[gmx-users] cutting the trajectory in small subtrajectories

[Florian Dommert]

serdar durdagi wrote:

> Dear all,
>  
> I made a simulation with 2.5 ns (with 12500 frames), when I want to
> open this *.xtc file in VMD, it fails. it can read around 50% of
> frames and than complains low virtual memory (actually I am using a PC
> that has 1GB RAM).
Hello,

 if you just want to watch the movie using vmd, don't use every frame,
when opening the xtc-file. Perhaps every 10th or 20th is enough and you
won't get out of memory.

Best Regards

Flo



>  
> Thus, I would like to cut my *.xtc file to small subtrajectory files.
> In gromacs manual, it says it is possible with trjconv option together
> with sub. But it's not clear how can I give a command let's say to
> divide my whole trajectory file to 5 subtrajectories.
>  
> Thank you very much in advance for your comments.
>  
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> Serdar
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Florian Dommert
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