nexinfinite / videotoascii

A python generator that converts youtube videos to ascii art in your console.

Video To ASCII

A python generator that converts youtube videos to ascii art in your console.

This has not been tested for windows!

Example

Normal mode

Video mode

CLI

To see the full video click here!

How to use

Download the project as a zip, extract everything and then run the command below. Make sure to include frames.

Installation

run pip3 install youtube_dl opencv-python sty cursor pillow mss

Basic Command

python3 ascii.py

Arguments

These arguments only work for running python3 video_render.py, you should really be running python3 ascii.py which does all of this for you.

• --framerate=int this was used in the old version, may not work as of now
• --buffer=int buffer the whole video before rendering, this will freeze at "Buffering x/x" until done (recommended to be off)
• --video_mode=bool changes to video mode if True

Todo

• Add CLI
• Allow for other modes
• Make it easier to use
• Allow screen capture real time
• Allow for windows

videotoascii's Issues

A little issues!

File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\threading.py", line 973, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.2032.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\threading.py", line 910, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Khang\Desktop\project\video_render.py", line 227, in render_second
queue.pop(frames)
Pls help me idk how to fix it:(

Not working in Python 3.10

I had to change the regex import to re to avoid problems but now PyInquirer don't let me execute the ascii.py. I read tha's because the last version of python 3.10.

The error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/neko/Escritorio/videotoascii/ascii.py", line 8, in <module>
    from PyInquirer import prompt, Validator, ValidationError
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyInquirer'