[Matplotlib-devel] switch default to h264

[Benjamin Root]

In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the
conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for
out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms. The one place where that
format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows (but, oddly enough, it
worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX). Note, I did that test a couple of years
ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I don't know if that limitation is still
valid.

Cheers!
Ben Root


On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Paul Hobson <pmhobson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ping me on Github (phobson) or here with some sample code when it's ready
> and I'll be happy to try it out.
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Ryan May <rmay31 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> I'm happy to sign off on a PR to set better animation defaults. I'd be
>> happy to test here on OSX. Can anyone validate our choice on windows?
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Eric Firing <efiring at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan,
>>>
>>> Is there any reason not to switch the animation.codec default to
>>> 'h264'?  I can make a PR to do this for 2.0 if you approve.  (This is
>>> motivated by my thrashing around yesterday trying to get an animation to
>>> work on Linux and Mac.  There were a variety of problems, but my impression
>>> is that using h264 was one of the keys to success.)
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ryan May
>>
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