Alain <aze### [at] qwertyorg> wrote:

> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am trying to automate the rendering of several pov files so I made a simple
> > script that runs all the pov (pvengine.exe...etc) in a for loop.
> >
> > However, this doesn't work since the GUI editor always comes up so that I have
> > to manually close it down before the next one can start. By looking on this
> > forum and google, there is apparently no way to shut the editor vai the command
> > line...(is that right?)
> >
> > So, the only other way I thought about is to use the file queue in the editor.
> > Is there a way of using that feature from the command line ?
> >
> > Cheers and many thanks in advance !
> > David
> >
> >
> Why start end exit POV-Ray for each file?
>
> You can just launch POV-Ray before you start the loop, then, in the
> loop, initiate each render.
>
> You only have to close POV-Ray once an the end.
>
>
> Alain


Yes, what you are saying makes sense... so how would you do that exactly ? How
would you "initiate each render" in the previously opened instance of povray ?

From what I gathered, the only executable/command available is pvengine.exe and
this will start a new instance of povray by default each time it's called...

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