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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 11 2003 - 10:50:42 CDT

Ioana,
  I didn't intend for you to run them separately (i.e. outside of VMD)
but rather than have you select the MPEG conversion mode in the 'vmdmovie'
script that uses the NetPBM 'ppmtompeg' program rather than the
SGI 'dmconvert' program that you've been having trouble with.
You should be able to select the 'ppmtompeg' option in the vmdmovie
plugin and use your installation of NetPBM, assuming that you're using
a recent enough version of NetPBM that it includes a working ppmtompeg.
(some older versions had various problems..) Just make sure to select
Format->"MPEG (ppmtompeg)" in the vmdmovie plugin, and it should "just work".
Let me know if you need more help with this.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:56:30PM -0700, Ioana Cozmuta wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
> I do not know how to use NetPBM and ImageMagick separately... I know I
> have them on my system otherwise vmd would not run.
> Could you be more explicit or can you point me to some examples?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ioana
>
>
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> On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, John Stone wrote:
>
> >
> > Ioana,
> > You should be able to compile/install the NetPBM and ImageMagick
> > packages on your machine and use them to compress the movie into MPEG
> > format. This should work, independent of the problem you encountered
> > with 'dmconvert' on your SGI. See the "software requirements" section
> > of the 'vmdmovie' plugin documentation page:
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/
> >
> > Let us know if you need more help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:20:49PM -0700, Ioana Cozmuta wrote:
> > > Hi VMD-ers,
> > >
> > > I am unable to generate mpg files when I run VMD over the network on the
> > > machine where I store the trajectory files. I can't get the trajectories
> > > on my local machine (not enough disk space). So I only manage to generate
> > > the rgb files.
> > > Is there a way to use vmd to do the mpg file?
> > >
> > > I would greatly appreciate your help,
> > > thanks,
> > > Ioana
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > * Mail Stop 230-3 * for people falling in love" *
> > > * Moffet Field,CA 94035 * *
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> > > * fax: (650) 604-0350 * (1879-1955) *
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