From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2011 - 15:47:31 CST

you need to install netpbm as indicated by the documentation

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/vmdmovie/

axel.

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Rabab Toubar <rtoubar_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am trying to generate a movie (.mpeg).  get the ppm files OK, but I get a
> pop up error message saying: Couldn't locate ppmtompeg, would you like to
> specify its path? I am using VMD 1.8.7 on Ubuntu. In the destination folder
> I also have a .par file
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated
> Thanks
>
> Rabab Toubar
>

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