Well that is definitely a bug in Tandem's reader, because there are no 
spectra in the smaller file, just chromatograms. You can safely exclude it.

-Matt


Zhi Sun wrote:
> Hi Matt, 
>
> Actually the tandem took longer time on loading the smaller mzML file, which
> is only 331k. I think this is a MIDAS run. 
>
> Zhi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Chambers
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>
>
> OK. It worked as expected. Your spectra look like I'd expect QQQ full 
> spectra to look: messy... oops, I mean a signal-rich. :)  Tandem really 
> took 30+ minutes to load that 20mb file? That might have more to do with 
> Brian's observation that Insilicos Viewer couldn't read it. I can't see 
> why it would be problematic looking at the file though. Maybe the 
> presence of chromatograms? Zhi, is this a MIDAS run?
>
> -Matt
>
>
> Zhi Sun wrote:
>   
>> It is there now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Zhi
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Chambers
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:48 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>
>>
>> It does load in SeeMS, and it is profile mode data.
>>
>> Zhi, is the mzML on peptideAtlas the result after you added the 
>> peakPicking filter?
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>>
>> Brian Pratt wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> FWIW those mzML files don't load in InsilicosViewer, which uses the 
>>> same pwiz libs as tandem for reading.  I'm investigating.  The mzXML 
>>> files load fine, though.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Zhi Sun <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Yes. I did.
>>>
>>>     Zhi
>>>
>>>     -----Original Message-----
>>>     From: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Matthew
>>>     Chambers
>>>     Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:11 AM
>>>     To: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>>
>>>
>>>     Yeah, that sounds bad, you can kill that because it's almost
>>>       
> certainly
>   
>>>     still profile data. Did you use the exact syntax I gave for the
>>>       
> filter
>   
>>>     parameter?
>>>     --filter "peakPicking true [1,2]"
>>>
>>>     Just "peakPicking true [1,2]" is not enough.
>>>
>>>     -Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>     Zhi Sun wrote:
>>>     > Hi Matt,
>>>     >
>>>     > I know it hasn't passed 2 hour :), but 30mins has passed, and it
>>>     is still
>>>     > loading the spectra. I just took a guess that the problem is
>>>     stills there.
>>>
>>>     >
>>>     > Zhi
>>>     >
>>>     > -----Original Message-----
>>>     > From: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     > [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Matthew
>>>     Chambers
>>>     > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 9:56 AM
>>>     > To: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     > Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > It's impossible you had the same error you reported before:
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     >>  I ran into a problem. X!tandem took really long time (2 or
>>>     more hours)
>>>     >>
>>>     > for loading the spectra,
>>>     >
>>>     > Since it hasn't been two hours, I know it must be a new error. Or
>>>       
> at
>   
>>>     > least, it must have gotten to the error much faster. :)
>>>     >
>>>     > Presumably the file is now much smaller?
>>>     >
>>>     > -Matt
>>>     >
>>>     >
>>>     > Zhi Sun wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >> Thanks Brian. I just tried using the "peakPicking true [1,2]" to
>>>     >> convert the file. It seems to produce the same error.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Best,
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Zhi
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>   
>>     
>>>     >>
>>>     >> *From:* [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Brian
>>>       
> Pratt
>   
>>>     >> *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2009 9:41 AM
>>>     >> *To:* [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> *Subject:* [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Well, I learned something today! Sounds worth avoiding, though -
>>>     >> msconvert is the coverter of choice moving forward. especially for
>>>     >> mzML output.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I'll have a quick look at the mzML and mzXML equivalent msconvert
>>>     >> outputs from the X!Tandem point of view, since I'm the one that
>>>     added
>>>     >> that to X!Tandem.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Brian
>>>     >>
>>>     >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Zhi Sun
>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Hi Brian,
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I have post the mzML, mzXML and also the wiff file to
>>>     >> http://www.peptideatlas.org/repository/tmp/ if anyone is
>>>     interested in
>>>     >> taking a look.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> ReAdw have an option -mzML, it is "EXPERIMENTAL". The version I
>>>     used
>>>     >> was 4.3.0. I haven't checked if there is a newer version out
>>>     there. I
>>>     >> have checked with my colleague with the X!tandem version. He
>>>     said the
>>>     >> X!tandem version we use should be same as the one in currently
>>>     >> released TPP.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Thanks,
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Zhi
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>   
>>     
>>>     >>
>>>     >> *From:* [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >> [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>] *On Behalf Of *Brian
>>>     Pratt
>>>     >> *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2009 9:20 AM
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> *To:* [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> *Subject:* [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I don't think Readw ever made mzML files did it? Probably the
>>>     user is
>>>     >> thinking of mzXML there.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> X!Tandem's mzML reader is from the same library as msconvert's
>>>     writer
>>>     >> (assuming we're talking about the TPP build of X!Tandem), so a
>>>     >> mismatch is unlikely.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I think the problem probably isn't within the tools themselves, in
>>>     >> this particular case, but in what data they're being fed.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Brian
>>>     >>
>>>     >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Jimmy Eng <[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> I'll be a translator. Zhi seems to be having issues with ABI
>>>     QQQ wiff
>>>     >> files. They were translated to mzML using msconvert and X!Tandem
>>>     >> didn't like them. She mentioned ReAdW only to state that
>>>     X!Tandem was
>>>     >> able to process some unrelated mzML files in the past.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> The problem could be:
>>>     >> 1) the QQQ file really has no good ms/ms spectra in it.
>>>     >> 2) there's a problem with the QQQ to mzML conversion.
>>>     >> 3) everything's fine with the data but for whatever reason
>>>       
> X!Tandem
>   
>>>     >> can't handle the particular mzML correctly.
>>>     >> 4) the X!Tandem spectral processing parameters are set weird.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> Even money on the first 3.
>>>     >>
>>>     >>
>>>     >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Matthew Chambers
>>>     >> <[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>> I'm lost. You said "recently I used the msconvert to convert
>>>     some QQQ
>>>     >>> wiff files to mzML format". Are we talking about ABI WIFF or
>>>     Thermo RAW?
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> -Matt
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>> Brian Pratt wrote:
>>>     >>>
>>>     >>>> You probably mean mzXML rather than mzML?
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Zhi Sun
>>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>>>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> wrote:
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> I just mean the mzML format itself. I used ReAdw to convert RAW
>>>     >>>> file to mzML
>>>     >>>> format.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Thanks,
>>>     >>>> Zhi
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>     >>>> From: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>>] On Behalf Of Matthew
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> Chambers
>>>     >>>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:49 PM
>>>     >>>> To: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>>>     >>
>>>     >>>> Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Hi Zhi,
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> You say it worked fine with ReAdW; do you mean mzWiff? If so,
>>>     what
>>>     >>>> conversion settings did you use (for both msconvert and mzwiff)?
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> -Matt
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>> Zhi Sun wrote:
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> Hi All,
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>>> Recently I used the msconvert to convert some QQQ wiff files
>>>     to mzML
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> format,
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> and did X!tandem search using those mzML files. I ran into a
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> problem.
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> X!tandem took really long time (2 or more hours) for loading
>>>       
> the
>   
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> spectra,
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> and them after it finally finished loading, it just reported
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> "Loaded, No
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> input spectra met the acceptance criteria." The X!tandem runs
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> fine on
>>>     >>>> other
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> mzML file. I tested on one mzML which was generated by ReAdw
>>>     before.
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>>> When doing the conversion, I used default options for
>>>       
> msconvert.
>   
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> Does
>>>     >>>> anyone
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> of you know what could be the reason for this? If necessary, I
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>> could send
>>>     >>>>
>>>     >>>>> the wiff file and also the mzML file.
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>>>> Thanks,
>>>     >>>>> Zhi
>>>     >>>>>
>>>     >>

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