Quick solution:
Install MINGW, which will give you a linux shell under windows.
./configure
make
and TADA - you have a statically compiled POVRAY.EXE somewhere in your disk.
Insteresting that I did just exactly what you want.  I made the whole 
fractal.pov video (+1000 frames) using Condor.

Henrique Bucher


"Crysus" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> Hello!
>
> I need a standalone povray version for Windows without an installer (and
> registry entries). All what i need is just the renderer, no GUI etc. Is
> there something like that available?
>
> I need that for following purpose:
> We set up a High Throughput Computing pool with lots of machines in it. 
> Now
> i can submit the server lots of Jobs (An executable with commands,
> additional files etc.) and the server looks for machines in that pool that
> match best the requirements of the job and let that machine execute and
> send back the results.
>
> So.. Povray on Linux-machines works properly with that, i send a big
> renderjob (movie) and the server gives pieces of that job to 
> linux-machines
> which execute that job. The server has to send the povray-executable and
> the ini-file(s) to each execute machine - works fine, especially you have
> big renderjobs.
>
> The problem is povray on Windows machines. I haven't found any solution, 
> how
> i can render something with povray without having installed povray (3.6).
> The registry entries seem to be important. But I mustn't just add these
> registry entries on the execute machines.
>
> Is there a povray version that can work without beeing installed. Only the
> renering is required, the GUI etc. should not been started. Just start -
> render - exit, without installation.
>
> Thanks for help
>
> Thomas Lisson
>
>
>

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