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