# creating paraview animations

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272 "2022-03-24T12:20:20Z")
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### Author: ![swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272/1 "2022-03-24T12:20:20Z")

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I successfully made some very nice .ogv animations several years ago. Paraview has changed a lot over the years and I forgot the steps involved, I am using 5.4.0 but I could use a newer version if necessary.  
I have time step data.  
solf\_2D.005000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.006000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.007000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.008000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.009000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.010000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.011000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.012000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.013000.pvtu  
solf\_2D.014000.pvtu  
Could someone point me in the good direction? Should I put all the .pvtu data in a separate file?  
Thanks for your help.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272/2 "2022-03-24T15:13:45Z")

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Hi @swornom ,

Just opening the solf\_2D… file in ParaView and saving an animation should work.

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### Author: ![swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272/3 "2022-03-24T17:31:19Z")

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Thanks, quite simple. The problem is that I get this error (nothing to do with the ParaView files):

main decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented

which I do not know how to solve. If you know of a solution, please let me know.

I use this Linux

Distributor ID: Ubuntu  
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS  
Release: 18.04  
Codename: bionic

Stephen

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272/4 "2022-03-24T18:31:21Z")

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Please try with the latest release [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)