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From: Gilles Tran
Subject: Jpeg and memory problem during animations
Date: 2 Nov 2001 14:07:57
Message: <3be2ef0d@news.povray.org>

WinNT, 3.5 beta 7
It seems that some memory is not properly released between frames when a
jpeg file is used. Render the line below with a test.jpg file.

sphere{0,1 texture{pigment{image_map{jpeg "test"}}}}

The reported peak memory increases in a linear way after each frame.
Other file formats don't have this problem. It doesn't happen between
subsequent renders of the same file.

I came upon this bug when my system started to whine after a few frames :
the memory reported was 900 Mb, having started at 150 Mb (using 4 very large
jpegs). Each frame added 100 Mb or so...

G.

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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Jpeg and memory problem during animations
Date: 2 Nov 2001 22:44:54
Message: <3BE36848.461DE677@pacbell.net>

Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
> WinNT, 3.5 beta 7
> It seems that some memory is not properly released between frames when a
> jpeg file is used. Render the line below with a test.jpg file.
> 
> sphere{0,1 texture{pigment{image_map{jpeg "test"}}}}
> 
> The reported peak memory increases in a linear way after each frame.

I can confirm this. POV-Ray v3.5 beta7 intel, Win98, athlon 950, 256 ram.

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