From: Jun Cheng (chengjunw_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 11 2011 - 09:36:49 CST

Thanks, Jacob.
I have ppmtompg installed. But I only know how to take screenshot,
haven't heard of recording a video on screen. Is screencapture a
software being able to do this?
Cheers,
Jun

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Goldsmith, Jacob <jgoldsmith_at_uky.edu> wrote:
> I use Linux to make movies in VMD.  Generally I use screencapture and ppmtompg (might need to download this plug-in).  See if that works.
>
> -Jacob
> ________________________________________
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] On Behalf Of Axel Kohlmeyer [akohlmey_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:58 AM
> To: Jun Cheng
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: problem on making a movie
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Jun Cheng <chengjunw_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am trying to use vmd movie generator to make a movie to visualize a
>> MD trajectory. I have tried different renderers without success so
>> far.
>> I first used snapshot, and got garbled .ppm images, probably because
>> of the problem Linux OpenGL video drivers (My OS is ubuntu), as
>> explained in the vmdmovie webpage.
>> Then, I installed povray, and ended up with the error: Parse error:
>> degenerate cylinder, base point = apex point, which is apparently a
>> very old problem after digging in the mailing list. This leaves me the
>> only hope, tachyon. I do get a movie at the end after a long wait.
>> However, the bond length labels (I intend to monitor the bond lengths
>> changing along the MD run) are mysteriously missing.
>> Can anyone help me here? Many thanks in advance
>
> try the latest VMD 1.9 beta instead.
>
> axel
>
>> Jun
>>
>
>
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> Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA.
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