[Paraview] Time animation: Paraview, Python, XDMF

[Guillaume Simon]

No I probably not build with FFMPEG support because it's "work in png".
It's output image0000.png, image0001.png, image0003.png ...

Thanks,
G

On 04/13/2012 01:16 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
> Is your ParaView built with FFMPEG support? Try saving a "png" e.g.
> "movie.png" instead of "movie.avi", does that work? In that case, your
> ParaView is not built with FFMPEG support and cannot write AVI files.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Guillaume<gsimon at lanl.gov>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I try to run this script for test the possibility of animation with Python
>> and Paraview:
>>
>> #!/opt/Paraview/ParaView-3.12.0-RC2_python_MPI/bin/pvpython
>> from paraview.simple import *
>> import sys
>> reader = XDMFReader(FileName='Datas/HrsTest.xdmf')
>> Show(reader)
>> Render()
>> GetActiveCamera()
>> AnimateReader(reader,filename="movie.avi")
>> sys.exit()
>> #
>>
>> But I get this error:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "./anim_time.py", line 8, in<module>
>>     AnimateReader(reader,filename="movie.avi")
>>   File
>> "/opt/Paraview/ParaView-3.12.0-RC2_python_MPI/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/simple.py",
>> line 551, in AnimateReader
>>     return servermanager.AnimateReader(reader, view, filename)
>>   File
>> "/opt/Paraview/ParaView-3.12.0-RC2_python_MPI/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping/site-packages/paraview/servermanager.py",
>> line 2163, in AnimateReader
>>     raise RuntimeError, "Saving of animation failed!"
>> RuntimeError: Saving of animation failed!
>>
>> Please is somebody have an idea what is wrong ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> G
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