matplotlib.animation.AbstractMovieWriter

class matplotlib.animation.AbstractMovieWriter(fps=5, metadata=None, codec=None, bitrate=None)

Abstract base class for writing movies. Fundamentally, what a MovieWriter does is provide is a way to grab frames by calling grab_frame().

setup() is called to start the process and finish() is called afterwards.

This class is set up to provide for writing movie frame data to a pipe. saving() is provided as a context manager to facilitate this process as:

with moviewriter.saving(fig, outfile='myfile.mp4', dpi=100):
    # Iterate over frames
    moviewriter.grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs)

The use of the context manager ensures that setup() and finish() are performed as necessary.

An instance of a concrete subclass of this class can be given as the writer argument of Animation.save().

__init__(fps=5, metadata=None, codec=None, bitrate=None)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

__init__([fps, metadata, codec, bitrate])	Initialize self.
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.
saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)	Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile[, dpi])	Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

frame_size

A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.

abstract finish()

Finish any processing for writing the movie.

property frame_size

A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.

abstract grab_frame(**savefig_kwargs)

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 call that saves the figure.

saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)

Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.

*args, **kw are any parameters that should be passed to setup.

abstract setup(fig, outfile, dpi=None)

Setup for writing the movie file.

Parameters:

figFigure

The figure object that contains the information for frames.

outfilestr

The filename of the resulting movie file.

dpifloat, default: fig.dpi

The DPI (or resolution) for the file. This controls the size in pixels of the resulting movie file.