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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