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# matplotlib.animation.MencoderFileWriter

class `matplotlib.animation.``MencoderFileWriter`(*args, **kwargs)

  Deprecated since version 2.0: Support for mencoder is only partially functional, and will be removed entirely in 2.2. Please use ffmpeg instead.

  `__init__`(*args, **kwargs)

    Deprecated since version 2.0: Support for mencoder is only partially functional, and will be removed entirely in 2.2. Please use ffmpeg instead.