David, Incentive PyMOL does bundle mpeg_encode.exe and uses it for movie 
export. It is also available from http://freemol.org

Hans, what Windows version do you use? I can't reproduce this problem on 
Windows 7 or 8.

Cheers,
  Thomas

On 19 Oct 2015, at 10:44, David Hall <li...@cowsandmilk.net> wrote:

> there is no mpeg_encode.exe binary.
> 
> mpeg_encode, as far as I am aware, has long been abandoned. You can find what 
> I believe is the last version of the source code (1.5c) at 
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:cowsandmilk/mpeg_encode , you 
> can download by clicking the files with the up arrow (I know, those symbols 
> make no sense).
> 
> It uses an old version of libjpeg with apis that have been long abandoned.
> 
> Basically, you don't have a binary for what I think is a long abandoned 
> program that depends on old versions of libraries. 
> 
> Hopefully someone else will tell me there's some magical updated version 
> floating around out there, but I doubt it. Otherwise, no new features in 20 
> years and no bug/compatibility fixes in 13.
> 
> -David
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:36 AM, <h.c.van_leeu...@lumc.nl> wrote:
> Dear Pymol community,
> 
>  
> 
> Im using Pymol 1.7.6 and created a morph movie. Looks nice on screen!
> 
> However when I tried to save the movie, I get an error:
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> produce: creating 'C:/Users/hcvanleeuwen/Desktop/test2.mpg' (in background)...
> 
> please wait ...
> 
> Error: mpeg_encode did not run
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> 
>   File "C:\Program Files\PyMOL\\PyMOL/modules\freemol\mpeg_encode.py", line 
> 35, in run
> 
>     mpeg_encode_in, mpeg_encode_out, mpeg_encode_err = 
> os.popen3(_mpeg_encode_exe)
> 
> WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'Ex: 
> C\\Temp /c "C:\\Program Files\\PyMOL\\\\PyMOL\\ext\\bin\\mpeg_encode.exe"'
> 
> produce: compression failed
> 
> ---------------------
> 
> Anyone suggestions how to solve this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Hans van Leeuwen

-- 
Thomas Holder
PyMOL Principal Developer
Schrödinger, Inc.


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