Size limit on 'file' argument of implay(file)?

Hey all,

So I have Matlab 7.7.0 R2008b and one of my recent projects is to make an animation for a bunch of figures that I generate. I use avifile and addframe in a for loop to make a .avi file and update it constantly to have each frame represent the newly updated figures that appear. The loop goes from 1:5512, so quite a few figures are generated.

I do all this because I want to use the play/pause features of the implay() function. The generated .avi file is 31,637KB, or 30.8MB.

BUT when I eventually call implay('vid2.avi'), it gives an error. "Details of error: Initialization failed. (Ran out of memory)".

I am assuming this is because the file I'm trying to play is too large? Is there a size limit on the implay function? Could this be fixed if I maybe had the newest version of Matlab? Thanks in advance.

NathanF

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

There is no limit that I know about. How much RAM do you have/what size system (32bit or 64bit OS) are you on? Do you have a whole bunch of large variables stored in your workspace?

[Walter Roberson]

Also, what size is each frame, how many bits per pixel, and what data representation (e.g., uint8 or uint16) ? implay() might be attempting to create an uncompressed in-memory copy of the entire .avi file.

[Nathan]

Nevermind, I guess maybe it was just a bugged file, I made second avi file and it worked just fine!