open

Open file for writing video data

Syntax

open(v)

Description

open(v) opens the file associated with v for writing. When you open the file, all properties of the object become read only. open discards all existing contents of the file.

Examples

Open and Close Video File for Writing

Create a VideoWriter object to write a new Motion JPEG AVI file.

v = VideoWriter('newfile');

Open the file for writing.

open(v)

Write a 300-by-300 matrix of data to the file.

writeVideo(v,rand(300))

Close the file.

close(v)

Input Arguments

v — Input VideoWriter object

VideoWriter object

Input VideoWriter object. Use VideoWriter to create the object.

Version History

Introduced in R2010b