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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)

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.
supported_formats = ['png', 'jpeg', 'ppm', 'tiff', 'sgi', 'bmp', 'pbm', 'raw', 'rgba']