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ffmpeg can output ascii videos

• iDemonix 11y ago
  Whilst this statement is true, the torrent predates the earliest versions of ffmpeg, so it wouldn't have been what was used (which was what the OP was asking).
  • icebraining 11y ago
    Whilst this statement is true, the torrent predates the earliest versions of ffmpeg How so? The torrent is 12 years old, while ffmpeg was first released 15 years ago.
  • asveikau 11y ago
    I remember using this program in 2001: http://linux.die.net/man/1/ttv http://linux.die.net/man/1/ttv aalib + video4linux = TV tuner outputting as ASCII. [Shockingly I actually used this for a useful purpose - I had a messed up graphics card that couldn't run X stably due to machine lockups, but Linux console worked fine - so I used this to watch TV. I was a teenager at the time so it was a while before I replaced it.]