       \param keep_open Tells if the video writer associated to the specified filename
       must be kept open or not (to allow frames to be added in the same file afterwards).
    **/
    const CImgList<T>& save_video(const char *const filename, const unsigned int fps=25,
                                  const char *codec=0, const bool keep_open=false) const {
#ifndef cimg_use_opencv
      cimg::unused(codec,keep_open);
      return save_ffmpeg_external(filename,fps);
#else
      try {
        static cv::VideoWriter *writers[32] = { 0 };
        static CImgList<charT> filenames(32);
        static CImg<intT> sizes(32,2,1,1,0);
        static int last_used_index = -1;

        // Detect if a video writer already exists for the specified filename.
        cimg::mutex(9);
        int index = -1;
        if (filename) {
          if (last_used_index>=0 && !std::strcmp(filename,filenames[last_used_index])) {
            index = last_used_index;
          } else cimglist_for(filenames,l) if (filenames[l] && !std::strcmp(filename,filenames[l])) {
              index = l; break;
            }
        } else index = last_used_index;
        cimg::mutex(9,0);

        // Find empty slot for capturing video stream.
        if (index<0) {
          if (!filename)
            throw CImgArgumentException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): No already open video writer found. You must specify a "
                                        "non-(null) filename argument for the first call.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          else { cimg::mutex(9); cimglist_for(filenames,l) if (!filenames[l]) { index = l; break; } cimg::mutex(9,0); }
          if (index<0)
            throw CImgIOException(_cimglist_instance
                                  "save_video(): File '%s', no video writer slots available. "
                                  "You have to release some of your previously opened videos.",
                                  cimglist_instance,filename);
          if (is_empty())
            throw CImgInstanceException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): Instance list is empty.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          const unsigned int W = _data?_data[0]._width:0, H = _data?_data[0]._height:0;
          if (!W || !H)
            throw CImgInstanceException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): Frame [0] is an empty image.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          const char
            *const _codec = codec && *codec?codec:"h264",
            codec0 = cimg::uppercase(_codec[0]),
            codec1 = _codec[0]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[1]):0,
            codec2 = _codec[1]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[2]):0,
            codec3 = _codec[2]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[3]):0;
          cimg::mutex(9);
          writers[index] = new cv::VideoWriter(filename,_cimg_fourcc(codec0,codec1,codec2,codec3),fps,cv::Size(W,H));
          if (!writers[index]->isOpened()) {
            delete writers[index];
            writers[index] = 0;
            cimg::mutex(9,0);
            throw CImgIOException(_cimglist_instance
                                  "save_video(): File '%s', unable to initialize video writer with codec '%c%c%c%c'.",
                                  cimglist_instance,filename,
                                  codec0,codec1,codec2,codec3);
          }
          CImg<charT>::string(filename).move_to(filenames[index]);
          sizes(index,0) = W;
          sizes(index,1) = H;
          cimg::mutex(9,0);
        }

        if (!is_empty()) {
          const unsigned int W = sizes(index,0), H = sizes(index,1);
          cimg::mutex(9);
          cimglist_for(*this,l) {
            CImg<T> &src = _data[l];
            if (src.is_empty())
              cimg::warn(_cimglist_instance
                         "save_video(): Skip empty frame %d for file '%s'.",
                         cimglist_instance,l,filename);
            if (src._spectrum>3)
              cimg::warn(_cimglist_instance
                         "save_video(): Frame %u has incompatible dimension (%u,%u,%u,%u). "
                         "Some image data may be ignored when writing frame into video file '%s'.",
                         cimglist_instance,l,src._width,src._height,src._depth,src._spectrum,filename);
            cimg_forZ(src,z) {
              CImg<T> _src = src._depth>1?src.get_slice(z):src.get_shared();
              if (_src._width==W && _src._height==H && _src._spectrum==3)
                writers[index]->write(CImg<ucharT>(_src)._cimg2cvmat());
              else {
                CImg<ucharT> __src(_src,false);
                __src.channels(0,std::min(__src._spectrum - 1,2U)).resize(W,H);
                __src.resize(W,H,1,3,__src._spectrum==1);
                writers[index]->write(__src._cimg2cvmat());
              }
            }
          }
          cimg::mutex(9,0);
        }

        cimg::mutex(9);
        if (!keep_open) {
          delete writers[index];
          writers[index] = 0;
          filenames[index].assign();
          sizes(index,0) = sizes(index,1) = 0;
          last_used_index = -1;
        } else last_used_index = index;
        cimg::mutex(9,0);
      } catch (CImgIOException &e) {
        if (!keep_open) return save_ffmpeg_external(filename,fps);
        throw e;
      }
       \param keep_open Tells if the video writer associated to the specified filename
       must be kept open or not (to allow frames to be added in the same file afterwards).
    **/
    const CImgList<T>& save_video(const char *const filename, const unsigned int fps=25,
                                  const char *codec=0, const bool keep_open=false) const {
#ifndef cimg_use_opencv
      cimg::unused(codec,keep_open);
      return save_ffmpeg_external(filename,fps);
#else
      try {
        static cv::VideoWriter *writers[32] = { 0 };
        static CImgList<charT> filenames(32);
        static CImg<intT> sizes(32,2,1,1,0);
        static int last_used_index = -1;

         
        cimg::mutex(9);
        int index = -1;
        if (filename) {
          if (last_used_index>=0 && !std::strcmp(filename,filenames[last_used_index])) {
            index = last_used_index;
          } else cimglist_for(filenames,l) if (filenames[l] && !std::strcmp(filename,filenames[l])) {
              index = l; break;
            }
        } else index = last_used_index;
        cimg::mutex(9,0);

         
        if (index<0) {
          if (!filename)
            throw CImgArgumentException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): No already open video writer found. You must specify a "
                                        "non-(null) filename argument for the first call.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          else { cimg::mutex(9); cimglist_for(filenames,l) if (!filenames[l]) { index = l; break; } cimg::mutex(9,0); }
          if (index<0)
            throw CImgIOException(_cimglist_instance
                                  "save_video(): File '%s', no video writer slots available. "
                                  "You have to release some of your previously opened videos.",
                                  cimglist_instance,filename);
          if (is_empty())
            throw CImgInstanceException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): Instance list is empty.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          const unsigned int W = _data?_data[0]._width:0, H = _data?_data[0]._height:0;
          if (!W || !H)
            throw CImgInstanceException(_cimglist_instance
                                        "save_video(): Frame [0] is an empty image.",
                                        cimglist_instance);
          const char
            *const _codec = codec && *codec?codec:"h264",
            codec0 = cimg::uppercase(_codec[0]),
            codec1 = _codec[0]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[1]):0,
            codec2 = _codec[1]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[2]):0,
            codec3 = _codec[2]?cimg::uppercase(_codec[3]):0;
          cimg::mutex(9);
          writers[index] = new cv::VideoWriter(filename,_cimg_fourcc(codec0,codec1,codec2,codec3),fps,cv::Size(W,H));
          if (!writers[index]->isOpened()) {
            delete writers[index];
            writers[index] = 0;
            cimg::mutex(9,0);
            throw CImgIOException(_cimglist_instance
                                  "save_video(): File '%s', unable to initialize video writer with codec '%c%c%c%c'.",
                                  cimglist_instance,filename,
                                  codec0,codec1,codec2,codec3);
          }
          CImg<charT>::string(filename).move_to(filenames[index]);
          sizes(index,0) = W;
          sizes(index,1) = H;
          cimg::mutex(9,0);
        }

        if (!is_empty()) {
          const unsigned int W = sizes(index,0), H = sizes(index,1);
          cimg::mutex(9);
          cimglist_for(*this,l) {
            CImg<T> &src = _data[l];
            if (src.is_empty())
              cimg::warn(_cimglist_instance
                         "save_video(): Skip empty frame %d for file '%s'.",
                         cimglist_instance,l,filename);
            if (src._spectrum>3)
              cimg::warn(_cimglist_instance
                         "save_video(): Frame %u has incompatible dimension (%u,%u,%u,%u). "
                         "Some image data may be ignored when writing frame into video file '%s'.",
                         cimglist_instance,l,src._width,src._height,src._depth,src._spectrum,filename);
            cimg_forZ(src,z) {
              CImg<T> _src = src._depth>1?src.get_slice(z):src.get_shared();
              if (_src._width==W && _src._height==H && _src._spectrum==3)
                writers[index]->write(CImg<ucharT>(_src)._cimg2cvmat());
              else {
                CImg<ucharT> __src(_src,false);
                __src.channels(0,std::min(__src._spectrum - 1,2U)).resize(W,H);
                __src.resize(W,H,1,3,__src._spectrum==1);
                writers[index]->write(__src._cimg2cvmat());
              }
            }
          }
          cimg::mutex(9,0);
        }

        cimg::mutex(9);
        if (!keep_open) {
          delete writers[index];
          writers[index] = 0;
          filenames[index].assign();
          sizes(index,0) = sizes(index,1) = 0;
          last_used_index = -1;
        } else last_used_index = index;
        cimg::mutex(9,0);
      } catch (CImgIOException &e) {
        if (!keep_open) return save_ffmpeg_external(filename,fps);
        throw e;
      }