"clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote in message 
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> Chris B schrieb:
>
>> I don't know the POV source, d'you think that would be a big 
>> investment/change?  Is the JPEG compression just a standard codec library 
>> call at the end of the render?
>
> I... um.... well, I guess it is.
>
> (*browses though the code*)
>
> Ehm... yup - the change would be minimal indeed... unless you were hoping 
> for an effort lower than zero :-)

Nope! Zero effort is low enough for me :-)


> Fun facts to know: There already /is/ a JPEG compression quality parameter 
> in POV-Ray, at least with 3.7.0.beta.34. Setting the .ini file parameter 
> "Compression" to any integer value from 2 to 100 should do the job. 
> Theoretically. Didn't test, just looked at the code.

Indeed I don't mind a smidgen above zero, so I'll be ok with trying that out 
and adding something into the Wiki.
Is there a corresponding command-line option?

Regards,
Chris B.

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