Creating a video from NetLogo

Question

Is there a way to create a video from NetLogo?

I have had a look at the quicktime extension, however, this seams to only allow you to import videos, not create them.

What I want to do is save a video of what is happening in the environment. I have a model with loads of turtles running around, I want to save this to a video so I can use it in a presentation. Is this possible (other than just doing a screen capture)?

Thanks

Boyles

also asked at netlogo-users.18673.x6.nabble.com/… – Tappet

Answer 1

This is documented at http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/programming.html#movies

See also https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/issues/165 which just about everyone runs into, and https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/issues/499 which you may run into on Mac OS X.

An alternative approach is to use export-view and export-interface to save a bunch of PNG files, and then assemble them into a movie afterwards using other software.

Tappet

@SethTissue What is directory to which the movies are stored using movie-grab-view, and can we change it using some command? – Hairsplitting

I think it defaults to the directory where the model file is, and I imagine set-current-directory would work for changing that. – Tappet

it seems to store in the same path where the model is present which is fine. There seems to be issue with size though I cant figure out #27913384. – Hairsplitting