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From: Dick Balaska
Date: 13 Jul 2020 02:17:06
Message: <5f0bfc62$1@news.povray.org>

Am 7/10/20 12:19 AM, also sprach Kima:

> 
> It takes about 5s to save output.png when almost no CPU resource is used.
> Obviously, I hope to reduce this period.
> 
> Since the file is small 5-7MB, disk speed cannot be the bottleneck, but I
> checked the saving with an SSD and no difference.
> 
> I use v3.8 on Ubuntu, and my command is
> 
> povray +Iinput.pov -GA +Q11 +MB +UL +UV +A -D -V +TH +W3840 +H2160 +UA
> +Ooutout.png
> 

I've written 1000s of 3MB .png files (1080p) and never noticed any 
bottleneck with writing the file. On SSD, HDD, Ubuntu and Windows.

One speed trick that I do is to disable the pov-state file by putting in 
my .ini file
Create_Continue_Trace_Log=Off


-- 
dik
Rendered 50,081,587,200 of 50,081,587,200 pixels (100%)

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