[Pw_forum] Error: while making mpeg/gif movie using xcrysden-bin-static (version 1.4.1)

[Tone Kokalj]

On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 12:41 +0530, Raj Pandey wrote:
> Dear PWSCF developers and users,
> 
> I am using xcrysden (XCrySDen-1.4.1bin-static). I have also installed
> whirlgif, and mpeg_encode (/usr/bin). When I am trying to make a mpeg
> or gif movie from "file.axsf" (about 152 coordinate steps), I get the
> following error at 70th step:
> 
>        ERROR: while executing
>        exec /usr/bin/convert
>        /home/rajan/xcrys_tmp/xc_13003/tmp.ppm
>        /home/rajan/xcrys_tmp/xc_13003/anime69.jpg
> 
> I will greatly appreciate your help/suggestion.

I strongly suggest you install one of the 1.6 release canditate versions
(i.e. 1.5.*, goto: http://www.xcrysden.org/Download.html#__toc__1 ).

There the movie-making has been 1000% improved.
I strongly believe the problem will disappear in new version?
Moreover mpeg_encode is obsolete, it has been replaced by ppmtompeg,
although for movie-making in the new version I recommend mencoder
(i.e. mplayer's encoder).

Regards, Tone
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