Release Notes for 2.13.1

AstroDMx Capture 2.13.1 introduces improved Linux installers with automatic glibc detection for optimized dependency handling. This update also fixes an issue where RA and DEC coordinates in FITS metadata could incorrectly include ‘60’ in the arc-minute or arc-second fields, ensuring accurate positional data. Additionally, multiple camera SDKs have been updated, enhancing compatibility and performance across supported devices.

Installer Improvements for Linux

Automatic glibc Detection & Optimised Dependencies

The Linux installers for x86-64 and ARM have been improved to automatically detect the target system’s glibc version. Based on this, the installer selects and installs the most optimised dependencies, ensuring better compatibility and performance across different Linux distributions.

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

Sexagesimal RA/DEC Conversion Issue

A bug in the sexagesimal conversion of RA and DEC coordinates has been fixed. Previously, certain coordinates could incorrectly add ‘60’ in the arc-minutes or arc-seconds to the FITS metadata fields, causing issues when loading images into some processing applications. This issue has now been resolved, ensuring accurate coordinate representation in FITS files.

SDK Updates & Camera Compatibility

Several camera SDKs have been updated to improve compatibility, stability, and performance across supported hardware:

  • SVBONY SDK
  • PlayerOne SDK
  • Altair Camera SDK
  • OmegonPro SDK
  • Touptek SDK
  • StarshootG SDK (Linux & macOS)
  • RisingCam SDK (Linux & macOS)
  • Mallincam SDK (Linux & macOS)
  • Bresser SDK (Linux & macOS)

ChromeOS Support

Support for AstroDMx Capture on ChromeOS has been discontinued due to compatibility issues with the Crostini virtualisation environment. The application’s reliance on low-level camera access is not now properly supported within Crostini, leading to performance, stability and usability issues.

The Crostini environment has always been problematic but, due to recent changes made by Google, it is no longer possible to stream cameras at an acceptable resolution. It may be possible to stream at a low resolution (800×600 for example) but this is an unacceptable limitation. As a result, further development and support for ChromeOS have been halted.

The downloads for previous versions will remain on this site for now but will be removed in due course.

General

For more information about this release, please see the changelog. The new version (2.13.1) can be found on the main downloads page.