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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 15 Sep 2005 11:40:02
Message: <dgc4iv$9sj$1@chho.imagico.de>

John wrote:
> 
> I am trying to use a file from a program called Castle Builder and when I go
> to render the file (or almost any file which uses a PPM) I receice the
> error:
> 
> "Parse Error: Cannot read color depth from PPM image"

You might want to try it with MegaPOV 1.2.1 - it contains a patch for 
the PPM reader that makes it more tolerant to unusual header formating.

The other possibility is that your program generates incorrect PPM files.

Christoph

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