[gmx-users] .trr versus .xtc

[David]

On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 01:13, Dallas Warren wrote:
> Just wondering if you loose any access to important information by 
> saving/converting your trajectory files as .xtc versus .trr?
> 
> As most people do, I am running into the problem of what to do with the 
> large volume of trajectory files that  I am generating ....

xtc is coordinates/box only, no velocities. It is a lossy compression
algorithm that takes roughly 1/3 of the space of a trr file with only
coordinates. I use it all the time

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> 
> Catch ya,
> 
> Dr. Dallas Warren
> Research Fellow
> Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology
> Victorian College of Pharmacy
> Monash University
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> dallas.warren at vcp.monash.edu.au
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