Animating 2d slices recorded at several timesteps (netcdf output)

Hi, I have a netcdf file that has 2d slices recorded at different timesteps. I am trying to animate this. Here's the file metadata from ncdump:

netcdf xslice_144 {
dimensions:
y = 576 ;
z = 48 ;
time = UNLIMITED ; // (209 currently)
ntr = 1 ;
variables:
float yc(y) ;
float zcave(z) ;
float zc(z, y) ;
float day(time) ;
float tau(time) ;
float swr(time) ;
float qloss(time) ;
float rain(time) ;
float s(time, z, y) ;
float temp(time, z, y) ;
float rho(time, z, y) ;
float u(time, z, y) ;
float v(time, z, y) ;
float w(time, z, y) ;
float vor(time, z, y) ;
float shear(time, z, y) ;
float n2(time, z, y) ;
}

Here's the output from ncdfvdfcreate:

ncdfvdfcreate -timedims time -vars zc:s:temp -zcoordvar zc -gridtype layered xslice_144.cdf movie.vdf

Created VDF file:
Num time steps : 209
3D Variable names :
2DXY Variable names : s temp zc
2DXZ Variable names :
2DYZ Variable names :
Excluded 3D Variable names :
Excluded 2D Variable names :
Coordinate extents : 0 0 -390.286 1 0.0833333 -0.485702

Output from ncdf2vdf (am showing only the last bit):

ncdf2vdf -timedims time -vars zc:s:temp xslice_144.cdf movie.vdf

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Processing VDC time step 208
Processing variable zc, data range (-390.286, -0.485702)
Processing variable s, data range (29.1623, 35.0479)
Processing variable temp, data range (10.3444, 30.2805)

Everything seems fine but I am unable to animate it or do anything else really in vapor. When I try to click on the contours or probe tabs or try to advance from the initial frame to the next one, vapor keeps crashing. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Sanjiv