# Save animation is very slow

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234 "2024-03-22T21:56:49Z")
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### Author: ![legno](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@legno](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/legno)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234/1 "2024-03-22T21:56:49Z")

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Hello, I am using Paraview 5.12.0. When I save an animation as a .avi file by doing File → Save animation, it takes forever, it is stuck at the window attached. How may I get around this ?

Thank you  
 ![Screenshot 2024-03-22 at 22.54.21](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b57066e78556e39b7bd1e1c596e7eb5ef0c88e6b.png)

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### Author: ![spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/spyridon97/32/11569_2.png) [@spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/spyridon97)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234/2 "2024-03-23T20:54:07Z")

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Have you tried earlier version of paraview?

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### Author: ![legno](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@legno](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/legno)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234/3 "2024-03-24T08:06:37Z")

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Which version do you suggest ?

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### Author: ![spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/spyridon97/32/11569_2.png) [@spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/spyridon97)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-animation-is-very-slow/14234/4 "2024-03-25T13:20:40Z")

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5.11 or 5.10 should be fine.

If it’s still slow, then something happened in 5.12, otherwise it was always slow.

Nonetheless, I would appreciate sending me a dataset along with a state file to take a look.