Mp4 no good?

[maceemiller]

Hi all.

So I got a new camera app for my smartphone (I know!)

It produces excellent results filming anything so I thought I'd try the Moon. Looks great with eyepiece projection however when I ask PIPP or AS3/Registax 6 to do anything with it they seem to struggle and give terrible results.

I've used AVI videos before and they all seem to work "normally"?

I've read mp4 is a compressed format. Is there anyway to uncompress into AVI or have I no idea what I'm talking about!

Thanks in advance....

Keep focused!

[Star Dad]

You don't say what type of OS you have - But, winFF (linux and windoze) can make the conversion.

[maceemiller]

I'm on windows 7 and have winFF however AS3 says it needs an uncompressed AVI after I convert from the MP4?

Tonight I tried using Format Factory....same AS3 result?

[OleCuss]

You will need to find a conversion program which will change from MP4 to that uncompressed AVI. I'm not sure what is the best software for that today, but years ago I know that VirtualDub was being used for that type of thing: http://www.virtualdub.org/

Do remember, however, that MP4 compression is not lossless so you will have some loss of detail due to your camera's use of that format. You may still be happy with the results.

[maceemiller]

Still havnt managed to find an AVI converter that will do the job.

I've cropped my video with shotcut and exported to TIFF.
When I get back to my pc I'll try and see what happens and post any relevant info here.

Keep focused!