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Domain specific video formats could be the future. They can reduce bandwidth requirements and offer features not available in pixel videos. One good example is

Domain specific video formats could be the future. They can reduce bandwidth requirements and offer features not available in pixel videos. One good example is https://asciinema.org https://asciinema.org , which plays back terminal sessions. The text in the "video" is selectable!

neoncontrails 6y ago
Wow. Could you embed these files in a GitHub README.md, for instance, or does the playback require a specific decoder? I've long wondered how developers manage to capture snazzy terminal demos of their projects, as the Linux tools I've tried using for this purpose generate bafflingly huge files (~750mb for roughly a minute of content).
- Kuinox 6y ago
  Sadly no, people include a preview image that link to asciinema
- sksavant 6y ago
  Apparently, you can after rendering the asciicast file to SVG: https://github.com/marionebl/svg-term-cli https://github.com/marionebl/svg-term-cli