From chemistry-request@server.ccl.net Thu May 15 18:13:47 2003 Received: from kafka.net.nih.gov ([165.112.130.10]) by server.ccl.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id h4FMDkJ26850 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 18:13:46 -0400 Received: from pollux.cber.nih.gov (pollux.cber.nih.gov [128.231.52.5]) by kafka.net.nih.gov (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4FMDix9002440 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 18:13:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 17:47:09 -0400 From: Rick Venable To: chemistry@ccl.net Subject: molecular animation tools In-Reply-To: <200305151012.16286.weiz@mail.rochester.edu> Message-ID: References: <200305151012.16286.weiz@mail.rochester.edu> ReplyTo: Rick_Venable@nih.gov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I've been making molecular animations from CHARMM trajectories in MPEG1 format using mpeg_encode* for a while, but I'm having trouble finding good MPEG1 players for M$ Windows and MacOS these days. The only 2 that were decent were VMPEG for M$, and Sparkle on the Mac; in particular, they allow the user to set the frame rate for playback. However, these haven't been updated in some time; I don't think there's a native OSX version of Sparkle, for instance. * from a series of still frames rendered via POV-Ray In contrast, newer apps either don't play MPEG1 at all (M$ Media Player, for instance) and others will play the MPEG1 files, but offer no means of controlling the frame rate (QuickTime, RealPlayer). My questions are: Are there other inexpensive or free media players for M$ and Mac that can handle MPEG1 and can provide a way to set the playback speed? Can anyone recommend other inexpensive animation software for making "movies" in a common format from a series of still frames? Is anyone aware of conversion tools, that might convert MPEG1 to QuickTime or other common format? I prefer Linux tools, but I'll use whatever works. Thanks. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Rick Venable 29/500 FDA/CBER/OVRR Biophysics Lab 1401 Rockville Pike HFM-419 Rockville, MD 20852-1448 U.S.A. (301) 496-1905 Rick_Venable@nih.gov ALT email: rvenable@speakeasy.org ------------------------------------- "Don't blame me, I voted for Kang." Homer =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=