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Testing of MSconvert is in progress and results will be posted here as they come.

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Contents 1 Agilent 1.1 trapper 1.1.1 mzXML 1.2 msconvert 1.2.1 mzXML 1.2.2 mzML 2 Thermo 2.1 ReAdW 2.1.1 mzXML 2.2 msconvert 2.2.1 mzXML 2.2.2 mzML 3 Analyst 3.1 mzWiff 3.1.1 mzXML 3.2 msconvert 3.2.1 mzXML 3.2.2 mzML

Agilent

Raw file type: .d directory
raw-to-mzXML converter: trapper

trapper

mzXML

Conversion: OK
X!Tandem search: OK
TPP: PeptideProphet results were all probability=0. Why? WEIRD.

msconvert

mzXML

Conversion: produces truncated file. Zhi says that msconvert is not able to convert MRM data to mzXML format. So we don't expect this to work.
X!Tandem search:
TPP:

mzML

Conversion: OK
X!Tandem search: Terry had to edit runtandemsearch to make it work on mzML. Then, search ran for 7 days without completing. Zhi thinks she has seen the same problem.
TPP:

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Thermo

Raw file type: .RAW file
raw-to-mzXML converter: ReAdW

ReAdW

mzXML

Conversion: using remoteconvert.pl --convertWith readw, file successfully converted.
X!Tandem search:search ran successfully, slight differences with the msconvert mzXML file
TPP:TPP Search successful--calctppstat for mzXML by ReAdW similar to that of calctppstat for mzXML file by msconvert, slight differences, histograms are relatively different, numbers are relatively close to one another, through most numbers are different--a few number are the same, results are very close

msconvert

mzXML

Conversion: Appears to be successful
X!Tandem search: Search completed, slight differences with the ReAdW converted mzXML file
TPP:Peptide prophet completed with warnings,protein prophet failed. Search completed----calctppstat for mzXML by ReAdW similar to that of calctppstat for mzXML file by msconvert, slight differences, histograms are relatively different, numbers are relatively close to one another, through most numbers are different--a few number are the same, results are very close

mzML

Conversion: Conversion seemed to work. TPP tests did not work with mzML file format
X!Tandem search:
TPP:TPP Search failed

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Analyst

Raw file type: .wiff file
raw-to-mzXML converter: mzWiff

mzWiff

mzXML

Conversion: used /regis/sbeams/bin/remoteconvert.pl --default --convertWith mzWiff QS20061230_P0094_C1_08_AQv1.1.wiff, file converted, but not output files created or received. Zip file empty. Tried using ep server, new problem arose.
X!Tandem search:
TPP:

msconvert

mzXML

Conversion:Tried /regis/sbeams/bin/remoteconvert.pl --default --convertWith msconvert QS20061230_P0094_C1_08_AQv1.1.wiff, could not connect with server. Also tried /regis/sbeams/bin/remoteconvert.pl --default --server th --convertWith msconvert QS20061230_P0094_C1_08_AQv1.1.wiff, also could not connect to server. Tried using both actual file and symbolic link for .wiff file; same problem as above.
X!Tandem search:started runtandemsearch but it didn't complete--once completed, zztandempostproccessing.log file was will of warnings
TPP:

mzML

Conversion:
X!Tandem search:
TPP: