[Paraview] Create an animation out of more than 100 Datafiles

[Brad King]

Felix Wolfheimer wrote:
> I want to create a animation using data, which is stored in files with 
> names "efield-{number}.pvd", where {number} is the number of the 
> timestep. I'm only able to create an animation, using the data out of 99 
> datafiles (efield-1.pvd to efield-99.pvd). If there are files, where the 
> {number} is greater than 100, ParaView doesn't recognize the files 
> automatically as it does, when I have less than 100 files. When I try to 
> set the range for the {number} manually in the animation menu, then 
> ParaView dies with a segmentation fault.
> 
> Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!

This is a known problem and will eventually be fixed.  For now you can 
extend the limit by editing the source and rebuilding.

Edit the source ParaView/GUI/Client/vtkPVFileEntry.cxx and modify this line:
#define MAX_FILES_ON_THE_LIST 100

Basically it is there as a hack to prevent ParaView form taking a very 
long time to display the timesteps when there are millions in one directory.

-Brad