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Name

### MovieMaker

Examples

    import processing.video.*;

    MovieMaker mm;  // Declare MovieMaker object

    void setup() {
      size(320, 240);
      // Create MovieMaker object with size, filename,
      // compression codec and quality, framerate
      mm = new MovieMaker(this, width, height, "drawing.mov",
                           30, MovieMaker.H263, MovieMaker.HIGH);
      background(204);
    }

    void draw() {
      ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 20, 20);
      mm.addFrame();  // Add window's pixels to movie
    }

    void keyPressed() {
      if (key == ' ') {
        mm.finish();  // Finish the movie if space bar is pressed!
      }
    }

Description | This class can be used to create a QuickTime movie from a Processing program while it's running. Different parameters to the constructor allow the movie to be created at different sizes and formats. Everytime the addFrame() function is run, a new frame is added to the movie. The finish() function is necessary to finish and save the movie file.

Methods

addFrame() | Adds a new frame to the video
finish() | Finishes and saves the video file

Constructor

    MovieMaker(parent, width, height, filename)
    MovieMaker(parent, width, height, filename, fps)
    MovieMaker(parent, width, height, filename, fps, type, quality)
    MovieMaker(parent, width, height, filename, fps, type, quality, keyFrameRate)

Parameters

parent | PApplet: typically use "this"
width | int: width of the movie
height | int: height of the movie
filename | String: name of the movie
fps | int: frames per second
type | Either ANIMATION, BASE, BMP, CINEPAK, COMPONENT, CMYK, GIF, GRAPHICS, JPEG, MS_VIDEO, MOTION_JPEG_A, MOTION_JPEG_B, RAW, SORENSON, VIDEO, H261, H263, H264
quality | Either WORST, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, BEST, LOSSLESS
keyFrameRate | int: number of key frames each second

Usage | Application

Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:23pm EDT