Error Movie contains unitialized frames

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I am trying to create an animation video of a stick figure with an expanding belly:
clear all; close all; clc; clf
% Head
clf
syms t
x(t) = 2*sin(t); y(t) = 2*cos(t)+ 6;
fplot(x,y, 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
axis([-15 15 -15 15])
hold on
grid on
x(t) = sin(t);
y(t) = cos(t);
fplot(x/5+.6,y/5+6.5, 'g', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(x/5-.6,y/5+6.5, 'g', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(x,y+5.5, [pi/2 3*pi/2], 'r', 'LineWidth',2)
%x=0 line
fplot(sym(0),t,[1 4], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
% Legs
fplot(t,t-6,[-2 0], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(-t,t-6,[-2 0], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
%x=0 line
fplot(sym(0),t,[-6 -3], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
% Arms
% fplot(t,-t+5,[-2 -1], 'k', 'LineWidth',2)
% fplot(t,t+5,[1 2], 'k', 'LineWidth',2)
% Top Hat
x(t) = t-1;
y1(t) = 8*t+8;
y2(t) = -8*t+8;
fplot(t,sym(8),[-2 2], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(x,y1,[0 .5], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(-x,y2,[-.5 0], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
fplot(t,y1(.5),[-.5 1.5], 'b', 'LineWidth',2)
%Stomach
syms t
x(t) = 2*sin(t); y(t) = 2*cos(t) - 1;
x(t) = sin(t);
y(t) = cos(t);
hold off
r=linspace(2,3,60);
for i = 1:size(r,2)
hold on
circles(0,-1,r(i),'facecolor','blue')
% Arms
h1=fplot(t,-t+r(i)-r(1),[-2 -1], 'b', 'LineWidth',2);
h2=fplot(t,t+r(i)-r(1),[1 2], 'b', 'LineWidth',2);
Zach(i,size(r,2)) = getframe;
% pause(1)
% Dont delete the arms for the next graph refresh upon the last i value
if i < size(r,2)
delete(h1), delete(h2)
else
end
end
movie(Zach,1,60)
Which utilizes the following circles function:
function [ h ] = circles(x,y,r,varargin)
% h = circles(x,y,r,varargin) plots circles of radius r at points x and y.
% x, y, and r can be scalars or N-D arrays.
%
% Chad Greene, March 2014. Updated August 2014.
% University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
%
%% Syntax
% circles(x,y,r)
% circles(...,'points',numberOfPoints)
% circles(...,'rotation',degreesRotation)
% circles(...,'ColorProperty',ColorValue)
% circles(...,'LineProperty',LineValue)
% h = circles(...)
%
%% Description
%
% circles(x,y,r) plots circle(s) of radius or radii r centered at points given by
% x and y. Inputs x, y, and r may be any combination of scalar,
% vector, or 2D matrix, but dimensions of all nonscalar inputs must agree.
%
% circles(...,'points',numberOfPoints) allows specification of how many points to use
% for the outline of each circle. Default value is 1000, but this may be
% increased to increase plotting resolution. Or you may specify a small
% number (e.g. 4 to plot a square, 5 to plot a pentagon, etc.).
%
% circles(...,'rotation',degreesRotation) rotates the shape by a given
% degreesRotation, which can be a scalar or a matrix. This is useless for
% circles, but may be desired for polygons with a discernible number of corner points.
%
% circles(...,'ColorProperty',ColorValue) allows declaration of
% 'facecolor' or 'facealpha'
% as name-value pairs. Try declaring any fill property as name-value pairs.
%
% circles(...,'LineProperty',LineValue) allows declaration of 'edgecolor',
% 'linewidth', etc.
%
% h = circles(...) returns the handle(s) h of the plotted object(s).
%
%
%% EXAMPLES:
%
% Example 1:
% circles(5,10,3)
%
% % Example 2:
% x = 2:7;
% y = [5,15,12,25,3,18];
% r = [3 4 5 5 7 3];
% figure
% circles(x,y,r)
%
% % Example 3:
% figure
% circles(1:10,5,2)
%
% % Example 4:
% figure
% circles(5,15,1:5,'facecolor','none')
%
% % Example 5:
% figure
% circles(5,10,3,'facecolor','green')
%
% % Example 6:
% figure
% h = circles(5,10,3,'edgecolor',[.5 .2 .9])
%
% % Example 7:
% lat = repmat((10:-1:1)',1,10);
% lon = repmat(1:10,10,1);
% r = .4;
% figure
% h1 = circles(lon,lat,r,'linewidth',4,'edgecolor','m','facecolor',[.6 .4 .8]);
% hold on;
% h2 = circles(1:.5:10,((1:.5:10).^2)/10,.12,'edgecolor','k','facecolor','none');
% axis equal
%
% % Example 8: Circles have corners
% This script approximates circles with 1000 points. If all those points
% are too complex for your Pentium-II, you can reduce the number of points
% used to make each circle. If 1000 points is not high enough resolution,
% you can increase the number of points. Or if you'd like to draw
% triangles or squares, or pentagons, you can significantly reduce the
% number of points. Let's try drawing a stop sign:
%
% figure
% h = circles(1,1,10,'points',8,'color','red');
% axis equal
% % and we see that our stop sign needs to be rotated a little bit, so we'll
% % delete the one we drew and try again:
% delete(h)
% h = circles(1,1,10,'points',8,'color','red','rot',45/2);
% text(1,1,'STOP','fontname','helvetica CY',...
% 'horizontalalignment','center','fontsize',140,...
% 'color','w','fontweight','bold')
%
% figure
% circles([1 3 5],2,1,'points',4,'rot',[0 45 35])
%
%
% TIPS:
% 1. Include the name-value pair 'facecolor','none' to draw outlines
% (non-filled) circles.
%
% 2. Follow the circles command with axis equal to fix distorted circles.
%
% See also: fill, patch, and scatter.
%% Check inputs:
assert(isnumeric(x),'Input x must be numeric.')
assert(isnumeric(y),'Input y must be numeric.')
assert(isnumeric(r),'Input r must be numeric.')
if ~isscalar(x) && ~isscalar(y)
assert(numel(x)==numel(y),'If neither x nor y is a scalar, their dimensions must match.')
end
if ~isscalar(x) && ~isscalar(r)
assert(numel(x)==numel(r),'If neither x nor r is a scalar, their dimensions must match.')
end
if ~isscalar(r) && ~isscalar(y)
assert(numel(r)==numel(y),'If neither y nor r is a scalar, their dimensions must match.')
end
%% Parse inputs:
% Define number of points per circle:
tmp = strcmpi(varargin,'points')|strcmpi(varargin,'NOP')|strcmpi(varargin,'corners')|...
strncmpi(varargin,'vert',4);
if any(tmp)
NOP = varargin{find(tmp)+1};
tmp(find(tmp)+1)=1;
varargin = varargin(~tmp);
else
NOP = 1000; % 1000 points on periphery by default
end
% Define rotation
tmp = strncmpi(varargin,'rot',3);
if any(tmp)
rotation = varargin{find(tmp)+1};
assert(isnumeric(rotation)==1,'Rotation must be numeric.')
rotation = rotation*pi/180; % converts to radians
tmp(find(tmp)+1)=1;
varargin = varargin(~tmp);
else
rotation = 0; % no rotation by default.
end
% Be forgiving if the user enters "color" instead of "facecolor"
tmp = strcmpi(varargin,'color');
if any(tmp)
varargin{tmp} = 'facecolor';
end
%% Begin operations:
% Make inputs column vectors:
x = x(:);
y = y(:);
r = r(:);
rotation = rotation(:);
% Determine how many circles to plot:
numcircles = max([length(x) length(y) length(r) length(rotation)]);
% Create redundant arrays to make the plotting loop easy:
if length(x)<numcircles
x(1:numcircles) = x;
end
if length(y)<numcircles
y(1:numcircles) = y;
end
if length(r)<numcircles
r(1:numcircles) = r;
end
if length(rotation)<numcircles
rotation(1:numcircles) = rotation;
end
% Define an independent variable for drawing circle(s):
t = 2*pi/NOP*(1:NOP);
% Query original hold state:
holdState = ishold;
hold on;
% Preallocate object handle:
h = NaN(size(x));
% Plot circles singly:
for n = 1:numcircles
h(n) = fill(x(n)+r(n).*cos(t+rotation(n)), y(n)+r(n).*sin(t+rotation(n)),'',varargin{:});
end
% Return to original hold state:
if ~holdState
hold off
end
% Delete object handles if not requested by user:
if nargout==0
clear h
end
end
but am getting the error: Error using movie
Movie contains uninitialized frames
  1. How can I make this a movie?
  2. How can I simply then save this movie as a .avi, .mp4, or whatever video format?
Thank you

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 7 Dec 2019
Zach(i,size(r,2)) = getframe;
You are creating a 2d array of frames in which you assign into the last column. The other columns will be frame structures with no data. But you try to movie() the entire 2d array of structures.

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