matplotlib.animation.FFMpegFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation. FFMpegFileWriter ( *args, **kwargs ) [source]

File-based ffmpeg writer.

Frames are written to temporary files on disk and then stitched together at the end.

__init__ ( *args, **kwargs ) [source]

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
bin_path()	Return the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.
cleanup()	[Deprecated]
finish()	Finish any processing for writing the movie.
grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs)	Grab the image information from the figure and save as a movie frame.
isAvailable()	Return whether a MovieWriter subclass is actually available.
saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)	Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix])	Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

frame_format	Format (png, jpeg, etc.) to use for saving the frames, which can be decided by the individual subclasses.
frame_size	A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.
output_args
supported_formats

supported_formats =['png', 'jpeg', 'tiff', 'raw', 'rgba']