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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 06 2007 - 16:11:00 CST

Hi,
  I haven't yet developed vmdmovie versions using the other options, so I
don't even know if they are workable yet. They were suggested to me by
various VMD users, but I have not personally tested them yet. When I get
to looking at the list again I'll send another note to VMD-L and get more
feedback. In the short-term, VideoMach is the only option that I know will
work correctly.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:28:03PM -0500, Balu, Radhakrishnan (Cont, ARL/WMRD) wrote:
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>
> mmm, we already purchased videomach. Please post the other options as
> well.
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] On Behalf
> Of John Stone
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:35 PM
> To: Lili Peng
> Cc: vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: vmd-l: Making movies in VMD
>
>
> Hi,
> Just FYI, I hope to eliminate the need for VideoMach in future
> versions of the Windows version of VMD. We used VideoMach for
> compression initially because it was one of the only tools out there,
> but there are other choices now that are free and do as good of a job,
> so we'll be updating the movie maker to support these other options...
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 04:32:44PM -0800, Lili Peng wrote:
> > I have a question regarding making movies in VMD. I want to make an
> > animation of my simulation using the following steps:
> > > 1) Opened VMD
> > > 2) Loaded .top and mdcrd files.
> > > 3) From VMD Main, went to Extensions --> Movie Maker --> VMD Movie
> > > Generator.
> > > 4) Set the appropriate working directory and named the movie.
> > > 5) Used default Movie Settings as "Trajectory" and Format of ".MPEG"
> > > 6) Selected "Make Movie"
> >
> > > The progress was successful until I reached stage 7, when I received
>
> > > the popup error "Could not locate 'videomach.exe'. Description:
> > > VideoMach audio/video builder and converter. would you like to
> specify its path?"
> > >
> > > I did a thorough search for this videomach.exe file on my hard drive
>
> > > but nothing came up. I also reinstalled VMD and there was no luck in
>
> > > that either. The thing is, I have all of the bitmap files (all 240
> > > of them) in my specified working directory. I just need an
> > > executable program to link all the bitmaps together in one
> > > continuous movie
> > file.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to rectify this problem would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lili
> > --
> > Lili X. Peng
> > Graduate Student Researcher
> > UCSD Department of Bioengineering
> > Email: lpeng_at_ucsd.edu
>
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