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From: Axel Kohlmeyer (akohlmey_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2012 - 04:07:30 CDT

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:04 AM, javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> I can render the pov file by one frame. I can make sure the povRay had been
> installed.
>
> I only make sure whether VMD movie maker can used "POV-Ray" correctly right
> now.

it can.

axel.

>
> So could anybody give me some suggestions?
>
> Thanks very much~
>
> javacfish
>
> ________________________________
> From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>
> To: javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn>
> Cc: "vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: The err happens when movie maker Renderer POV-Ray
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM, javacfish <javacfish_at_yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> When I make movie through VMD movie maker, I choose the Renderer
>> "POV-Ray",
>> it can not make the movie, the err as below:
>>
>> ######################################################################
>>
>> ppmtompeg: Couldn't open input file '/home/test/doc/dna.00000.ppm'
>> Cleaning generated data, frames, and encoder parameter files
>> Movie generation complete.
>>
>> ########################################################################
>>
>> I found the generated file format is ".pov". It is weird.
>>
>> Could some body can give me some suggestions? How do I deal with it?
>
> do you have a working povray installation?
> have you tried it from the Render menu for a single frame?
>
> is there any special reason to use povray over Tachyon?
>
> axel.
>
>
>>
>> Sincerely yours,
>> javacfish
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
>
> 

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Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer  akohlmey_at_gmail.com  http://goo.gl/1wk0
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.