c4d.bitmaps.MovieSaver ¶

The movie saver class is used for reading and writing movie streams.

Definition ¶

class c4d.bitmaps. MovieSaver ¶

• MovieSaver.__init__()

• MovieSaver.Open()
• MovieSaver.Close()

• MovieSaver.Write()
• MovieSaver.Choose()

Members ¶

MovieSaver. __init__ ( ) ¶

Return type:	c4d.bitmaps.MovieSaver
Returns:	The new movie saver

MovieSaver. Open ( name , bm , fps , format , data , savebits ) ¶

Opens a movie stream to the file name . The resolution and bit depth are defined by the first frame in bm . The framerate is specified by fps .

Parameters:

name (str or MemoryFileStruct ) – A file. bm ( c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap ) – A typical frame of the movie, used for dimensions. fps ( int ) – The frame rate in frames per second format ( int ) – The file format. Valid values are: FILTER_AVI AVI movie FILTER_MOVIE Quicktime movie data ( c4d.BaseContainer ) – Additional settings for the file format. (Please see the documentation for the AVI and Quicktime format for more information.) AVISAVER_FCCTYPE unknown AVISAVER_FCCHANDLER unknown AVISAVER_LKEY unknown AVISAVER_LDATARATE unknown AVISAVER_LQ unknown QTSAVER_COMPRESSOR unknown QTSAVER_QUALITY unknown QTSAVER_TEMPQUAL unknown QTSAVER_FRAMERATE unknown QTSAVER_KEYFRAMES unknown QTSAVER_PLANES unknown QTSAVER_DATARATE unknown QTSAVER_FRAMEDURATION unknown QTSAVER_MINQUALITY unknown QTSAVER_MINTEMPQUAL unknown QTSAVER_FIXEDFRAMERATE unknown savebits ( int ) – Can be a combination of the following flags: SAVEBIT_0 No flags. SAVEBIT_ALPHA Save the alpha channel(s) in the file. (For filter plugins, do not save an alpha channel if this is not set.) SAVEBIT_MULTILAYER Save multiple layers. SAVEBIT_USESELECTEDLAYERS Use selected layers. SAVEBIT_16BITCHANNELS Use 16 bit channels. SAVEBIT_GREYSCALE Save in grayscale mode. SAVEBIT_INTERNALNET Private. SAVEBIT_DONTMERGE Avoid merging of layers in B3D files. SAVEBIT_32BITCHANNELS Use 32 bit channels. SAVEBIT_SAVERENDERRESULT Private. SAVEBIT_FIRSTALPHA_ONLY Private.

MovieSaver. Close ( ) ¶

Close the movie file.

MovieSaver. Write ( bm ) ¶

Adds another frame to the end of the movie stream.

Parameters:	bm ( BaseBitmap <c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap> ) – The frame to add
Return type:	int
Returns:	The result. Possible values are: IMAGERESULT_OK Image loaded/created. IMAGERESULT_NOTEXISTING Image doesn`t exist. IMAGERESULT_WRONGTYPE Image has the wrong type. IMAGERESULT_OUTOFMEMORY Not enough memory. IMAGERESULT_FILEERROR File error. IMAGERESULT_FILESTRUCTURE Invalid file structure. IMAGERESULT_MISC_ERROR Unknown error. IMAGERESULT_PARAM_ERROR Parameter error. IMAGERESULT_THREADCANCELED New in version R17.032. Thread canceled while working.

MovieSaver. Choose ( format , bc ) ¶

Note

The arguments might change in the future.

Opens the standard compression chooser for movie formats. The new settings are stored in bc if the user clicks ok:

data = c4d.BaseContainer()
action = ms.Choose(c4d.FILTER_AVI, data)
if action==False: return #is True if the user canceled the dialog
ms.Open(..., data, ...)
							

Parameters:	format ( int ) – The file format. Valid values are: FILTER_AVI AVI movie FILTER_MOVIE Quicktime movie bc ( c4d.BaseContainer ) – Used to pass the default settings, and to read the settings the user has chosen.

Table Of Contents

• c4d.bitmaps.MovieSaver
  • Definition
  • Members