winget install --id=Der_Floh.videotoascii -e VideoToAscii converts and streams any video file or webcam input as colourful ASCII characters directly in your terminal. Supports multiple conversion strategies, optional audio playback and output files.
Video-To-Ascii
A modern C# console application that converts videos into ASCII art with audio support.
Video-To-Ascii transforms video files into ASCII art live in the console. The application provides a responsive and efficient video-to-text conversion experience with synchronized audio playback.
Additionally exporting to different output formats like .json, .ps1 or .sh is supported.
Thanks to Joel Ibaceta/video-to-ascii for the original project.
ChocolateyInstall Chocolatey and open a terminal:
choco install videotoascii
ScoopInstall Scoop and add My Scoop bucket and the versions bucket:
scoop bucket add der_floh https://github.com/der-floh/scoop-bucket
scoop bucket add versions
Then install the tool:
scoop install videotoascii
WinGetInstall WinGet and run a terminal with administrator privileges (required for dotnet):
winget install videotoascii
Download and install the latest Release or view all Releases.
Options:
-f, --file Path to the video file (required)
-s, --strategy Conversion strategy (default: filled-ascii)
Available: filled-ascii, ascii-color, just-ascii
-a, --audio Enable/disable audio (default: false)
-o, --output Output file path (default: none)
--help Display help information
These are the current supported output file types:
.txt.json.bat.ps1.sh# Basic playback with default settings
videotoascii -f video.mp4
# Just-ascii conversion with audio
videotoascii -f video.mp4 -s just-ascii -a
# Output to file
videotoascii -f video.mp4 -o output.ps1
