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VideoSummaryPlot
  • See Also
    • Video
    • Audio
    • VideoExtractFrames
    • VideoExtractTracks
    • AudioPlot
  • Related Guides
    • Video Analysis
    • Video Computation: Update History
    • See Also
      • Video
      • Audio
      • VideoExtractFrames
      • VideoExtractTracks
      • AudioPlot
    • Related Guides
      • Video Analysis
      • Video Computation: Update History

VideoSummaryPlot[video]

plots a summary of video and audio tracks of video.

VideoSummaryPlot[video,layout]

lays out the video frames according to the provided layout.

Details and Options
Details and Options Details and Options
Examples  
Basic Examples  
Scope  
Options  
Appearance  
AudioTrackSelection  
Background  
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FillingStyle  
ImagePreviewFunction  
MaxItems  
PlotStyle  
Properties & Relations  
See Also
Related Guides
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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • Video
    • Audio
    • VideoExtractFrames
    • VideoExtractTracks
    • AudioPlot
  • Related Guides
    • Video Analysis
    • Video Computation: Update History
    • See Also
      • Video
      • Audio
      • VideoExtractFrames
      • VideoExtractTracks
      • AudioPlot
    • Related Guides
      • Video Analysis
      • Video Computation: Update History

VideoSummaryPlot

VideoSummaryPlot[video]

plots a summary of video and audio tracks of video.

VideoSummaryPlot[video,layout]

lays out the video frames according to the provided layout.

Details and Options

  • VideoSummaryPlot returns a graphic showing a frame summary of video and audio tracks. It is typically used to quickly see the video content or for use in publications.
  • By default, a stacked video frame layout is used. Possible settings for layout include:
  • "Row"a flat row of frames
    "Stacked"a stacked row of frames (default)
  • VideoSummaryPlot has the same options as Graphics, with the following additions and changes: [List of all options]
  • FrameAutomaticwhether to put a frame around the plot
    ImagePreviewFunction Automatichow to process the frames shown in the plot
    MaxItems Automaticmaximum number of frames to show per track
    PlotRangeAutomaticrange of values to include
  • VideoSummaryPlot also accepts AudioPlot options:
  • AppearanceAutomaticappearance of the plot
    Axes{True,False}whether to draw axes
    AxesOriginAutomaticwhere axes should cross
    BackgroundGrayLevel[.7]background color to use
    ColorFunctionAutomatichow to determine the coloring of waveforms
    ColorFunctionScalingFalsewhether to scale color function arguments
    MaxPlotPointsAutomaticmaximum number of samples to show
    PlotRangeAutomaticrange of values to include
    PlotRangeClippingTruewhether to clip at the plot range
    PlotStyleAutomaticthe styles in which objects are to be drawn
    PlotTheme$PlotThemeoverall theme for the plot
  • Possible settings for the Appearance option include:
  • "Continuous"continuous plot
    "Discrete"discrete plot
    "ContinuousAbs"continuous plot of absolute values
    "DiscreteAbs"discrete plot of absolute values
  • List of all options

    • AlignmentPointCenterthe default point in the graphic to align with
      AspectRatioAutomaticratio of height to width
      AxesFalsewhether to draw axes
      AxesLabelNoneaxes labels
      AxesOriginAutomaticwhere axes should cross
      AxesStyle{}style specifications for the axes
      BackgroundNonebackground color for the plot
      BaselinePositionAutomatichow to align with a surrounding text baseline
      BaseStyle{}base style specifications for the graphic
      ContentSelectableAutomaticwhether to allow contents to be selected
      CoordinatesToolOptionsAutomaticdetailed behavior of the coordinates tool
      Epilog{}primitives rendered after the main plot
      FormatTypeTraditionalFormthe default format type for text
      FrameAutomaticwhether to put a frame around the plot
      FrameLabelNoneframe labels
      FrameStyle{}style specifications for the frame
      FrameTicksAutomaticframe ticks
      FrameTicksStyle{}style specifications for frame ticks
      GridLinesNonegrid lines to draw
      GridLinesStyle{}style specifications for grid lines
      ImageMargins0.the margins to leave around the graphic
      ImagePaddingAllwhat extra padding to allow for labels etc.
      ImagePreviewFunctionAutomatichow to process the frames shown in the plot
      ImageSizeAutomaticthe absolute size at which to render the graphic
      LabelStyle{}style specifications for labels
      MaxItemsAutomaticmaximum number of frames to show per track
      MethodAutomaticdetails of graphics methods to use
      PlotLabelNonean overall label for the plot
      PlotRangeAutomaticrange of values to include
      PlotRangeClippingFalsewhether to clip at the plot range
      PlotRangePaddingAutomatichow much to pad the range of values
      PlotRegionAutomaticthe final display region to be filled
      PreserveImageOptionsAutomaticwhether to preserve image options when displaying new versions of the same graphic
      Prolog{}primitives rendered before the main plot
      RotateLabelTruewhether to rotate y labels on the frame
      TicksAutomaticaxes ticks
      TicksStyle{}style specifications for axes ticks

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Show a video plot:

Scope  (3)

Show a video plot:

Show frames as a row:

Remove the audio plot:

Options  (7)

Appearance  (1)

By default, a continuous waveform is shown for the audio track:

Use a discrete appearance for the audio waveform:

AudioTrackSelection  (1)

By default, the first audio track is shown in the plot:

Show just the frames from the video track:

Background  (1)

The Background option specifies the color of the background for the audio waveform:

Remove the background color:

Specify a different color:

Specify a different background color and plot style:

FillingStyle  (1)

By default, a gray waveform is shown for the audio track:

Specify a different color:

ImagePreviewFunction  (1)

By default, a downsized image is shown:

Convert frames to grayscale:

Negate frames:

Pad frames with a red border:

MaxItems  (1)

By default, an automatic number of frames are picked to be shown in the summary:

Adjust the number of frames shown in the stack:

Adjust the number of frames in a stacked layout:

PlotStyle  (1)

By default, a gray waveform is shown for the audio track:

Specify a different color:

Properties & Relations  (3)

Extract frames and show a grid of frames as the summary:

Plot the waveform of the audio track in a video:

Plot the spectrogram of the audio track in a video:

See Also

Video  Audio  VideoExtractFrames  VideoExtractTracks  AudioPlot

Related Guides

    ▪
  • Video Analysis
  • ▪
  • Video Computation: Update History

History

Introduced in 2024 (14.1)

Wolfram Research (2024), VideoSummaryPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2024), VideoSummaryPlot, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2024. "VideoSummaryPlot." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2024). VideoSummaryPlot. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_videosummaryplot, author="Wolfram Research", title="{VideoSummaryPlot}", year="2024", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-February-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_videosummaryplot, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={VideoSummaryPlot}, year={2024}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VideoSummaryPlot.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-February-2026]}

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