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I'm using windows 8.1 64 bit

my code

import pdb
from moviepy.editor import *

clip = VideoFileClip(".\a.mp4")
clip.write_gif('.\aasda.gif')

the exception is at write_gif method

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:abiyoutubetogif_projecttest.py", line 5, in <module>
 clip.write_gif('G:\abi\aasda.gif')
 File "<string>", line 2, in write_gif
 File "C:Python34libsite-packagesmoviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.eggmoviepydecorators.py", line 49, in requires_duration
 return f(clip, *a, **k)
 File "C:Python34libsite-packagesmoviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.eggmoviepyvideoVideoClip.py", line 435, in write_gif
 dispose= dispose, colors=colors)
 File "<string>", line 2, in write_gif
 File "C:Python34libsite-packagesmoviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.eggmoviepydecorators.py", line 49, in requires_duration
 return f(clip, *a, **k)
 File "C:Python34libsite-packagesmoviepy-0.2.1.8.12-py3.4.eggmoviepyvideoiogif_writers.py", line 186, in write_gif
 stdout=sp.PIPE)
 File "C:Python34libsubprocess.py", line 848, in __init__
 restore_signals, start_new_session)
 File "C:Python34libsubprocess.py", line 1104, in _execute_child
 startupinfo)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied

I moved the script to another folder and partition, running moviepy dependancies and python as admin, turning off UAC still gives me error

I've run into this as well, solution is usually to be sure to run the program as an administrator (right click, run as administrator.)

Sometimes it uccures when some installations are not completed correctly, process stucks and a file is still opened. So, when you try to run the installation again and the installation requires deleting, you see the observed error. In my case shut down python processes and Command Prompt utilization helped

Maybe you wrongly set permission on python3. For instance if for the file permission is set like

`os.chmod('spam.txt', 0777)` --> This will lead to SyntaxError 

This syntax was used in Python2. Now if you change like:
os.chmod('spam.txt', 777) --> This is still worst!! Your permission will be set wrongly since are not on "octal" but on decimal.

Afterwards you will get permission Error if you try for instance to remove the file:
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied:

Solution for python3 is quite easy:
os.chmod('spam.txt', 0o777) --> The syntax is now ZERO and o "0o"

I was having the exact same issue, with an Access Denied error that was raised from the subprocess module.

Turns out that this is a bug in Python. Fortunately for us, it has already been solved. Updating your Python to the latest version should fix the problem. For example, I was still on 2.7.3 on this machine, and updating to 2.7.9 solved it. But the bug also affected the 3.2 and 3.3 branches of Python.