xarray_video.open_video#

xarray_video.open_video(filename, start_time=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Video file into an xarray dataset.

This reads a video into an xarray dataset with the video in a DataArray. If a start time is provided, a time axis will be created for the frames.

Parameters:
  • filename (string) – filename of videos to open

  • start_time (numpy.datetime64) – Start time of video

Returns:

Dataset with video as a DataArray

Return type:

dataset (xarray.Dataset)

Raises:

VideoReadError – Missing or incompatible files