If you’re a movie lover, you know that watching movies on your Linux terminal window is a great way to enjoy some quality entertainment. However, there are a few things you need to keep in mind if you want to watch movies in your terminal window.
First, make sure that the video card that your computer uses is supported by the video driver that your Linux terminal window uses. Second, make sure that the video codecs and resolution that your computer supports are supported by the video driver that your Linux terminal window uses. Third, make sure that the frame rate of the movie is supported by the movie driver that your Linux terminal window uses. Finally, make sure that the size of the movie file is supported by the movie driver that your Linux terminal window uses.
If all of these conditions are met, then you can start watching movies in your Linux terminal window by typing:
mvn -Dfile=
Watch Movies in ASCII
The first thing you’ll want to do is make sure that mplayer is installed, which is easy enough from the command line:
Then, to actually watch the movies from a terminal window, use the following syntax, replacing MovieName with the filename of your video.
The “caca” command is actually the color text driver – you could also use ” -vo aa ” instead for black & white, but that would just be silly.
These screenshots don’t really do it justice – it’s seriously just as bad when you’re watching.
Sequences with a lot of contrast work better…
And it wouldn’t help to sit about 8 feet back from the monitor.
Now that was truly a Stupid Geek Trick!
