I forgot to mention that the "print" option works perfectly in every version of the code<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Lorenzo Paulatto <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lorenzo.paulatto@impmc.upmc.fr" target="_blank">lorenzo.paulatto@impmc.upmc.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear xcrysden users,<div>I cannot generate animations (be them gifs or mpegs) with xcrysden 1.5.25 (-bin-shared) on linux (suse 12.1). The problem is that the temporary image files (anim_XXXX.ppm) are not created. I've tried to play a bit with the options but with no success.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have also tried 1.5.23, which gives the same problem.</div><div>I have also tried with the old 1.4.1 version which works correctly: after a bogus whirlgif program is specified it creates the temporary images, which I can them transform in a video. Unfortunately it runs out of memory after ~150 frames and need to be restarted, which makes the process a bit tedious.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A couple of my colleagues are having the same problem, on different linux systems, but I think I helped them install XCD, so if it is a setup problem it may still be my fault. </div><div><br></div><div>
I've tried to compare the code of Tcl/gifAnim.tcl of the 2 versions, but I fail to see what is going wrong (nor what is working, for what matters)</div><div><br></div><div>I was wondering if any of you already met the problem and found a fix, or if Tone could have a qualified look at the issue.</div>
<div><br></div><div>many thanks</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Lorenzo Paulatto IdR @ IMPMC/CNRS & Université Paris 6</div><div>phone: <a href="tel:%2B33%20%280%291%2044275%20084" value="+33144275084" target="_blank">+33 (0)1 44275 084</a> / skype: paulatz</div>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Lorenzo Paulatto IdR @ IMPMC/CNRS & Université Paris 6</div><div>phone: +33 (0)1 44275 084 / skype: paulatz</div><div>www: <a href="http://www-int.impmc.upmc.fr/~paulatto/" target="_blank">http://www-int.impmc.upmc.fr/~paulatto/</a></div>
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