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Similar to this, many years ago on HN there was a website shared that would convert an image into HTML. I used it to generate the 404 image on my personal websi

Similar to this, many years ago on HN there was a website shared that would convert an image into HTML. I used it to generate the 404 image on my personal website: https://micro.muppetz.com/404 https://micro.muppetz.com/404 - Warning often causes older/slower browsers to really choke! If anyone remembers what that URL was, I'd love you to share it. No amount of googling recently has been able to find it, I expect it's probably lost to the sands of time. I've tried a few others I found on google but none produce anything like that quality.

CameronNemo 4y ago
Is there a point to converting an image to HTML? I can use various programs to convert an image to SVG.
- kzrdude 4y ago
  I think it's for fun
- muppetman 4y ago
  Purely for fun - I'd like to make some more 404 pages like the one I linked to, and other various bits. I really like rendering images using text and the webapp I used did such a great job (IMHO) I don't think it has any practical purpose.
tomjakubowski 4y ago
If you have some interest in image processing, and know a little bit of HTML, a program like that would be a great learning project!
- muppetman 4y ago
  Sadly the only programming "language" I know is ircII and that's not exactly in demand :)
jdfellow 4y ago
libcaca [0] command img2txt can output html [0] http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca
- pmoriarty 4y ago
  Though I've never tried it, I believe it can also be used by mpv to play videos in ascii.
  - muppetman 4y ago
    I remember back in the day watching videos using mplayer with its ascii output. That was always a riot!
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walrus01 4y ago
Ffmpeg can work with aalib
nigrioid 4y ago
I remember coming across this one a long time ago. Could this be it? https://neil.fraser.name/software/img2html/ https://neil.fraser.name/software/img2html/
- nigrioid 4y ago
  Sadly, it appears it doesn't work anymore. I remember it having very good quality.

CameronNemo 4y ago

Is there a point to converting an image to HTML? I can use various programs to convert an image to SVG.

kzrdude 4y ago
I think it's for fun
muppetman 4y ago
Purely for fun - I'd like to make some more 404 pages like the one I linked to, and other various bits. I really like rendering images using text and the webapp I used did such a great job (IMHO) I don't think it has any practical purpose.

tomjakubowski 4y ago

If you have some interest in image processing, and know a little bit of HTML, a program like that would be a great learning project!

muppetman 4y ago
Sadly the only programming "language" I know is ircII and that's not exactly in demand :)

jdfellow 4y ago

libcaca [0] command img2txt can output html [0] http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/libcaca

pmoriarty 4y ago
Though I've never tried it, I believe it can also be used by mpv to play videos in ascii.
- muppetman 4y ago
  I remember back in the day watching videos using mplayer with its ascii output. That was always a riot!

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walrus01 4y ago

Ffmpeg can work with aalib

nigrioid 4y ago

I remember coming across this one a long time ago. Could this be it? https://neil.fraser.name/software/img2html/ https://neil.fraser.name/software/img2html/

nigrioid 4y ago
Sadly, it appears it doesn't work anymore. I remember it having very good quality.