how to complement «Avogadro as shipped» by extensions/optional plugins which assist both working in Avogadro2, as well as with other programs (i.e. where Avogadro2 becomes a bridge to other projects).
An example could be the avogenerators to provide the necessary input files for a dedicated lab class with commercial programs (like Gaussian), or freely available (e.g., openMOPAC); or self-study (e.g., chemcompute.org). The survey equally should provide a brief (topical) note on each of the other extensions; more like an appetizer to use them (and attract potential contributors to existing/future extensions) than a detailed how-to the documentation of the web site can provide.
Given recent discussions about how to correctly set a suitable Python interpreter, deployment with pipx/conda, etc., a corresponding hint might be useful, too. Perhaps with an address pinned right below the video to link to the corresponding web site with additional documentation.
I think we’ll have a reasonable solution for that soon. As I mentioned, pixi will now be bundled with the macOS and Windows packages, and at launch will ask about installing a default environment. As long as a user agrees and has an active network connection, it should work.
Okay, I recorded a first video, including uploading the subtitles. It’s not yet publicly listed at YouTube - I’m curious to get feedback and suggestions.
The content of the presentation was clear, the slides not too busy and well legible down to 360p resolution. The demo contains an attractive example Avoagdro2 both about the rendering style per sé, as well convincing about the management of large biomolecules. Because the installments address new users, I would like to recommend to lower the pace of the speech to about 0.85 of the current level.
For audio tracks I remember playitslowly, and later VLC player with a similar adjustment (coarse/fine) for audio/video (playback → speed) without too much affect on the pitch of a speech.
Hence I speculate this could be a task for ffmpeg – see for instance this example in their documentation – freely available, with the advantage (vs. clicks in a GUI) of a uniform deployment documented by the code applied. As long as there are enough data points per recorded time.
I’m not too worried about it. But I’m going to create separate channel for Avogadro videos, so I’ll see if the ffmpeg trick worked out okay. If not, I’ll post the original version and let people tweak the speed as they wish.
I liked the video. The only thing I wonder is if the layout will suit the future episodes. I like the logo, nice and consistent but it might a bit to big if you want to fit more data on a “slide“ later on.
