try writing stream directly

pfb/parser/smoovie.yaml

@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ inputs:
     default: true
     info:
       Whether to allow averaging across scan boundaries
+  out-format:
+    dtype: str
+    default: gif
+    choices:
+      - gif
+      - mp4
+    info:
+      The format to write movie out in.
+      gifs are usually better quality but can get quite large.
+      mp4 quality not currently great with streamjoy.
 
 outputs:
     {}

pfb/workers/smoovie.py

@@ -279,18 +279,28 @@ def plot_frame(frame):
                 # 5 - band id
 
                 # TODO - submit streams in parallel
+                idfy = f'fps{opts.fps}_tbin{opts.time_bin}_fbin{opts.freq_bin}'
+                if opts.out_format.lower() == 'gif':
+                    uri = f'{opts.outname}_band{b}_{idfy}.gif'
+                elif opts.out_format.lower() == 'mp4':
+                    uri = f'{opts.outname}_band{b}_{idfy}.mp4'
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format {opts.out_format}")
+
+                # TODO - progressbar
                 outim = stream(
                     results,
                     renderer=plot_frame,
                     intro_title=f"{opts.outname}-Band{b:04d}",
                     optimize=True,
-                    threads_per_worker=1
-                    # uri=f'{opts.outname}.band{b:0:4d}.mp4'
+                    threads_per_worker=1,
+                    fps=opts.fps,
+                    uri=uri
                 )
 
-                outim.fps = opts.fps
-                outim.write(f'{opts.outname}_band{b}_fps{opts.fps}_tbin'
-                            f'{opts.time_bin}_fbin{opts.freq_bin}.gif')
+                # outim.fps = opts.fps
+                # outim.write(f'{opts.outname}_band{b}_fps{opts.fps}_tbin'
+                #             f'{opts.time_bin}_fbin{opts.freq_bin}.gif')
 
 
         elif opts.animate_axis == 'freq':