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I want to export an animation,

anim = Animate[Plot[Sin[x + a], {x, 0, 10}], {a, 0, 5}, AnimationRepetitions -> 1, AnimationDirection -> Forward]

then export it

Export["animation.gif", anim]

the outputs loops. $a$ runs from $0 \to 5$ and then from $5 \to 0$ when I explicitly instructed that it should only repeat once and only go forward. I've tried other output file formats and all of them looped.

Appreciate any help.

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Add Bookmarks:

   anim = Animate[Plot[Sin[x + a], {x, 0, 10}], {a, 0, 5}, 
          Bookmarks -> {"start" :> {a = 0}, "stop" :> {a = 5}}];
   Export["animation.gif", anim]
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  • $\begingroup$ I tried to increase the animations length with DefaultDuration -> 10. The output from Mathematica respects the command but the exported ogv is always around 3 secs, with or without the Bookmark. Here [reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/MultimediaFormats.html] it suggests the use of "Duration" in the Export symbol but I tried adding it as a parameter in Export but it doesn't work. Any thoughts? $\endgroup$
    – vozdrugíja
    Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 21:11
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    $\begingroup$ @ vozdrugíja Try Export["animation.ogv", anim,"AnimationDuration" -> 15], 15 being 15 secs. $\endgroup$
    – Rupesh
    Commented Jun 22, 2020 at 21:31
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This function (Export) seems buggy, at least when Animation is its object. I prefer using "simplescreenrecorder" program when in Linux. I run the animation in Mathematica and capture the interesting part of the screen with ssr.
Et voilà !

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