Issue with Playing TXT Group in ParaView

[Qwenthur]

Hi all,
When opening a TXT group, I encountered the following issue: the TXT group cannot be played , but a VTK group opened using the same method can be played.

By comparing the information of the two groups, I noticed that the VTK group includes two lines of information: “# of Time Steps” and “Current Time”, while the TXT group lacks these. What causes this difference? Is there a way to enable playback for the TXT group, similar to how it works for the VTK group?(ParaView-5.13.1, MacOs)

Best regards,
Qwenthur

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

Indeed, I confirm that the txt reader does not support reading multiple files as a time series sadly.

It should not be hard to add though, alternatively, you can store your file as .vtt files.

[Qwenthur]

Hi Mathieu,

I couldn’t find a TXT reader that supports reading multiple files as a time series, so I generated a .vtt file based on my .txt files. When I open the .vtt file, the “Supported Types” section lists .vtt as a valid format. However, after opening it, ParaView reports that a reader for .vtt file could not be found.

Is this issue caused by using an older version (5.13.1) of ParaView? Or do I need to download an additional plugin to support .vtt files?

Best regards,
Qwenthur

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

please share your vtt file

[Qwenthur]

m_simulation.vtt (17.3 KB)

Do you need .txt files?

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

That is not a .vtt file though, it looks like a list of txt file in xml format ?

[Qwenthur]

Yes. I’m sorry, I thought this was the .vtt file.