Generating Video with Numpy

from __future__ import division

import numpy as np

duration = 4
fps = 24
total_frames = duration * fps

container = av.open('test.mp4', mode='w')

stream = container.add_stream('mpeg4', rate=fps)
stream.width = 480
stream.height = 320
stream.pix_fmt = 'yuv420p'

for frame_i in range(total_frames):

    img = np.empty((480, 320, 3))
    img[:, :, 0] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * (0 / 3 + frame_i / total_frames))
    img[:, :, 1] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * (1 / 3 + frame_i / total_frames))
    img[:, :, 2] = 0.5 + 0.5 * np.sin(2 * np.pi * (2 / 3 + frame_i / total_frames))

    img = np.round(255 * img).astype(np.uint8)
    img = np.clip(img, 0, 255)

    frame = av.VideoFrame.from_ndarray(img, format='rgb24')
    for packet in stream.encode(frame):
        container.mux(packet)

# Flush stream
for packet in stream.encode():
    container.mux(packet)

# Close the file
container.close()