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From: Maciej
Subject: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 05:19:55
Message: <3f8133bb$1@news.povray.org>
Dear All,

Is there an up-to-date command line version of POV-Ray available,
(executable for MS Windows)?

The GUI seems to have the queue limited to 300 entries.
I do not want to call the GUI with the command line
parameters for thousands of frames.


Thanks,

Maciej


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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:12:03
Message: <3f813ff3@news.povray.org>
In article <3f8133bb$1@news.povray.org> , Maciej <wet### [at] pocztaonetpl>
wrote:

> Is there an up-to-date command line version of POV-Ray available,
> (executable for MS Windows)?

There is no such official version, only unofficial versions, but those are
not compiled with state-of-the-art compilers like the official Windows
version.  But you can call the official Windows version via the command-line
just fine.

> The GUI seems to have the queue limited to 300 entries.
> I do not want to call the GUI with the command line
> parameters for thousands of frames.

If you are rendering an animation, what is preventing you from using "clock"
like everybody else does?

    Thorsten

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From: ABX
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:32:32
Message: <asg2ovk3osu5v791h1po828honh7786orv@4ax.com>
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:23:37 +0200, Maciej <wet### [at] pocztaonetpl> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Is there an up-to-date command line version of POV-Ray available,
> (executable for MS Windows)?

You can call GUI version from command line. In case you do not want splash
screen you can google for QuietPOV.

> The GUI seems to have the queue limited to 300 entries.

I do not remember such limitation but who knows...

> I do not want to call the GUI with the command line
> parameters for thousands of frames.

I do not understand above sentence. In 300 entries do you mean 300 frames of
one animation ? Then you can render it at once as 1 entry using animation
options.

If you see any language problems feel free to ask in Polish in
povray.international using [pl] at subject begining. 

Regards, ABX


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From: Maciej
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:35:28
Message: <3f814570$1@news.povray.org>
>>Is there an up-to-date command line version of POV-Ray available,
>>(executable for MS Windows)?
> 
> There is no such official version, only unofficial versions, but those are
> not compiled with state-of-the-art compilers like the official Windows
> version.  

Where can I get unofficial versions? :-)

>>The GUI seems to have the queue limited to 300 entries.
>>I do not want to call the GUI with the command line
>>parameters for thousands of frames.
> 
> If you are rendering an animation, what is preventing you from using "clock"
> like everybody else does?

AFAIK "clock" is just a variable with subsequent values...
In my case, every frame is quite different and produced
by an external program.


Maciej

ps. I'd call GUI if it only had a switch "do not start GUI" :-)


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From: ABX
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:40:06
Message: <8bh2ov4k550nqbn4eu2jsvibl9vcl7m3cj@4ax.com>
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:39:10 +0200, Maciej <wet### [at] pocztaonetpl> wrote:
> Where can I get unofficial versions? :-)

For example: http://megapov.inetart.net/

> AFAIK "clock" is just a variable with subsequent values...
> In my case, every frame is quite different and produced
> by an external program.

You can use one file to boundle all 300 frames into one:

//begin file
  #include concat("frame",str(frame_number,0,0),".inc")
//end file

> ps. I'd call GUI if it only had a switch "do not start GUI" :-)

Look into manual for details about your wishes, there is platform dedicated
chapter number one.

ABX


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From: Maciej
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:41:49
Message: <3f8146ed@news.povray.org>
>>The GUI seems to have the queue limited to 300 entries.
> 
> I do not remember such limitation but who knows...

I just checked:

1. Windows limits selecting multiple files in the
    "Open" system dialog

2. POV-Ray limits the queue to 512 entries.



Maciej


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From: Rick [Kitty5]
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 06:50:06
Message: <3f8148de@news.povray.org>
> If you are rendering an animation, what is preventing you from using
"clock"
> like everybody else does?

Not everybody uses clock!


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From: Maciej
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 07:07:07
Message: <3f814cdb$1@news.povray.org>
> You can use one file to boundle all 300 frames into one:
> 
> //begin file
>   #include concat("frame",str(frame_number,0,0),".inc")
> //end file

Yes, that is true, this IS a workaround and it is
different from calling a command-line program
that everybody is used to do :-)


Thanks,

Maciej


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From: Tom Galvin
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 07:22:26
Message: <Xns940C4AC35635Ctomatimporg@204.213.191.226>
ABX <abx### [at] abxartpl> wrote in
news:8bh2ov4k550nqbn4eu2jsvibl9vcl7m3cj@4ax.com: 

> 
>> ps. I'd call GUI if it only had a switch "do not start GUI" :-)
> 
> Look into manual for details about your wishes, there is platform
> dedicated chapter number one.
> 
> ABX

AFAICT, that is not documented or possible.



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From: ABX
Subject: Re: up-to-date command line version
Date: 6 Oct 2003 07:37:58
Message: <trk2ovg9ck99bgk0ohq8io1mlm7p95k4mm@4ax.com>
On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:45:31 +0200, Maciej <wet### [at] pocztaonetpl> wrote:
> 2. POV-Ray limits the queue to 512 entries.

Indeed, I see it,

#define MAX_QUEUE       512

in pvguiext.h.

So you can recompile it for your needs with highier MAX_QUEUE setting.

ABX


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