# ParaView - Saving Videos in pvpython and pvbatch

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-saving-videos-in-pvpython-and-pvbatch/10190
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-saving-videos-in-pvpython-and-pvbatch/10190 "2022-08-24T15:46:11Z")
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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: [August 25, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-saving-videos-in-pvpython-and-pvbatch/10190/2 "2022-08-25T07:30:42Z")

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Hi,

`mp4` is available on windows only and `avi` requires the `ffmpeg` library (you need to _build_ paraview with ffmpeg available)

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