The load time in Mantra has a lower bound averaging 5.4s.
Load Time: 1.37u 0.09s 5.40r
Render Time: 9.29u 0.64s 8.37r
2.97 (35.4%) Render Time
5.40 (64.5%) Load Time
(ignore the actual times, the importance is the bottleneck caused by load time)
The problem is the load time is not shared between frames, therefore rendering an animation for testing requires a very long time. At this rate a 2 min scene takes about 7 hours to render.
How can I lower the Mantra load time or share it among frames?
Unfortunately, I'm using apprentice (no IFD) and changing spatial structure makes no difference. Rendering with OpenGL is not an option.