c4d.bitmaps.MovieLoader¶

class c4d.bitmaps.MovieLoader¶: The movie loader class is used for reading movie streams.

Methods Signatures

MovieLoader.__init__(self)

`MovieLoader.Open(self, fn)`	Open a movie file.
`MovieLoader.Close(self)`	Close the movie file.
`MovieLoader.GetInfo(self)`	Return information about the movie.
`MovieLoader.Read(self, new_frame_idx)`	Read an image from the movie.

Methods Documentation

MovieLoader.__init__(self)¶

MovieLoader.Open(self, fn)¶

Open a movie file.

Parameters: fn (Union[str, c4d.storage.MemoryFileStruct]) – The file.

MovieLoader.Close(self)¶: Close the movie file.

MovieLoader.GetInfo(self)¶

Return information about the movie.

framecount, fps = ml.GetInfo()

Return type: Tuple[int, float]
Returns: Frame and FPS

MovieLoader.Read(self, new_frame_idx)¶

Read an image from the movie.

framecount, fps = ml.GetInfo()
for frame in range(framecount):
    result, image = ml.Read(frame)
    #when result is not IMAGERESULT_OK...
    #...image is None.
    if result != c4d.IMAGERESULT_OK:
        break

    pass

Parameters: new_frame_idx (int) – The frame number of the frame to be read.
Return type: Optional[Tuple[int, c4d.bitmaps.BaseBitmap]]
Returns: The IMAGERESULT and the bitmap or None.