notebook-video-writer 0.0.5

Create videos from numpy arrays in a jupyter notebook

Video from numpy array in Jupyter Notebook

Create videos from numpy arrays in a jupyter notebook

Original source from Alexander Mordvintsev

Install

pip install notebook-video-writer

Dependencies

• Must have ffmpeg installed

Usage

import numpy as np
# optionally wrap with tqdm for progress bar
from tqdm import tqdm
from notebook_video_writer import VideoWriter

with VideoWriter(fps=40) as vw:
    for i in tqdm(range(100)):
        frame = np.random.rand(256,256,3)
        vw.add(frame)

This will immediately display the video inline below the cell:

An mp4 file is also saved to the current directory. Default name is _autoplay.mp4, but can be set with name keyword arg.