matplotlib.animation.MencoderFileWriter

class matplotlib.animation.MencoderFileWriter(*args, **kwargs)

Deprecated since version 2.0: Support for mencoder is only partially functional, and will be removed entirely in 2.2. Please use ffmpeg instead.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Deprecated since version 2.0: Support for mencoder is only partially functional, and will be removed entirely in 2.2. Please use ffmpeg instead.

Methods

__init__(*args, **kwargs)	Deprecated since version 2.0.
bin_path()	Returns the binary path to the commandline tool used by a specific subclass.
cleanup()
finish()
grab_frame(**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 by running the commandline tool.
saving(fig, outfile, dpi, *args, **kwargs)	Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file.
setup(fig, outfile[, dpi, frame_prefix, …])	Perform setup for writing the movie file.

supported_formats = ['png', 'jpeg', 'tga', 'sgi']