matplotlib.animation.FileMovieWriter
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class matplotlib.animation.FileMovieWriter(*args, **kwargs)
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MovieWriter
for writing to individual files and stitching at the end.This must be sub-classed to be useful.
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__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Methods
__init__
(*args, **kwargs)bin_path
()Returns the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass. cleanup
()finish
()grab_frame
(**savefig_kwargs)Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame. isAvailable
()Check to see if a MovieWriter subclass is actually available by running the commandline tool. saving
(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file. setup
(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix, …])Perform setup for writing the movie file. -
cleanup()
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finish()
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frame_format
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Format (png, jpeg, etc.) to use for saving the frames, which can be decided by the individual subclasses.
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grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs)
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Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame. All keyword arguments in savefig_kwargs are passed on to the
savefig
command that saves the figure.
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setup(fig, outfile, dpi=None, frame_prefix='_tmp', clear_temp=True)
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Perform setup for writing the movie file.
Parameters: fig : matplotlib.figure.Figure
The figure to grab the rendered frames from.
outfile : str
The filename of the resulting movie file.
dpi : number, optional
The dpi of the output file. This, with the figure size, controls the size in pixels of the resulting movie file. Default is fig.dpi.
frame_prefix : str, optional
The filename prefix to use for temporary files. Defaults to
'_tmp'
.clear_temp : bool, optional
If the temporary files should be deleted after stitching the final result. Setting this to
False
can be useful for debugging. Defaults toTrue
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