Crate gridvid

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gridvid is a Rust wrapper library for rendering MP4 videos from 2D vectors using a minimal interface.

The outer vector translates to the X-axis and the inner vectors translate to the Y-axis.

Usage

    // Create a 2D Vec of any element type, bool in this example
    let mut grid: Vec<Vec<bool>> = vec![vec![false; 10]; 10];
    let filename = std::env::temp_dir().join("gridvid_example.mp4");

    // fn to map grid element type to RGB tuple `(u8, u8, u8)`
    let convert = |&b: &bool| if b { (0, 0, 255) } else { (0, 0, 0) };

    // Initialize video encoder
    let mut video = gridvid::Encoder::new(&filename, Box::new(convert)).build()?;

    // Update the grid as desired, adding a new frame for each grid state
    for i in 0..grid.len() {
        grid[i][i] = true;
        video.add_frame(&grid)?;
    }

    // Write encoded video to output file
    video.close()?;
    println!("Output written to: {}", &filename.display());

This sample code renders and exports the following:

Additional Options

    use gridvid::{Encoder, Gridlines};

    let mut video = Encoder::new(&filename, Box::new(convert))
        .fps(20)    // Change video frame rate to 20 fps
        .scale(16)  // Upscale each grid element to a 16x16 square
        .gridlines(Gridlines::Show((255,255,255)))  // Set gridline color to white
        .gridlines(Gridlines::Hide)                 // Hide gridlines
        .build()?;

Defaults

  • Video frame rate is 4 fps
  • Black Gridlines are inserted in between elements
  • Video is scaled to fit in a 720 pixel square

Structs

  • Encoder
    A video encoder wrapper. Converts grid to encoded video frames and writes output to a file.
  • EncoderBuilder
    EncoderBuilder allows for flexible customization of the video Encoder.

Enums

  • Error
    The error type for gridvid operations.
  • Gridlines
    Options for showing or hiding gridlines.

Constants

Type Definitions

  • Converter
    A function to map grid element type to Rgb.
  • Result
    A specialized gridvid Result type.
  • Rgb
    A tuple containing Red, Green and Blue color intensities.