# Error opening .pvd file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047 "2020-04-13T12:15:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/maria_perez/32/3444_2.png) [@Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maria_Perez)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/1 "2020-04-13T12:15:16Z")

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Hi,  
Im new in ParaView, I have tried to open a .pvd file and I have the next errors:

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\XMLParser\vtkXMLParser.cxx, line 379_  
_vtkXMLDataParser (000002745E340C80): Error parsing XML in stream at line 1105, column 5, byte index 132231: not well-formed (invalid token)_

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\XML\vtkXMLReader.cxx, line 510_  
_vtkPVDReader (000002744DA2C9E0): Error parsing input file. ReadXMLInformation aborting._

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTKExtensions\IOCore\vtkPVDReader.cxx, line 134_  
_vtkPVDReader (000002744DA2C9E0): Could not read file information_

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 753_  
_vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (000002745EC05A80): Algorithm vtkPVDReader(000002744DA2C9E0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (000002746246E450)_

- Debug: Off\*
- Modified Time: 310333\*
- Reference Count: 1\*
- Registered Events: (none)\*
- Request: REQUEST\_DATA\_OBJECT\*
- FORWARD\_DIRECTION: 0\*
- ALGORITHM\_AFTER\_FORWARD: 1\*

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTKExtensions\IOCore\vtkPVDReader.cxx, line 134_  
_vtkPVDReader (000002744DA2C9E0): Could not read file information_

_ERROR: In C:\bbd\ecd3383f\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 753_  
_vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (000002745EC05A80): Algorithm vtkPVDReader(000002744DA2C9E0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (000002746246E450)_

- Debug: Off\*
- Modified Time: 310333\*
- Reference Count: 1\*
- Registered Events: (none)\*
- Request: REQUEST\_DATA\_OBJECT\*
- FORWARD\_DIRECTION: 0\*
- ALGORITHM\_AFTER\_FORWARD: 1\*

Could you help me?, I dont have any idea.  
Thanks

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/2 "2020-04-13T15:24:31Z")

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Looks like a bad file. Please attach the file to this bug report.

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### Author: ![Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/maria_perez/32/3444_2.png) [@Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maria_Perez)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/3 "2020-04-14T06:42:01Z")

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Thanks Walter. I solved the issue. It was wrong the vtu’s path in the .pvd files. Now, it works properly.

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### Author: ![Jessica](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jessica](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jessica)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/4 "2020-04-16T08:50:41Z")

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Hello,

I also am new in ParaView ; and I also have errors when I try to open .pvd files. The software cannot find a reader for .pvd files, and ask me to choose one in a list, but none of them seems appropriate. I already tried to change the name file just to make sure it was not about a special character. Any idea on how to solve that ?  
Thanks

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### Author: ![Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/maria_perez/32/3444_2.png) [@Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maria_Perez)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/5 "2020-04-16T08:55:40Z")

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Hi Jessica,  
Did you check in the .pvd files the path of the .vtu files?. Another way to watch the .pvd file is to open all the .vtu files.  
Good luck

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### Author: ![Jessica](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@Jessica](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jessica)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/6 "2020-04-16T08:59:26Z")

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Hi,

I can’t open any .vtu file either, the same message appears asking me to choose a reader. All the files can be opened by co-workers on their own computers, so I know the problem does not come from the files.

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### Author: ![Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/maria_perez/32/3444_2.png) [@Maria\_Perez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maria_Perez)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-opening-pvd-file/4047/7 "2020-04-16T09:04:09Z")

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Hi,  
If your colleagues can open the files maybe you should ask for their ParaView version and uninstall your version and reinstall it. If the files are ok, you only have to open file and click run, it should work.