Hello,
I have some data in a .SER file which I wish to import into Octave / Matlab. One way of doing it would be to convert it into a TIFF or PNG image sequence, and then use imread in Octave. When I tried SER player's export function,
https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/ser-player
I got a sequence of 8 bit TIFF / PNG files - the original .SER file has 16 bit frames.
Anyone has any recommendation for any software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG?
software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG
Re: software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG
Have you tried using PIPP itself rather than the SER Player? It can be found at the same website.
Dave
Dave
Re: software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG
Thanks Dave.
Looks like PPIP also saves as 8 bit tiff - the output options tab shows as below -
https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp ... /ex7_3.png
Looks like PPIP also saves as 8 bit tiff - the output options tab shows as below -
https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp ... /ex7_3.png
Re: software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG
Yes I see what you mean. Nothing obvious for your requirement turns up in searches.
The definitive source for SER is http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/ser/ . This leads to Siril https://free-astro.org/index.php?title= ... umentation . On page 157 of the documentation is 2.2.4 Archiving Planetary Videos, " export a user-defined percentage of the best images from a SER video". The first image on that page shows Export with FITS but is part of a dropdown list - no idea what the other options are. Available for Linux, OSX and Windows (since 21st Sept 2017) http://free-astro.org/index.php?title=Siril:0.9.7.
In Sharpcap, LiveStack can 'Save Individual Frames' as FITS/PNG which may be a possible way to capture.
Dave
The definitive source for SER is http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/ser/ . This leads to Siril https://free-astro.org/index.php?title= ... umentation . On page 157 of the documentation is 2.2.4 Archiving Planetary Videos, " export a user-defined percentage of the best images from a SER video". The first image on that page shows Export with FITS but is part of a dropdown list - no idea what the other options are. Available for Linux, OSX and Windows (since 21st Sept 2017) http://free-astro.org/index.php?title=Siril:0.9.7.
In Sharpcap, LiveStack can 'Save Individual Frames' as FITS/PNG which may be a possible way to capture.
Dave
Re: software which can export SER files to 16-bit TIFF or PNG
Thanks again, Dave.
Yes, Sharpcap can actually capture as 16 bit PNG image sequence, but at a lower frame rate than when capturing SER files.
Looks like Siril can export SER to FITS,
https://free-astro.org/siril_doc-en/#sequence_export
And then maybe I can use imagemagick or something to convert FITS to TIFF.
(Linux Mint 18 apt-get install installed Siril 0.9.1, which does not have the export sequence feature. Installed 0.9.7 AppImage from
https://free-astro.org/index.php?title= ... NU.2FLinux
which does have this feature.)
So a 2-step solution seems feasible - Siril for SER -> FITS, then imagemagick for FITS->TIFF.
Yes, Sharpcap can actually capture as 16 bit PNG image sequence, but at a lower frame rate than when capturing SER files.
Looks like Siril can export SER to FITS,
https://free-astro.org/siril_doc-en/#sequence_export
And then maybe I can use imagemagick or something to convert FITS to TIFF.
(Linux Mint 18 apt-get install installed Siril 0.9.1, which does not have the export sequence feature. Installed 0.9.7 AppImage from
https://free-astro.org/index.php?title= ... NU.2FLinux
which does have this feature.)
So a 2-step solution seems feasible - Siril for SER -> FITS, then imagemagick for FITS->TIFF.