title: Using FFmpeg and IPython
body: <p>I am relatively new to Python (I used MATLAB a lot more). I essentially want to be able to make and save animations. So I went and checked how it's done and found this :
  <a href="http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2012/08/18/matplotlib-animation-tutorial/">http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2012/08/18/matplotlib-animation-tutorial/</a></p>
  
  <p>I straight up copied/pasted the code in an IPython Notebook. </p>
  
  <p>I understand that ffmpeg must be installed, which I thought I did (according to <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows">http://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows</a>). The path is C:/ffmpeg. It does work when I try ffmpeg -version in the command prompt. It also works in WinPython's command prompt. I don't know if it helps, but the path for Ipython is : 
  C:\Users\Sal\WinPython-32bit-3.3.2.3\python-3.3.2\Scripts /</p>
  
  <p>However, it still doesn't work. The error given is : 
       AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'saving'
  This error occurs at the .save command of course.
  I even tried to add what's below. Doesn't do anything extra. 
       writer = 'ffmpeg'</p>
  
  <p>I am using Windows 7, WinPython3.3. </p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much</p>