Dick Balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
> Am 7/10/20 12:19 AM, also sprach Kima:
>
> >
> > It takes about 5s to save output.png when almost no CPU resource is used.
> > Obviously, I hope to reduce this period.
> >
> > Since the file is small 5-7MB, disk speed cannot be the bottleneck, but I
> > checked the saving with an SSD and no difference.
> >
> > I use v3.8 on Ubuntu, and my command is
> >
> > povray +Iinput.pov -GA +Q11 +MB +UL +UV +A -D -V +TH +W3840 +H2160 +UA
> > +Ooutout.png
> >
>
> I've written 1000s of 3MB .png files (1080p) and never noticed any
> bottleneck with writing the file. On SSD, HDD, Ubuntu and Windows.
>
> One speed trick that I do is to disable the pov-state file by putting in
> my .ini file
> Create_Continue_Trace_Log=Off
>
>
> --
> dik
> Rendered 50,081,587,200 of 50,081,587,200 pixels (100%)

Thanks, Dick.

The Create_Continue_Trace_Log=Off was quote useful. I was able to speed up the
process noticeably.

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