""" ================== Animated line plot ================== """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation fig, ax = plt.subplots() x = np.arange(0, 2*np.pi, 0.01) line, = ax.plot(x, np.sin(x)) def animate(i): line.set_ydata(np.sin(x + i / 50)) # update the data. return line, ani = animation.FuncAnimation( fig, animate, interval=20, blit=True, save_count=50) # To save the animation, use e.g. # # ani.save("movie.mp4") # # or # # writer = animation.FFMpegWriter( # fps=15, metadata=dict(artist='Me'), bitrate=1800) # ani.save("movie.mp4", writer=writer) plt.show()