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[Doc]: clarify which writers animation.save supports #24159
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Problem
Save can support multiple writers, but the only one that's documented is MovieWriter
Suggested improvement
Update the documentation so that all the supported writers are mentioned, possibly something like
| writer | supported file types | dependency |
|---|---|---|
| PillowWriter | GIF (are APNG and MPEG supported?) | Pillow |
| etc... |
I honestly can not really make heads or tails of which writers are supported looking through the docs 'cause PillowWriter is supported but isn't a MovieWriter and MovieWriter isn't supported directly but is a baseclass of the supported writers. Unless the documentation was supposed to read AbstractMovieWriter? 😕
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[-][Doc]: clartify which writers animation.save supports[/-][+][Doc]: clarify which writers animation.save supports[/+]dopplershift commentedon Oct 14, 2022
AbstractMovieWriterwasn't around when at least I wrote the docs. Probably should say something like "subclass ofAbstractMovieWriter" or "concrete implementation", or..?github-actions commentedon Dec 29, 2025
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DOC: Improve writer parameter docs of Animation.save()
DOC: Improve writer parameter docs of Animation.save()
DOC: Improve writer parameter docs of Animation.save() (matplotlib#30910