Merge pull request matplotlib#28965 from anntzer/iof

timhoffm · web-flow · commit 0439b3779918 · 2024-10-11T09:16:46.000+02:00
Suggest imageio_ffmpeg to provide ffmpeg as animation writer.
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/animations/animations.py b/galleries/users_explain/animations/animations.py
@@ -251,3 +251,8 @@ def update(frame):
 #            writer="imagemagick", extra_args=["-quality", "100"])
 #
 # (the ``extra_args`` for *apng* are needed to reduce filesize by ~10x)
+#
+# Note that *ffmpeg* and *imagemagick* need to be separately installed.
+# A cross-platform way to obtain *ffmpeg* is to install the ``imageio_ffmpeg``
+# PyPI package, and then to set
+# ``rcParams["animation.ffmpeg_path"] = imageio_ffmpeg.get_ffmpeg_exe()``.

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`@@ -251,3 +251,8 @@ def update(frame):`
`251`	`251`	`# writer="imagemagick", extra_args=["-quality", "100"])`
`252`	`252`	`#`
`253`	`253`	# (the ``extra_args`` for apng are needed to reduce filesize by ~10x)
	`254`	`+#`
	`255`	`+# Note that ffmpeg and imagemagick need to be separately installed.`
	`256`	+# A cross-platform way to obtain ffmpeg is to install the ``imageio_ffmpeg``
	`257`	`+# PyPI package, and then to set`
	`258`	+# ``rcParams["animation.ffmpeg_path"] = imageio_ffmpeg.get_ffmpeg_exe()``.