record_video.py

import gymnasium as gym
from stable_baselines3 import DQN
# from stable_baselines3.common.monitor import Monitor
from stable_baselines3.common.vec_env import VecVideoRecorder, DummyVecEnv, VecEnv

model_name = "agents/dqn_v2-8/best_model" # path to model, should be an argument
env_id = "ALE/Pacman-v5"
video_folder = "videos/"
video_length = 10000 #steps by hard coding this, I can almost ensure only one episode is recorded...

vec_env = DummyVecEnv([lambda: gym.make(env_id, render_mode="rgb_array")])
model = DQN.load(model_name)
# output: <stable_baselines3.common.vec_env.dummy_vec_env.DummyVecEnv object at 0x0000029974DC6550>

# vec_env = gym.make(env_id, render_mode="rgb_array")
# output <OrderEnforcing<PassiveEnvChecker<AtariEnv<ALE/Pacman-v5>>>>

# vec_env = Monitor(gym.make(env_id, render_mode="rgb_array"))

print("\n\n\n")
print(vec_env)
print("\n\n\n")

obs = vec_env.reset()


# Record the video starting at the first step
vec_env = VecVideoRecorder(vec_env,
                           video_folder, 
                           record_video_trigger=lambda x: x == 0,
                           video_length=video_length,
                           name_prefix="one-episode_v2-8_bestmodel"
                           )
#  Once I make the environment, now I need to walk through it...???
#   I want to act according to the policy that has been trained
vec_env.reset()
print(vec_env)
# for _ in range(video_length + 1):
#   action, states = model.predict(obs)
#   obs, _, _, _ = vec_env.step(action)

# Instead of using the specified steps in a for loop
# use a while loop to check if the episode has terminated
# Stop recording when the episode ends
end = True
while end == True:
  action, states = model.predict(obs)
  obs, _, done, _ = vec_env.step(action)
  if done == True:
    print("exiting loop")
    end = False
# # Save the video

vec_env.close()