matplotlib.animation.ImageMagickWriter

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

Pipe-based animated gif.

Frames are streamed directly to ImageMagick via a pipe and written in a single pass.

Parameters:

fpsint

Framerate for movie.

codecstr or None, optional

The codec to use. If None (the default) rcParams["animation.codec"] (default: 'h264') is used.

bitrateint or None, optional

The bitrate for the saved movie file, which is one way to control the output file size and quality. The default value is None, which uses rcParams["animation.bitrate"] (default: -1). A value of -1 implies that the bitrate should be determined automatically by the underlying utility.

extra_argslist of str or None, optional

A list of extra string arguments to be passed to the underlying movie utility. The default is None, which passes the additional arguments in rcParams["animation.extra_args"].

metadataDict[str, str] or None

A dictionary of keys and values for metadata to include in the output file. Some keys that may be of use include: title, artist, genre, subject, copyright, srcform, comment.

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

Parameters:

fpsint

Framerate for movie.

codecstr or None, optional

The codec to use. If None (the default) rcParams["animation.codec"] (default: 'h264') is used.

bitrateint or None, optional

The bitrate for the saved movie file, which is one way to control the output file size and quality. The default value is None, which uses rcParams["animation.bitrate"] (default: -1). A value of -1 implies that the bitrate should be determined automatically by the underlying utility.

extra_argslist of str or None, optional

A list of extra string arguments to be passed to the underlying movie utility. The default is None, which passes the additional arguments in rcParams["animation.extra_args"].

metadataDict[str, str] or None

A dictionary of keys and values for metadata to include in the output file. Some keys that may be of use include: title, artist, genre, subject, copyright, srcform, comment.

Methods

__init__(self[, fps, codec, bitrate, ...])	Parameters:
bin_path()	Return the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.
cleanup(self)	Clean-up and collect the process used to write the movie file.
finish(self)	Finish any processing for writing the movie.
grab_frame(self, \*\*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.
saving(self, fig, outfile, dpi, \*args, ...)	Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(self, fig, outfile[, dpi])	Perform setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

args_key
delay
exec_key
frame_size	A tuple (width, height) in pixels of a movie frame.
output_args