.CR3 RAW file not downloaded for ASTAP plate solving

[dave@eksfiles.net]

Running BYE 3.2.0 Premium, with a Canon EOS SL3 (250D) camera. It appears that no image is downloaded for ASTAP plate solving when Quality in Settings is set to "RAW" (not "RAW + JPG"). When I click the "Center" link to perform plate solving using ASTAP and Quality is set to "RAW", no .CR3 file (the Canon RAW file format for the SL3) gets downloaded to \BackyardTemp\Downloads, and ASTAP fails pretty-much immediately. If I change Quality to "RAW + JPG" and repeat the "Center" operation, the .jpg version of the image gets downloaded to \BackyardTemp\Downloads, and ASTAP finds the image and does its thing. Is this by design? I got the impression from another forum thread that this was not the intended behavior.

[admin]

Does ASTAP even read .CR3?  I feel I should know this but I do not.

If not, you have to take .JPG to platesolve it can't

[dave@eksfiles.net]

ASTAP itself will load a .CR3 file but doesn't show any stars in its preview and wouldn't solve, so I'm not sure what to think. I guess I'll switch back to RAW + JPG.

[admin]

Does it work with RAW+JPG?

[dave@eksfiles.net]

Yes. I've successfully used it that way in previous sessions.

[admin]

8 minutes ago, dave@eksfiles.net said:

Yes. I've successfully used it that way in previous sessions.

My best guess then is that ASTAP is not yet able to decode the .CR3 file.  This is this a guess though.

[dave@eksfiles.net]

That may very well be. My initial concern is that when "RAW + JPG" is not selected, it appears that no (CR3) image file gets downloaded from the camera to the PC as an input to ASTAP. When "RAW + JPG" *is* selected, the .jpg image file gets downloaded. It seems like the raw file should be downloaded instead when only "RAW" is selected. That being said, it may be a moot issue if ASTAP doesn't really support CR3.

[admin]

I would have to look at code, I may be looking for JPG specifically, I can't remember by heart

[dave@eksfiles.net]

It's worth a look, though it may be a moot point, at least for now. Thanks.