ascvid

.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenca-adam/ascvid/main/asc.png

ascvid is an ASCII video player with quite exact results. It is mostly advised to be used under Linux, but it might work on Windows too (its behavior under Mac is untested, and it will likely not work well). Here is a little showcase of what it can do:

.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenca-adam/ascvid/main/rick.gif

It requires a Truecolor terminal to work like this. If you are on a stupider terminal, the results will look less realistic.The produced graphics aren't blinking as in other ASCII video players, however, the videos might lag a bit if your terminal is zoomed out. ascvid also supports audio output and pausing your video! It's a true video player.

Installation

.. code-block:: console

python3 -m pip install ascvid

Then you can just run ascvid and you're good to go.

CLI Options

NOTE :: --no-truecolor option lags like my brain, so if you are on a stupid terminal, you are better off using --no-color in ASCII mode. .. code-block:: console

Usage: ascvid [OPTIONS] FILE

Options:
  -H, --hide-cursor       Hide the cursor while playing the video
  -A, --no-audio          Don't play audio stream
  -f, --fps TEXT          Number of FPS the video's supposed to run at. If
                          None, it's determined from the video. If "max",
                          ascvid will try its best to keep the video from
                          lagging
  -c, --char TEXT         Character to be used while rendering the video
                          frames
  -C, --no-color          Don't color output
  -a, --ascii             Use multiple ASCII characters. Best to be used with
                          --no-truecolor
  -T, --no-truecolor      Reduces color palette. Use this flag on more stupid
                          terminals (windows).
  -F, --fast              Toggles off resizing each frame individually, rather
                          resizes the entire video. Use this if the video is
                          lagging too much.
  -d, --disable-controls  Disables pausing the video
  -t, --title TEXT        Sets the title of the video. If not set, file name
                          will be used instead
  -h, --hide-title        hides the title
  -n, --new-window        Opens in a new terminal window
  -t, --term TEXT         Specify terminal in format '<terminal command> <run
                          command switch> {}'
  -o, --outfile TEXT      Specify output file
  -d, --debug             Debug mode: show current/target fps
  -s, --subs              Subtitle file to use

  --help                  Show this message and exit.