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

[Axel Kohlmeyer]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Raj Pandey wrote:

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

have you checked whether you have enough diskspace?

making movies is quite demanding wrt storage.

cheers,
   axel.

RP> 
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