Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Would it make a difference I wonder? POV would have to unzip the files
> first, wouldn't it? Or are you thinking about a way in which POV could use
> the zipped files directly? I must add that I know nothing about these
> things, so my question is probably stupid... :-)

It should be possible to read from a zipped file directly, except POV-Ray
implements macros by seeking in the file, and compressed files aren't
random-access.

A plain old mesh2 should, in theory, work fine from a compressed file.

My ex-renderfarm uncompressed the 7zip archive before starting each render
(yes, it was uncompressed for every frame, even if nothing changed).

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