matplotlib.animation.FFMpegWriter

class matplotlib.animation.FFMpegWriter(fps=5, codec=None, bitrate=None, extra_args=None, metadata=None)[source]

Pipe-based ffmpeg writer.

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

Parameters
fpsint, default: 5

Movie frame rate (per second).

codecstr or None, default: rcParams["animation.codec"] (default: 'h264')

The codec to use.

bitrateint, default: rcParams["animation.bitrate"] (default: -1)

The bitrate of the movie, in kilobits per second. Higher values means higher quality movies, but increase the file size. A value of -1 lets the underlying movie encoder select the bitrate.

extra_argslist of str or None, optional

Extra command-line arguments passed to the underlying movie encoder. The default, None, means to use rcParams["animation.[name-of-encoder]_args"] for the builtin writers.

metadatadict[str, str], default: {}

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__(fps=5, codec=None, bitrate=None, extra_args=None, metadata=None)[source]
Parameters
fpsint, default: 5

Movie frame rate (per second).

codecstr or None, default: rcParams["animation.codec"] (default: 'h264')

The codec to use.

bitrateint, default: rcParams["animation.bitrate"] (default: -1)

The bitrate of the movie, in kilobits per second. Higher values means higher quality movies, but increase the file size. A value of -1 lets the underlying movie encoder select the bitrate.

extra_argslist of str or None, optional

Extra command-line arguments passed to the underlying movie encoder. The default, None, means to use rcParams["animation.[name-of-encoder]_args"] for the builtin writers.

metadatadict[str, str], default: {}

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__([fps, codec, bitrate, extra_args, ...])

Parameters

bin_path()

Return the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.

cleanup()

[Deprecated]

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.

isAvailable()

Return whether a MovieWriter subclass is actually available.

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.

output_args

supported_formats