Really thank you Dr. DeLano, I'll test it right now.
I used to work with 1,5 Gb memory, but now I'm praying to get at least more 256 Mb ram. Money is no problem, the problem is the lack of it. :-) BTW, what's default of cartoon_sampling? How will it affect my pictures? Cheers, On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Warren L. DeLano wrote: > 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 -------------------------- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva -------------------------- B.Sc. - Dep. Física - UFPA M.Sc. - Dep. Física - PUC/RJ D.Sc. - IBCCF/UFRJ Bolsista Pesquisador LAC-INPE São José dos Campos (SP), Brasil www.lac.inpe.br/~alan
