# How to export animation where last frame needs to be "held" for certain amount of time

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874 "2024-02-05T19:36:57Z")
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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874/1 "2024-02-05T19:36:57Z")

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I’ve got a nonlinear statics simulation that runs from `time = [0.0, 1.0]` using adaptive step sizes (though the adaptivity doesn’t matter). Because these steps are large, nearly 10% of the deformation is captured in the final step – see `Time Manager`:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e36e40a566f8476c04cc8aba99b4ff1533cc3b63.png)

I’ve exported the video (5.12 RC-2) at 1 FPS to exaggerate the effect that, as soon as the final time value / step is rendered the video ends, meaning that the final state is effectively not included in the video (see below) _if played in a tool like VLC_.

What’s the best way to specify that I want the final frame “held” for X amount of time (e.g., 1 second)?

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_Edit_: the embedded browser video doesn’t share the behavior I’m seeing in VLC – download the MP4 and try playing it in VLC.

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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874/2 "2024-02-05T19:47:42Z")

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Here’s a screen-capture of playing back in VLC that demonstrates the behavior I’m seeing… perhaps this is a setting in VLC, but all the same it would still be nice to have an option in ParaView to hold the final frame for a while.

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_Edit_: even using the “Play and Pause” setting in VLC doesn’t really work since it will pause on the second-to-last timestep:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/927f0d48eab83fa7c1864a0d883b077a18d0b417.png)

Again, speaking to the rubber duck here, probably should bring this up on a VLC bug page but might still be nice to have an option in ParaView 🤷

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/506315064212227b9ebf23b3b845c0106b564170.jpeg)  
_The frame VLC pauses on…_

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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: [February 6, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874/3 "2024-02-06T10:13:08Z")

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This sounds like a VLC bug to me.

That being said you should be able to add more frames easily using generate time steps filter.

@Lucas_Givord @nicolas.vuaille

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### Author: ![nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nicolas.vuaille/32/5873_2.png) [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874/4 "2024-02-06T10:23:04Z")

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I agree `GenerateTimeSteps` is the correct way to go.