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Re: Rendering server
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Date: 
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:33:39 GMT
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I think it could be possible if we were running our own server. Though I
don't believe POVray supports command line,  it's little buddy l3p does. I
don't think a 233MHz would be able to handle the eventual bandwidth this
would create. If any of you programmer's have any ideas, throw them this
way. I like the concept ALOT.....though like I said, our server would have
to run both of the programs simultaneously and handle bandwidth issues.

If anybody else has their member pictures ready, I think I'm a day away from
the big launch.
jeramy


> From: "Brian B. Alano" <alano@bloomington.in.us>
> Reply-To: "Brian B. Alano" <alano@bloomington.in.us>
> To: lugnet.org.us.indylug@lugnet.com
> Subject: Rendering server
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 04:54:27 GMT
> 
> Every now and then I wish there were a web server where I could paste in an
> LDraw (.dat or .ldr) file (or a URL to such a file) and get a 3D rendering.
> Occasionally I search the web to see if anyone has done such a thing. As of
> yesterday, I still was disappointed. Jeramy, could *we* do such a thing on
> indylug.org? Technically, it should be easy if any of the existing rending
> programs support a command-line or batch mode.
> 
> It would certainly drive traffic to our site. We could tag the images with
> our web site address and logo. We could allow web sites to hot link their
> LDraw files to our renderer. E.g. (warning, Geekiness ahead):
> 
> <A
> HREF="http://www.indylug.org/cgi-bin/render.cgi?http://www.mysite.com/dats/mymoc.dat">Click
> here for a rendering of MOC</a>
> 
> or even
> 
> <IMG
> SRC="http://www.indylug.org/cgi-bin/render.cgi?http://www.mysite.com/dats/mymoc.dat">
> 
> On the other hand, if we make it *too* convenient, we may clog our CPU
> and/or bandwidth allocation.
> 
> I do have a 233MHz Pentium II I'd be willing to donate :-)




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  Re: Rendering server
 
A single 233MHz PII would only be a stop-gap, at best. Now a cluster of 233PIIs... I think we should farm out the rendering to a custom PC screensaver, installed on the high-bandwidth-connected PCs of thousands of AFOLs. :) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)

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