zhangterrence / charify

Media to ascii converter built using OpenCV.

Charify

C++ implementation of a media to ascii converter. Takes input from either a video or image and generates an ascii representation of the content. This project utilizes OpenCV's library to read the videos and images.

Usage

Prerequisites

In addition to a modern C++ compiler like GCC or CLang, this project requires the following libraries:

• CMake (>= 3.1)
• OpenCV (>= 4.0)

Building and Running

1. Clone project.

   git clone https://github.com/ZhangTerrence/charify
   cd charify

2. Build application.

   rm -r build
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..
   make

3. Create a media directory. Place videos or images inside this directory.

   rm -r media
   mkdir media

4. Run application.

   ./charify <FILE>

Result