Matplotlib animation not working in IPython Notebook (blank plot)

Question

I\'ve tried multiple animation sample codes and cannot get any of them working. Here\'s a basic one I\'ve tried from the Matplotlib documentation:

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Answer 1

No inline video in Jupyter at the end of an animation also happens when

HTML(ani.to_html5_video())

is not at the very end of a notebook cell, as the output is then suppressed.

You may use it then as follows

out = HTML(ani.to_html5_video())

and just type out` in a new cell to get the video online.