!!

Levels #2 and #1 are at pixel size level and tend to produce edge artifacts if not carefully used. When in doubt - don't.

[Mr Bergman]

Hey guys, 

maybe the result is due loosing detail when converting from .mov to .avi? 

Did you try downloading WinFF ( free )? 

Try it, and use MS compatible AVI, and then options FFmpeg, and use add command: -vcodec rawvideo 

That should do the trick! 

Some good reading; 

http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/dslr/NewDSLR/index.html

Good luck!  

[cgarry]

Hey guys, 

maybe the result is due loosing detail when converting from .mov to .avi? 

Nope, it is definitely not that.  

[Mr Bergman]

Hey cgarry - are you sure Prism doesn´t recompress and loose fine detail? Have you tried and compared with WinFF? 

[cgarry]

Hey cgarry - are you sure Prism doesn´t recompress and loose fine detail? Have you tried and compared with WinFF? 

I was talking about PIPP - which I wrote!  PIPP actually uses FFmpeg internally for the decoding and then writes out nice raw AVIs.

Cheers,

Chris

[Mr Bergman]

That explains our confusion! I was reffering to the threadstarters (  Symesie04 ) request for a good free video converter! 

Cheers