sleap.io.videowriter

Module for writing avi/mp4 videos.

Usage:

> writer = VideoWriter.safe_builder(filename, height, width, fps)
> writer.add_frame(img)
> writer.close()

class sleap.io.videowriter.VideoWriter(filename, height, width, fps)

Abstract base class for writing avi/mp4 videos.

static safe_builder(filename, height, width, fps)

Builds VideoWriter based on available dependencies.

class sleap.io.videowriter.VideoWriterOpenCV(filename, height, width, fps)

Writes video using OpenCV as wrapper for ffmpeg.

class sleap.io.videowriter.VideoWriterSkvideo(filename, height, width, fps, crf: int = 21, preset: str = 'superfast')

Writes video using scikit-video as wrapper for ffmpeg.

filename

Path to mp4 file to save to.

height

Height of movie frames.

width

Width of movie frames.

fps

Playback framerate to save at.

crf

Compression rate factor to control lossiness of video. Values go from 2 to 32, with numbers in the 18 to 30 range being most common. Lower values mean less compressed/higher quality.

preset

Name of the libx264 preset to use (default: “superfast”).