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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2012 - 15:53:06 CDT

Hi,
  If you're still only running VMD 1.8.x, then yes, you will need
to update. On the other hand, another question I have for you is whether
you have customized anything in your .vmdrc or if you're running the stock
VMD startup scripts? If you've customized it, you should make sure you
don't have any callbacks activated on things like the vmd_frame etc before
you try to make a user-defined movie. We have been using the user-defined
movie feature every day here recently, so it is working fine for us.

What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
  package require vmdmovie

What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
  vmdinfo version

What does this command say when you run it in the VMD console:
  vmdinfo options

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 04:55:38PM -0700, lam nguyen wrote:
> Hi John,
> I got 1.8. I guess it's VMD version?
> Lam
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Lam,
> What version of VMD are you running? What do you get if you
> run this command in the text console:
> package require vmdmovie
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 05:57:53PM -0800, lam nguyen wrote:
> > Oh you're right Axel. I did not notice that I can choose none when
> it asks
> > for svgalib. Now netpbm is installed. But the same error still
> persists
> > when I use usermovie.tcl.
> > Lam
> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM, lam nguyen <lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > I tried to install netpbm again. It requires svgalib but I
> cannot get
> > > svgalib installed.
> >
> > no it doesn't. just compile netpbm without svgalib support.
> > it is unlikely that you'll ever need svgalib.
> >
> > axel.
> >
> > >
> > > Lam
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:31 PM, lam nguyen <lamvn08_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi John,
> > >>
> > >> Normal built-in movies are fine. Just tried them out. Still
> cannot
> > use the
> > >> user-define on linux. :(
> > >>
> > >> Lam
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>> Before you would be able to make any of the user-defined
> movies,
> > >>> you would need to ensure that the "normal" built-in movie
> types
> > >>> like the rocking movies work. If you don't have required
> tools like
> > >>> NetPBM installed, then there's no way that any of it is going
> to
> > work
> > >>> correctly. I recommend you get that fixed first, and once
> you get
> > the
> > >>> normal rocking movies running, the user-defined movies should
> also
> > work.
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> John Stone
> > >>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:10:05AM -0800, lam nguyen wrote:
> > >>> > Yes I did try those 2 scripts on linux and on macbook.
> On linux
> > both
> > >>> > scripts did not work. On mac, one of them worked fine,
> > >>> > the usermoviefade.tcl did not work.
> > >>> > If I recall correctly I might have failed installing
> netpbm on
> > linux
> > >>> > because I could not install all the dependencies. Would
> that be
> > the
> > >>> > problem that gave the error? If yes I will try install
> netpbm
> > again.
> > >>> > Thanks,
> > >>> > Lam
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, John Stone
> <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> > >>> > wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Hi,
> > >>> > I'm not sure why you're having trouble there, it
> seems
> > >>> > reasonable.
> > >>> > Perhaps there's a typo in your script that I'm not
> seeing
> > below.
> > >>> > What happens if you download and run one of the
> example
> > >>> > user-defined
> > >>> > movie scripts that are posted here:
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermovie.tcl
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/usermoviefade.tcl
> > >>> >
> > >>> > Cheers,
> > >>> > John Stone
> > >>> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> > >>> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 10:49:00AM -0800, lam nguyen
> wrote:
> > >>> > > Dear all,
> > >>> > > I want to learn how to make movies with
> user-defined
> > scripts.
> > >>> > I
> > >>> > started
> > >>> > > with a simple script from the VMD tutorial. Here
> is the
> > >>> > content:
> > >>> > > proc moviecallback { args } {
> > >>> > > puts "User-defined movie frame update callback
> frame:
> > >>> > > $::MovieMaker::userframe
> > >>> > > / $::MovieMaker::numframes"
> > >>> > > rotate y by 5
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to enable the user-defined
> movie
> > frame
> > >>> > callback
> > >>> > > proc enablemoviecallback { } {
> > >>> > > trace add variable ::MovieMaker::userframe
> write
> > >>> > moviecallback
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > ## Easy-to-use proc to disable the user-defined
> movie
> > frame
> > >>> > callback
> > >>> > > proc disablemoviecallback { } {
> > >>> > > trace remove variable ::MovieMaker::userframe
> write
> > >>> > moviecallback
> > >>> > > }
> > >>> > > In the Tk console:
> > >>> > > source usermovie.tcl
> > >>> > > enablemoviecallback
> > >>> > > Then in the movie maker window I chose User
> defined
> > >>> > procedure.
> > >>> > > However I got an error message: Invalid input
> file
> > expansion
> > >>> > expression
> > >>> > > (no ']')
> > >>> > > Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong here?
> > >>> > > Thanks
> > >>> > > Lam
> > >>> >
> > >>> > --
> > >>> > NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and
> Bioinformatics
> > >>> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >>> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL
> 61801
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone:
> 217-244-3349
> > >>> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax:
> 217-244-6078
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> > >>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > >>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> > >>> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer
> > akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> >
> > College of Science and Technology
> > Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078 

-- 
NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/           Phone: 217-244-3349
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/       Fax: 217-244-6078