<div dir="ltr">Hi Chimera users,<div><br><div>I've been working with what are probably some pretty big files (400 MB - 3 GB) for ultramicrotomed sections of holograms. I've trimmed the volume down as well as I can while keeping it large enough to see what we ultimately were aiming for. However, I am running into some hardware resource issues. None of our computers in the lab can handle it, so I've been using my gaming rig at home to do it. I run a server off it also, so have some decent hardware to work with, but I cannot figure out how to reallocate the resources that Chimera seems to default to.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have 64 GB of system RAM available, and after recording 1-2 movies of rotations or a flythrough of clippings etc. Chimera has never used more than 1.5 GB. My graphics card has 4 GB. After filtering and post-processing, before any rotation or video capturing, the vid card has used around 2 GB already. During video capture, depending on if I'm rotating or clipping (clipping uses up a lot more faster), the vid card memory slowly gets eaten up, eventually crashing Chimera altogether. I can usually only get about 800-1000 frames before this happens on a smaller file (400 MB), and usually can't get through a whole 10s, or 250 framed, video on one of the larger files.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have pretty limited experience with this program, so I'm hoping it's a simple settings or otherwise fix I've overlooked. Any suggestions on this?<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Best,</div>
<div>Derrick</div>-- <br>Derrick Smith<br>Drexel University<br>Soft Materials Group<br><br>Philadelphia PA 19104<br><a href="mailto:dms348@drexel.edu" target="_blank">dms348@drexel.edu</a> <a href="http://www.mse.drexel.edu/srg/" target="_blank">http://www.mse.drexel.edu/srg/</a>
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