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Low resolution(spatial and color) video player/image render for terminal

An overly simple videoplayer using opencv and ncurses library for terminal. Currently only pause and quitting feature is implemented. Tested for ubuntu 18(bionic), should work for 20 also. Tested image and video formats are .jpg, .png, .tif, .mp4 To run give command ascii_player <image/video name> Press 'q' to quit, 'p' to pause In video stream press 'w' to skip forward 2s, 's' for backward 2s skip.

Details for ascii-videoplayer

License
  • GPL-3.0

Last updated
  • 9 June 2023 - latest/stable
  • 8 June 2023 - latest/edge

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