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__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(*args, **kw) | Context manager to facilitate writing the movie file. | 
| setup(fig, outfile, dpi[, frame_prefix, ...]) | Perform setup for writing the movie file. | 
Attributes
| allowed_metadata | |
| args_key | |
| 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 |