On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:48:37 -0400, you wrote: >On 4/16/2012 8:37 AM, superpollo wrote: >> alex23 ha scritto: >>> On Apr 16, 7:34 pm, superpollo <superpo...@tznvy.pbz> wrote: >>>> is there a way to convert the graphical output of a pygame application >>>> to a mpeg file or better an animated gif? i mean, not using an external >>>> capture program... >>> >>> There is, but it's probably not going to be as performant as using >>> something external: >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6087484/how-to-capture-pygame-screen >> >> but where in the code should i put the line: >> >> pygame.image.save(window, "screenshot.jpeg") >> >> ? > >Somewhere in the loop that draws frames, perhaps just before or after >flipping to the screen. Of course, number the frames. > >framenum = 0 # somewhere, just once ># in loop >pygame.image.save(window, 'frame%05d' % framenum) >framenum += 1 > >5 digits for frames is just an example. > >>> 'frame%05d.jpg' % 21 >'frame00021.jpg' > >>> 'frame{:0>5d}.jpg'.format(21) >'frame00021.jpg' > >You might consider saving .bmp bitmaps, as mpeg compresses across frames >as well as within frames. If you have sprites moving over a static >background, only the changes need to be encoded. > >-- >Terry Jan Reedy
If there's a image-handling library out there for Python that can make animated GIFs, I might be able to come up with a faster and more internalized solution using surface.convert() to paletted modes and image.tostring() functions or similarmeans to pass the frames to said library. Problem is that I can't seem to find a library that does handle animated GIFs. My google-fu has always been weak, alas. Does anyone feel up to confirming whether one exists or not? ~Temia -- When on earth, do as the earthlings do. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
