linux notes - Play video as ASCII in the console with VLC and mplayer

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My personal notes collected while messing with Ubuntu 6.06 (server) on my Mini-itx M10000 Nehemiah based server (with the OS running of a 2GB CF card, and a Hauppauge PVR-350 for experimental reasons), Ubuntu 7.04 on my IBM ThinkPad T23 and Ubuntu 7.10 on my T40p.

All entries here:

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Play video as ASCII in the console with VLC and mplayer

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Play video as ASCII in the console with VLC and mplayer

colour ascii in vlc:

vlc --vout caca myfile.mpg

colour ascii in mplayer:

mplayer -vo caca myfile.mpg

This will show the output rendered as ASCII :o)

2008-06-21 19:21:20