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dexplo / bar_chart_race

Create animated bar chart races in Python with matplotlib
MIT License
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Can it run without FFMPEG? #13

Closed etjkai closed 4 years ago

etjkai commented 4 years ago 
Exception: You do not have ffmpeg installed on your machine. Download
                            ffmpeg from here: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html.

I'm trying to run the example code as shown in the README.md, however, I'm getting the above error.

I am on Windows, and have already installed ffmpeg, and included it in my Path variables.

Is there anyway to run without ffmpeg?

tdpetrou commented 4 years ago

This error message could be wrong. Also, setting writer to 'html' might not use ffmpeg

etjkai commented 4 years ago

Thank you, I've restarted my computer and have managed to get it to work.

As a beginner Python user, I have to say that the bar_chart_race method was very well documented, and enabled me to create many cusomizations to the requirements.

I'd assume that there is an option to change the background of the chart as well right? Might have not chanced across that parameter as of yet.