pyvista.Plotter.open_movie#

Plotter.open_movie(filename, framerate=24, quality=5, **kwargs)[source]#

Establish a connection to the ffmpeg writer.

Requires imageio to be installed.

Parameters:

filenamestr | Path: Filename of the movie to open. Filename should end in mp4, but other filetypes may be supported. See imageio.get_writer().
framerateint, default: 24: Frames per second.
qualityint, default: 5: Quality 10 is the top possible quality for any codec. The range is 0 - 10. Higher quality leads to a larger file.
**kwargsdict, optional: See the documentation for imageio.get_writer() for additional kwargs.

Notes

See the documentation for imageio.get_writer().

Examples

Open a MP4 movie and set the quality to maximum.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> pl.open_movie('movie.mp4', quality=10)  