Registax 6 not working

[Spacecake2]

Hi there,

I have a problem using Registax 6 when it keeps having a blank screen when I start to stack. It keeps saying:           

has anyone got any solutions? This the first time a tried aligning and stacking an image and it happened) 

Any help would be great,

Regards,

Edited November 2, 2020 by Spacecake2

[PeterCPC]

Have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling?

[Spacecake2]

1 hour ago, PeterCPC said:

Have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling?

Yes, I have and it came up with the same thing. ☹️

[GuLinux]

I know it's not the answer you'd like, but registax is, essentially, abandonware.

The last release was on 2011, and a software this old is not really supposed to work on modern operating systems. Plus, there's better alternatives, now.

For my workflow, I use Autostakkert!3 for registering and stacking, and Pixinsight to replace the old Registax "wavelet" processing: I normally use deconvolution (something registax doesn't have), then MultiscaleLinearTransform (which is essentially equivalent to wavelets), then a few more touches here and there (denoise, histogram equalization, etc).

 

There's probably also free alternatives to pixinsight doing the same things, I haven't investigated so far, but for deconvolution, imppg is a very good choice, for instance.

[PeterCPC]

44 minutes ago, Spacecake2 said:

Yes, I have and it came up with the same thing. ☹️

You could try the previous version here

[knobby]

Or try 'run as administrator'

 

[Spacecake2]

Thanks everyone,

Does anyone know how to change a MOV. or MP4 file to an uncompressed AVI. file because a tried using Auto Stackkert3 but I had compressed AVI. video and it didn't allow the file. All the other files it allows are picture files like png and tiff.

[Merlin66]

I use PIPP to convert from MOV to AVI.

https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/

(Don't know about MP4)

[Spacecake2]

3 hours ago, Merlin66 said:

I use PIPP to convert from MOV to AVI.

https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/

(Don't know about MP4)

I know how to convert to avi compressed file, but auto stackkert doesn't allow COMPRESSED avi video file. Only allow uncompressed avi file. ☹️

[Merlin66]

https://www.astropix.com/wp/2016/03/10/converting-mov-to-avi/

Does this help??

[Merlin66]

I see it's recommended to have ffmpeg.exe loaded in the AS3! folder.....

This handles the MOV to AVI etc.

https://ffmpeg.org/

[Merlin66]

Check out:

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/716548-problems-with-autostakkert-and-filetype-fuji-camera/

[Spacecake2]

10 hours ago, Merlin66 said:

I see it's recommended to have ffmpeg.exe loaded in the AS3! folder.....

This handles the MOV to AVI etc.

https://ffmpeg.org/

Thank you for your help Merlin66, but when I try download ffmpeg, It doesn't allow me to access the file:

[Merlin66]

Neil,

OK

I downloaded:

ffmpeg-4.3.1-2020-10-28-essentials_build

Extracted to the AS3! folder and made sure the ffmpeg.exe was in the same location as autostakkert.exe

I don't have any mov files but downloaded a sample from the net.....

AS3! opened it OK.....

 

[Spacecake2]

I downloaded it and put it in the same folder as as3! but it came up with the same thing as last time. 😐 Am I extracting it right?

Edited November 6, 2020 by Spacecake2

[Merlin66]

Running out of ideas....

This is my AS3 folder showing the ffmpeg.exe

(this is a C:/ location)

 

[Atreta]

19 hours ago, Merlin66 said:

Running out of ideas....

This is my AS3 folder showing the ffmpeg.exe

(this is a C:/ location)

 

Can you show the contents of the ffmpeg folder? To me it looks like you'll have to copy some folders to the same directory as the executable. 

[Merlin66]

When you unzip the download, you get three folders:

BIN, DOCS, PRESETS

The Bin folder holds the ffmpeg.exe - just copy that to the AS3! main folder which has the Autostakkert.exe

 

[Atreta]

Merlin66 sorry, i thought you were the one having problems opening the files. I somehow misread the nanes .  Let's see if spacecake got it to work. 

[Spacecake2]

Thank you!

It finally worked! I didn't know where the Bin folder was. i copied the three files to the autostackkert fold and deleted the ffmpeg folder and it worked. 😀😁  

Edited November 8, 2020 by Spacecake2

[Merlin66]

All's well that ends well.

 

[Astronomical Backyard]

On 11/7/2020 at 1:02 AM, Merlin66 said:

When you unzip the download, you get three folders:

BIN, DOCS, PRESETS

The Bin folder holds the ffmpeg.exe - just copy that to the AS3! main folder which has the Autostakkert.exe

 

 

I can't find this location, i need help! i'm confused!!

[Astronomical Backyard]

On 07/11/2020 at 01:02, Merlin66 said:

When you unzip the download, you get three folders:

BIN, DOCS, PRESETS

The Bin folder holds the ffmpeg.exe - just copy that to the AS3! main folder which has the Autostakkert.exe

 

Should I download the previous link you sent? (https://ffmpeg.org/), if so which one?
I use Windows