[xcrysden] Animation Controls inactive under Mac OS X

Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:28:41 -0600

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Howdy all!  Nope, you didn't win anything :)

I have been using XCD 1.4.1 on Mac OS X (10.4.2) [many thanks, Tone!]  
for awhile.  All the usual XCD functions are working great although
I get *** the hardware does not support the stereo *** when it  
launches, which appears unimportant.  This is SUCH an excellent tool!

[ I installed whirlgif and the fink version of mpeg_encode before  
doing a clean  install of the BINARY OS X version.]  The lines

set xcMisc(whirlgif) /usr/local/bin/whirlgif
set xcMisc(mpeg_encode) /sw/bin/mpeg_encode

dutifully appear in my custom-definitions file (generated by the  
xcConfigure script). The executables for whirlgif and mpeg_encode  
appear to at least produce help messages. [These are whirlgif Rev  
3.04 and fink reports that mpeg_encode is the 1.5b-2  Berkeley MPEG-1  
Encoder.]

Alas, when I'm ready to make an mpeg movie, the "Animation Controls"  
option is grayed out under the Modify panel.

Any suggestions for what I'm doing wrong or what to do differently?  
[I've googled the archives]
Is a build from the XCrysDen source likely to fix the problem?

Thanks!

David M. Wood, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden, CO 80401; Phone: (303) 273-3853; Fax: (303) 273-3919
http://www.mines.edu/Academic/physics/people/pages/wood.html

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have been using XCD 1.4.1=A0on Mac OS X (10.4.2) [many thanks, Tone!] =
for awhile.=A0 All the usual XCD functions are working great =
although</DIV><DIV>I get *** the hardware does not support the stereo =
*** when it launches, which appears unimportant.=A0 This is SUCH an =
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>set xcMisc(whirlgif) =
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my=A0custom-definitions file (generated by the=A0xcConfigure =
script).=A0The executables for whirlgif and mpeg_encode appear to at =
least produce help messages.=A0[These are whirlgif Rev 3.04 and fink =
reports that mpeg_encode is the=A01.5b-2=A0 Berkeley MPEG-1 =
Encoder.]<BR></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Alas, when I'm ready to =
make an mpeg movie, the "Animation Controls" option is grayed out under =
the Modify panel.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Any suggestions for what =
I'm doing wrong or what to do differently? [I've googled the =
archives]</DIV><DIV>Is a build from the XCrysDen source likely to fix =
the problem?</DIV><DIV><BR =
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