> I had to do the same once. Here is how it works, in my case :
>   _ i create 2 pipes : 1 for povray text output ( to catch error messages,
>   stats etc... ) and 1 for image raw data.
>   _ i launch povray with +GApipe1 +Opipe2 +FP
>   _ i also launch 2 threads to read each pipe
>
> You know render is over when you got all image data, but you have to
> relaunch povray for each image ( you can use the same pipes i think ). I
> guess you can do without threads if you don't need to catch error message,
> cancel render etc... it would be really more simple :)

Tks for answering. I don't get it. What do you mean by 2 pipes? How do I
separate text output from the data (if I understood correctly)? At first I
won't need to catch error msgs, so I can use the "really more simple"
version, but I'm interested in the more complex one too. :o)

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