matplotlib.animation.AVConvFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation.AVConvFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)[source]

File-based avconv writer.

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

__init__(self, /, *args, **kwargs)

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

Methods

__init__(self, /, *args, **kwargs) Initialize self.
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() Return whether a MovieWriter subclass is actually available.
saving(self, fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs) Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(self, fig, outfile[, dpi, ...]) Setup for writing the movie file.

Attributes

args_key
clear_temp
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