To Multimedia File

Write video frames and audio samples to multimedia file

Library

Sinks

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Description

The To Multimedia File block writes video frames, audio samples, or both to a multimedia (.avi, .wav, .mj2, .mp4, or .m4v) file.

You can compress the video frames or audio samples by selecting a compression algorithm. You can connect as many of the input ports as you want. Therefore, you can control the type of video and/or audio the multimedia file receives.

Note

This block supports code generation for platforms that have file I/O available. You cannot use this block with Simulink^® Desktop Real-Time™ software, because that product does not support file I/O.

This block performs best on platforms with Version 11 or later of Windows Media^® Player software. This block supports only uncompressed RGB24 AVI files on Linux^® and Mac platforms.

The generated code for this block relies on prebuilt library files. You can run this code outside the MATLAB^® environment, or redeploy it, but be sure to account for these extra library files when doing so. The packNGo function creates a single zip file containing all of the pieces required to run or rebuild this code. See packNGo for more information.

To run an executable file that was generated from a model containing this block, you may need to add precompiled shared library files to your system path. See Simulink Coder, Simulink Shared Library Dependencies, and Accelerating Simulink Models for details.

Ports

Port	Description
Image	M-by-N-by-3 matrix RGB, Intensity, or YCbCr 4:2:2 signal.
R, G, B	Matrix that represents one plane of the RGB video stream. Inputs to the R, G, or B port must have the same dimensions and data type.
Audio	Vector of audio data
Y, Cb, Cr	Matrix that represents one frame of the YCbCr video stream. The Y, Cb, and Cr ports use the following dimensions: Y: M x N Cb: M x$$\frac{N}{2}$$ Cr: M x$$\frac{N}{2}$$

Parameters

File name

Specify the name of the multimedia file. The block saves the file in your current folder. To specify a different file or location, click the Save As... button.

File type

Specify the file type of the multimedia file. You can select avi or wav.

Write

Specify whether the block writes video frames, audio samples, or both to the multimedia file. You can select Video and audio, Video only, or Audio only.

Video Quality

Quality of the video, specified as an integer scalar in the range [0 100]. This parameter applies only when you set File name to MPEG4 and Write to Video only. By default, this parameter is set to 75.

Compression Factor (>1)

Specify the compression factor as an integer scalar greater than 1. This parameter is applicable only when the File type is set to MJ2000 and Video compressor is set to Lossy. By default, this parameter is set to 10.

Audio compressor

Select the type of compression algorithm to use to compress the audio data. This compression reduces the size of the multimedia file. Choose None (uncompressed) to save uncompressed audio data to the multimedia file.

Note

The other items available in this parameter list are the audio compression algorithms installed on your system. For information about a specific audio compressor, see the documentation for that compressor.

Audio data type

Select the audio data type. You can use the Audio data type parameter only for uncompressed wave files.

Video compressor

Select the type of compression algorithm to use to compress the video data. This compression reduces the size of the multimedia file. Choose None (uncompressed) to save uncompressed video data to the multimedia file.

Note

The other items available in this parameter list are the video compression algorithms installed on your system. For information about a specific video compressor, see the documentation for that compressor.

File color format

Select the color format of the data stored in the file. You can select either RGB or YCbCr 4:2:2.

Image signal

Specify how the block accepts a color video signal. If you select One multidimensional signal, the block accepts an M-by-N-by-P color video signal, where P is the number of color planes, at one port. If you select Separate color signals, additional ports appear on the block. Each port accepts one M-by-N plane of an RGB video stream.

Supported Data Types

For the block to display video data properly, double- and single-precision floating-point pixel values must be between 0 and 1. Any other data type requires the pixel values between the minimum and maximum values supported by their data type.

Check the specific codecs you are using for supported audio rates.

Port	Supported Data Types	Supports Complex Values?
Image	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point Boolean 8-, 16- 32-bit signed integers 8-, 16- 32-bit unsigned integers	No
R, G, B	Same as Image port	No
Audio	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point 16-bit signed integers 32-bit signed integers 8-bit unsigned integers	No
Y, Cb, Cr	Same as Image port	No