2026-10-09 APP 2.0.0-beta48 has been released !
This is mainly a bug fix release for the reported bugs in beta47. In addition it has a significant User Interface performance improvement noticable when you need to process 1000s of images in APP.
2026-10-03 APP 2.0.0-beta47 has been released !
This is a very big release... many code optimizations/rewrites, many parts of APP are much faster and more precise, especially star analysis and registration are much faster ! Big mosaics will go much faster 🙂
And we introduce a new preview filter, which includes the new Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch and a General Levels Stretch, this has been long over due. The old preview filter (the panel on the right side to stretch and preview your data) has not been updated for a couple of years and it is a critical part of any APP session.
Adaptive Deep Sky Stretch or ADSS is a much more intuitive stretch algorithm. It is also color preserving (which is a great new addition in itself ! ) which means that the highlights are no longer bleached, color is maintained from the linear data while stretching. You can simply stretch your data using the sky background level and signal width sliders which work much easier and more intuitive. You no longer need to fiddle with the old complicated sliders with zoom buttons. All the zoom buttons for the sliders are made redundant. And you can enter slider values in the slider value fields yourself. I will make a youtube video in the coming days to explain and fully introduce ADSS. Once the video is ready, it will be highlighted on the forum.
RGB Combine upgrade !. The RGB Combine Tool has been rewritten mostly. The tool is faster and easier to use and most importantly, the Luminance slider to inject a luminance channel or channels into the RGB composite is now working correctly. It no longer bleaches the RGB colors. Combined with the new ADSS preview, you will get much better and easier great composites with great color! I will also explain this in a new youtube video.
Hi there,
having issues with running app on my intel laptop windows 10, 32GB ram, lots of disk space, 11 threads.
Processing a 3x2 mosaic - 72 LRGB lights in total (so not huge) and the associated calibration frames.Â
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Keeps crashing (100% of the time) either on star count or occasionally makes it through to registration where it will crash.
Any ideas?
regards
Andrew
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From event log:
Application error
Faulting application name: javaw.exe, version: 20.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x6186a87d
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.789, time stamp: 0x2bd748bf
Exception code: 0xc00000fd
Fault offset: 0x0000000000010b5d
Faulting process ID: 0x1f5c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d9d449f65072d3
Faulting application path: C:\Users\rileyand\AppData\Local\Programs\AstroPixelProcessor\jre\bin\javaw.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
Report ID: 54d9ef93-aead-46fd-8830-5dc0dfbd69be
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Information:
Fault bucket 1837363839401052451, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: javaw.exe
P2: 20.0.1.0
P3: 6186a87d
P4: ucrtbase.dll
P5: 10.0.19041.789
P6: 2bd748bf
P7: c00000fd
P8: 0000000000010b5d
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC5DA.tmp.dmp
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCE77.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCEB6.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCEC4.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERCF61.tmp.txt
These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_javaw.exe_58ed5936b8dd2634838e3df1c819b6a954ca326_bb042b55_dc27c037-fc7a-4d76-b538-965a7090c872
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 54d9ef93-aead-46fd-8830-5dc0dfbd69be
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 07d2976385c289eb497fa0ad5aa5c923
Cab Guid: 0
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Mmm, seems like Java is crashing. What APP version is this?
Oh nevermind, that was in the title. 😉 A full restart doesn't solve this?
Hi Vincent,
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Thanks for the reply, just tried and no improvement.
I also noticed that I seem to have had 1.083 and 2.0.0. installed at the same time. So i've removed both, restarted and then another fresh install of 2.0.0.
Still crashing fairly quickly after starting analyse stars section.
regards
Andrew
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Faulting application name: javaw.exe, version: 20.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x6186a87d
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.3155, time stamp: 0x5212ece5
Exception code: 0xc0000028
Fault offset: 0x00000000001025c6
Faulting process ID: 0x37c0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d9d4733ffb1e40
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\AstroPixelProcessor\jre\bin\javaw.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report ID: 8f001fe8-4efb-4236-a47f-d828dbb3a33a
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Fault bucket 1253635561839335391, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: javaw.exe
P2: 20.0.1.0
P3: 6186a87d
P4: ntdll.dll
P5: 10.0.19041.3155
P6: 5212ece5
P7: c0000028
P8: 00000000001025c6
P9:
P10:
Attached files:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERD351.tmp.dmp
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERDAD4.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERDB04.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERDB12.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERDB71.tmp.txt
These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_javaw.exe_16884349e13df9a0e3df54d23eb3dae2e9a1c0a9_bb042b55_75ae7d29-3d99-4c3f-8c2a-99a75e4c13a3
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 8f001fe8-4efb-4236-a47f-d828dbb3a33a
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 2ff944f211f9a06e7165cee6c53b17df
Cab Guid: 0
thanks! If it helps eliminate the data as a problem, my old macbook running os 10.11.6 with APP 1.083.2 processes the mosaic successfully all the way through to integration (although it's struggling with memory with such a big file!) cheers again
Thank you very much for reporting these crashes. I have looked at the details and I see that both files that cause the crash are Windows DLLs:Â
C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
So to me this looks like your windows installation has some corrupt DLL files that you need to fix/repair and then all will be fine. Our development platform needs to use these windows files and they are on every windows installation clearly.Â
The fact that your mac can process the data without these crashes is more confirmation that something is wrong with your windows installation.
Lastly, I have never seen this problem being reported in these 2 windows DLL files, so it makes it very likely that a fix of Windows will fix this 😉
Mabula
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@mabula-admin hi there, I've got a new ucrtbase.dll but the problem is still happening. Very quickly after start "analyse stars" the app crashes.
I've upgraded to the latest beta.Â
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Faulting application name: javaw.exe, version: 21.0.1.0, time stamp: 0xb31f545a
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.19041.3636, time stamp: 0x81cf5d89
Exception code: 0xc00000fd
Fault offset: 0x0000000000010b5d
Faulting process ID: 0x137c
Faulting application start time: 0x01da55bc655966da
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\AstroPixelProcessor\jre\bin\javaw.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
Report ID: 1a931204-20ba-4cf9-944b-599952c95704
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Hi there,
FYI I've just installed 1.083.4 on the same machine and run through the same set of lights and calibration files. It all works fine and produces integrations no problem.Â
Hi Andrew @andrewoliverriley,
Oh that is not nice...
I am not sure how you got a new ucrtbase.dll file, but the crash is happening there, so it is still a windows problem I think and not a bug in our code. Maybe you need to check for the correct version of that file? Newer versions or older versions of that file might not be compatible with the current windows installation that you have...
Perhaps you can share how you replaced the earlier ucrtbase.dll file version 10.0.19041.789, time stamp: 0x2bd748bf ?
I have not heard about this error from anyone else so it seams very specific still to your windows installation.
Mabula
hi there, it's a company laptop and I just get what the company put on it lol.
Could you let me know the version of this dll that you use successfully?
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regards
Andrew
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