Examples ======== Writing a movie from numpy :: duration = 10 # Seconds frames_per_second = 24 total_frames = duration * frames_per_second container = av.open('test.mp4', mode='w') container.metadata['title'] = 'Some Title' container.metadata['key'] = 'value' stream = container.add_stream('mpeg4', rate=frames_per_second) stream.width = 480 stream.height = 320 stream.pix_fmt = 'yuv420p' for frame_i in range(total_frames): img = np.empty((480, 320, 3)) img[:, :, 0] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(frame_i / duration * 2 * np.pi) img[:, :, 1] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(frame_i / duration * 2 * np.pi + 2 / 3 * np.pi) img[:, :, 2] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(frame_i / duration * 2 * np.pi + 4 / 3 * np.pi) img = np.round(255 * img).astype(np.uint8) img[img < 0] = 0 img[img > 255] = 255 frame = av.VideoFrame.from_ndarray(img, format='rgb24') packet = stream.encode(frame) if packet is not None: container.mux(packet) # Finish encoding the stream while True: packet = stream.encode() if packet is None: break container.mux(packet) # Close the file container.close()