[Paraview] Creating movies using multiple HDF5 data files

[Pradeep Jha]

Hello,

I have multiple HDF5 data files containing information at different time steps of a flow simulation. I am using a XDMF file to visualize them. 

I want to visualize the evolution of a particular iso-surface and data over a slice. How can I perform the same set of operation over all these files and then combine them together to make a movie out of it? Should I save a python state file of one time step and then use pvpython to combine all these python state files? There are over 1000 time steps, so I cannot do it manually. 

Also, is there any specific trick to make the movie in real time? 

Thanks,
Pradeep