Description of problem: The code like the following for asymptote-1.47-1.fc10: settings.outformat="pdf"; settings.render=300; import solids; size(0,100); revolution r=cylinder(O,1,1.5,Y+Z); draw(r,heavygreen); when used with 'asy -V cylinderskeleton.asy' ends up with errors like this: /usr/share/asymptote/plain_shipout.asy: 70.3: runtime: <cylinderskeleton-0.eps> ! Package movie15 Error: I couldn't determine MIME type of file: (movie15) `cylinderskeleton-0.prc': (movie15) Unknown file name extension: `prc' . See the movie15 package documentation for explanation. Type H <return> for immediate help. ... <*> ...34203pt}{100.375pt}{cylinderskeleton-0.prc} } * If the current 'movie15' from CTAN is used instead then errors are absent. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-texmf-latex-2007-26.fc10
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle. Changing version to '10'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
In Fedora 11 it causes out of memory error. I don't need embedding 3d movie in pdf, just the rendered 2d image, so I just disable prc by inserting the following line before import line: settings.prc=false; ... import solids; That works for me.
> This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 > development cycle. Indeed; and during Fedora 12 development cycle one can find in movie15.sty '\ProvidesPackage{movie15}[2007/01/17]' so the problem still remains. At the time the original bug was reported "the current" meant: '\ProvidesPackage{movie15}[2008/10/08]'. I am afraid that the whole TeX installation provided by Fedora is getting obsolete in more and more places.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
I just thought I would point out that the reason for the out-of-memory error is that this example attempts to render at 300*72=21600dpi and you very likely don't have enough memory to do that. Simply reduce settings.render to a more reasonable value like 4 or 8.
> this example attempts to render at 300*72=21600dpi .... I did not try to go through details but it looked to me that with system supplied 'movie15' a general confusion ensued, starting with "couldn't determine MIME type", and whatever followed was a direct or an indirect consequence of that. As I mentioned - substituting newer movie15.sty made this to work.
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Even with texlive-texmf-latex-2007-36.fc14 (and also the current rawhide) /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/movie15/movie15.sty shows \ProvidesPackage{movie15}[2007/01/17] The general issue is that keeping texlive on 2007 level is getting more and more out of sync with anything which assumes an "up-to-date" TeX installation.
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