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bilekas
This is interesting but requires a true colour terminal, i was kind of hoping it would transcode to ASCII art each frame... Hmmm interesting weekend project i think.

Edit : just looking through the source, it actually looks like it is doing that.. the true colour should be optional so!

odo1242
you can use the command line argument -b ascii to use ascii (thanks for reminding me to add documentation!)
odo1242
Thanks for the feedback though!
lathiat
Circa 2005 mplayer supported both “aalib” and “calib” output for black and Color ascii art respectively.
TobTobXX
mpv can do that too: mpv --vo=tct {file}
goodkernel
Why would I want to view video files in the terminal?
jjeaff
Because you can, of course.