Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/parse_options.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/parse_options.m	(revision 1605)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/parse_options.m	(revision 1606)
@@ -130,18 +130,10 @@
 end
 
-%transient_movie_fps
-transient_movie_fps_values=findarg(optionstring,'transient_movie_fps');
-if ~isempty(transient_movie_fps_values),
-	options_struct.transient_movie_fps=transient_movie_fps_values.value;
-else
-	options_struct.transient_movie_fps=NaN;
-end
-
-%transient_movie_quality
-transient_movie_quality_values=findarg(optionstring,'transient_movie_quality');
-if ~isempty(transient_movie_quality_values),
-	options_struct.transient_movie_quality=transient_movie_quality_values.value;
-else
-	options_struct.transient_movie_quality=NaN;
+%transient_movie_time
+transient_movie_time_values=findarg(optionstring,'transient_movie_time');
+if ~isempty(transient_movie_time_values),
+	options_struct.transient_movie_time=transient_movie_time_values.value;
+else
+	options_struct.transient_movie_time=2;
 end
 
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_transient_movie.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_transient_movie.m	(revision 1605)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plot_transient_movie.m	(revision 1606)
@@ -30,5 +30,14 @@
 		
 		if ~isnan(options_structure.transient_movie_output),
-			frames(i)=getframe(gcf);
+			set(gcf,'Renderer','zbuffer','color','white'); %fixes a bug on Mac OS X (not needed in future Matlab version)
+			if i==1,
+				%initialize images and frame
+				frame=getframe(gcf);
+				[images,map]=rgb2ind(frame.cdata,256,'nodither');
+				images(1,1,1,length(md.results.transient))=0;
+			else
+				frame=getframe(gcf);
+				images(:,:,1,i) = rgb2ind(frame.cdata,map,'nodither');
+			end
 		else
 			pause(0.5)
@@ -39,18 +48,5 @@
 	if ~isnan(options_structure.transient_movie_output),
 		filename=options_structure.transient_movie_output;
-		
-		%fps 
-		if ~isnan(options_structure.transient_movie_fps),
-			fps=options_structure.transient_movie_fps;
-		else
-			fps=5;
-		end
-		%quality
-		if ~isnan(options_structure.transient_movie_quality),
-			quality=options_structure.transient_movie_quality;
-		else
-			quality=75;
-		end
-		movie2avi(frames,filename,'fps',fps,'quality',quality);
+		imwrite(images,map,filename,'DelayTime',options_structure.transient_movie_time,'LoopCount',inf)
 	end
 
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plotdoc.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plotdoc.m	(revision 1605)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/plot/plotdoc.m	(revision 1606)
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@
 disp('                  - ''transient_movie_field'': field to be displayed when doing  transient_movie data display');
 disp('                  - ''transient_movie_output'': filename if output is desired for movie');
-disp('                  - ''transient_movie_fps'': fps: frames per seconds');
-disp('                  - ''transient_movie_quality'': quality of movie output, from 0 to 100');
+disp('                  - ''transient_movie_time'': time for each image (default 2 seconds)');
 disp('                  - ''thermaltransient_results'': this will display all the time steps of a thermal transient run');
 disp('                  - ''importancefactors'': qmu results');