Render logs extremely long

[Hoegaard]

I'm finding the render logs to be extremely long, updating the render status every 0.2s and making the logs a mile long for renders that take over an hour. I noticed that the percentage complete updates were less frequent and more manageable (every 10%) when I did a local render vs one on the farm.

Is there some means of restraining the log files from printing an update so frequently?

[vlado]

If you are rendering through the standalone, you can use the -showProgress option to disable the printing of the progress calculations.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Hoegaard]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Even with -showProgress=1 there are still updates every 0.2s. What is the expected difference with that toggle?

[Hoegaard]

-showProgress=n - specifies whether calculations progress should be
printed to the standard output: 0 - do not display progress;
1 - display progress only if verboseLevel is > 0; 2 - always.
(default is 1)


So, the issue I have isn't with the verbosity level, it's with the rate of update. I *want* to see progress updates and error messages, I just find it unusual to have a log file writing every 0.2s. If the job runs for 2 hours, thats 36,000 lines in the log for percentage complete!
Whay triggers vray to give an update and is there a means of reducing the frequency?

Thanks for the help!