POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : animation & memory : Re: animation & memory Server Time
28 Jul 2024 18:27:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: animation & memory  
From: Remco de Korte
Date: 14 Sep 1999 04:44:53
Message: <37DE0C20.F7D749A7@xs4all.nl>
Tomas Plachetka wrote:
> 
> Remco de Korte wrote:
> >
> > I did a little test: a simple file, rendered as an animation with 100 frames.
> > Each frame is the same but when I check the stats the peak memory increases with
> > each frame. After the first frame the increase is the largest, after that it's
> > only small steps, but I'm sure this must mean something 8)
> >
> > Adios!
> >
> > Remco
> 
> hi remco,
> 
> you should be more specific. which pov-ray version do
> you use?

Windows version 3.1g
> 
> try dumping the heap right before and after each frame
> and make some diffs.
> 
> (i can send you a hacked mem module which dumps the
> heap contents to a file if the problem really bothers
> you.)
> 
>         y.

I'm not trying to compile POV or anything I just noticed this
and thought perhaps it could be of interest for those who have
a clue of what might be going on. Perhaps some more testing
(with an idea in mind of what to look for) could help. 

Regards,

Remco


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