import matplotlib import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation def make_playback_animation(savepath, spec, duration_ms, vmin=20, vmax=90): fig, axs = plt.subplots() axs.set_axis_off() fig.set_size_inches((duration_ms / 1000 * 5, 5)) frames = [] frame_duration=20 num_frames = int(duration_ms / frame_duration + .99) spec_height, spec_width = spec.shape for i in range(num_frames): xpos = (i - 1) / (num_frames - 3) * (spec_width - 1) new_frame = axs.imshow(spec, cmap='inferno', origin='lower', aspect='auto', vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax) if i in {0, num_frames - 1}: frames.append([new_frame]) else: line = axs.plot([xpos, xpos], [0, spec_height-1], color='white', alpha=0.8)[0] frames.append([new_frame, line]) ani = matplotlib.animation.ArtistAnimation(fig, frames, blit=True, interval=frame_duration) ani.save(savepath, dpi=720)