Version 2.2.2
matplotlib

matplotlib.animation.FFMpegFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation.FFMpegFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)

File-based ffmpeg writer.

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

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs) x.__init__(…) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature
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(**kwds) Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix, …]) Perform setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

args_key
exec_key
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 = [u'png', u'jpeg', u'ppm', u'tiff', u'sgi', u'bmp', u'pbm', u'raw', u'rgba']