Alan,
VMD is more memory efficient that PyMOL. Probably the main
reason for this is that PyMOL pre-calculates and stores all of the
geometries it is going to show down to the last vertex.
You can reduce the amount of memory PyMOL needs for cartoons by
setting:
set cartoon_sampling, 3
But the real way to solve your problem is to get more RAM. If
you're using PyMOL to visualize MD trajectories, I recommend buying as
much RAM as you can afford (and your system can take). 1 GB is a
reasonable minimum. 1.5-2 GB is definitely better. I don't know what
prices are like in Brazil, but a GB of RAM can be purchased here in the
states for $150-400.
By the way, you can also use extra RAM to speed up ray-tracing
by 2-3 fold if you set hash_max to 150-200.
To answer to your second question:
import os
os.system"(mencoder \*.png -mf on:fps=30 -o mvc1ec2.avi
-ovc lavc -lavcopts > vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=6000:vhq:keyint=30")
Cheers,
Warren
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:pymol-users-
> ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:32 AM
> To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [PyMOL] Pymol script screenplay
>
>
> Hi List!
>
> I finally got a Pymol script which does what I want, but I still have
> problems. I follows my actual script:
>
> -------------------------------------
> del all
> mclear
> set cache_frames=0
> set cartoon_fancy_helices, 1
> load c1/forcedin.pdb,c1
> frame 1
> hide all
> run Pymol/stride_ss.py
> stride2pymol c1
> stride2pymol c2
> show sticks, (resi 199)
> show cartoon, all
> color red, c1
> color blue, c2
> set orthoscopic=1
> viewport 640,480
> run Pymol/eixos.py
> translate [18,18,20],object=axes
> run Pymol/cgotext.py
> translate [18,55.5,40],object=txt
> reset
> zoom all,-55
> clip near,2
> mset 1 x10 1 x72 -28 28 x72 28 x10
> util.mroll(11,82,1)
> util.mroll(111,182,1)
> set antialias=1.0
> set ray_trace_frames=1
> mpng png2/mvc1e2
> -------------------------------------------
>
> It works for a 28 frames of MD. But a test. Extending it for a real
MD
> (~500 frames) I found out that Pymol crashes when command 'show
cartoon,
> all' is running (after done the half of frames, I believe). Problably
> memory problems, right? However a similar operation works fine in VMD
> (sorry for comparison). I use a P4 1.6 GHz with 256 Mb Ram.
>
> BTW, how could I insert in Pymol script (python language) such command
> bellow:
>
> mencoder \*.png -mf on:fps=30 -o mvc1ec2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=6000:vhq:keyint=30
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> --------------------------
> Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
> --------------------------
> B.Sc. - Dep. Física - UFPA
> M.Sc. - Dep. Física - PUC/RJ
> D.Sc. - IBCCF/UFRJ
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