ASCII Video Converter

Prerequisites

    - nodejs: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
    - ffmpeg: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

Commands

Options

- input-file
    - file to be converted (original is kept)
    - default: input.mp4/input.gif/input.png depending on command used

- output-file
    - file to save the converted file
    - default: input.mp4/input.gif/input.png depending on command used

- pixel-size
    - size of ASCII character (output resolution will be multipied by this amount, downscaling is recomended)
    - default: 24

- font-size-modifier
    - increase ASCII character size by set pixes without increasing space it takes. Could be useful when using bigger pixel-size setting
    - default: 4

- scaled-size
    - pixels in width (result will be scaled-size * pixel-size of width)
    - default: 120

- fps
    - frames per second of generated file
    - default: 10

Convert GIF to ASCII GIF

npm run convert:gif:gif [input-file] [output-file] [pixel-size] [font-size-modifier] [scaled-size] [fps]

Convert GIF to ASCII MP4

npm run convert:gif:mp4 [input-file] [output-file] [pixel-size] [font-size-modifier] [scaled-size] [fps]

Convert MP4 to ASCII MP4

npm run convert:mp4:mp4 [input-file] [output-file] [pixel-size] [font-size-modifier] [scaled-size] [fps]

Convert MP4 to ASCII GIF

npm run convert:mp4:gif [input-file] [output-file] [pixel-size] [font-size-modifier] [scaled-size] [fps]

Convert PNG to ASCII PNG

npm run convert:img [input-file] [output-file] [pixel-size] [font-size-modifier] [scaled-size]