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From: Dennis Clarke
Date: 18 Dec 2006 01:20:01
Message: <web.4586329421d787e9cd7fbef60@news.povray.org>

"Charles C" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> The quick & easy answer to question #1 would be add  +SF... & +EF... to each
> of your commands. You can also use 8 different .ini files:
>
> From section# 3.1.2.1.3  Subsets of Animation Frames:
>
> Subset_Start_Frame=n  Set subset starting frame to n
> Subset_Start_Frame=0.n  Set subset starting frame to n percent
> Subset_End_Frame=n  Set subset ending frame to n
> Subset_End_Frame=0.n  Set subset ending frame to n percent
> +SF0.n  Same as Subset_Start_Frame
> +EF0.n  Same as Subset_End_Frame

yes .. that generates the actual frame data.  I knew that bit.

What is missing is the MPEG4 conversion stage.  Does there exist some
tool that will take a slew of frames as input and then output an actual
animation ?

Keep in mind that this all happens on some big backend server.

Dennis

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