> Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>> As the default sampling method for media is method 3, using intervals
>> with a value larger than 1 have very bad effec on the rendering time.
>> Also, as the documentation state, "Too many intervals can lead to
>> artifacts, and POV will create more intervals if it needs them."
>> The default is 1 and should be left at that.
>>
>> Also, samples 10, 100 is the same as samples 10. ONLY the first value is
>> used and the second is silently ignored.
>>
>> Similarly, ratio, been needed to determine the relative weight of the
>> intervals, no longer have any object and is not used.
>> The same apply to confidance and variance as they are used to decide if
>> you need more samples for an interval or not.
>>
>> The default values are:
>> method 3
>> samples 10
>> intervals 1
>>
>> variance is NOT used
>> confidance is NOT used
>> ratio is NOT used
>>
>>
>>
>> Alain
>
> That is a lot of info that I did not know, there; thank you! :)
>
> I am using method 2 exclusively, but now that I know the second number is
> pointless, I'll remove it for cleanliness. I do not use variance, confidence or
> ratio either. :)
>
> Ian
>

When using method 2, you NEED to provide intervals, variance, confidance 
and ratio, or rely on the default values. Also, you should use samples 
min_samples, max_samples.

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