close

Close file after writing video data

Syntax

close(v)

Description

close(v) closes the video file associated with v. You must call close to ensure that all data is written to the file. The object, v, remains in the workspace. If you call the open function after closing the video file, 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