gistfile1.jl

using PyCall
@pyimport matplotlib.animation as anim
using PyPlot

x = [0:pi/50:2pi;]

function showanim(filename)
    base64_video = base64encode(open(filename))
    display("text/html", """<video controls src="data:video/x-m4v;base64,$base64_video">""")
end

fig = figure(figsize=(4,4))

function make_frame(i)
    clf()
    axis("off")
    y = sin.(x*i/10);
    plot(x,y)
end

withfig(fig) do
    myanim = anim.FuncAnimation(fig, make_frame, frames=50, interval=20)
    myanim[:save]("test0.mp4", bitrate=-1, extra_args=["-vcodec", "libx264", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p"])
end

showanim("test0.mp4")