How can I export a MATLAB movie in a format that can be played by users on a website in MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)?

I have created a movie in MATLAB by iteratively calling GETFRAME. I can view the movie using the MOVIE function. I would like to be able to publish my movie on a website. How can I do this? Below is the code I use to generate the movie.

Z = peaks; surf(Z); 

% Record the movie with 20 frames

for j = 1:20 

      % Plot SURF

surf(sin(2*pi*j/20)*Z,Z)

      % Get the frame

F(j) = getframe;

end

%Play the movie

movie(F)

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The best way to export a movie from MATLAB is to use the command MOVIE2AVI. For example, after executing the code above, the following command can be issued:

movie2avi(F,'myavifile.avi','Compression','Cinepak')

The following html code can then be used to allow the movie to be viewed on a web page:

<embed align="center" src="myavifile.avi" width="640" height="480" autoplay="true" controller="true" cache="true" type="video/x-msvideo" </embed>

Or a link can be created so that the user can download the AVI file:

<a href="myavifile.avi">Here is a movie to download</a>

Note that for this example to work, the HTML file and the generated AVI file must be in the same directory.

[Jan]

This answer is outdated since R2010b. Prefer https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/videowriter.html

[Adam Danz]

Release notes suggests to use VideoWriter instead.

[Walter Roberson]

The question very specifically asks about

MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)

So what is required in current MATLAB versions is only relevant as a side note.