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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 12 2006 - 09:57:17 CST

Dan,
  The VMD movie plugin usese the 'ppmtompeg' binaries that you have
installed on your system, so that's the first place I'd look.
I've seen several revs of NetPBM that had partially broken builds
of ppmtompeg, so you'll probably be in good shape if you get that fixed.
One way you can determine for sure if this is ppmtompeg is to invoke
it by hand at the command line, using the parameter file that VMD
creates in the movie working directory, named filename.par
Give that a shot and see if that's what the problem is.
 
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 04:13:42PM +0200, Dan White wrote:
> Hi VMD users,
>
> I am trying to make a movie with VMD using the VMD movie generator
> extension that comes with vmd 1.8.3 on 32 bit linux (FC3)
>
> the ppm files are makde jsut fine, but when it makes the mpeg1 file,
> the file is empty, 0kb,
>
> and there are no error messages anywhere in the VMD console
>
> anyone got any clues?
>
> does it use its own ppmtompeg binary, or the one installed on the
> system,
> where should I start trouble shooting?
>
> cheers
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> Dr. Daniel James White BSc. (Hons.) PhD
> Bioimaging Coordinator
> Nanoscience Centre and Department of Biological and Environmental
> Sciences
> Division of Molecular Recognition
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> Jyväskylä
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>
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> dan_at_chalkie.org.uk
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>
> 

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