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(h)ascii for the masses! html refreshed ascii video cam
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version 1.1.1
Hasciicam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag or in a live ascii window or in a simple text file as well, giving the possiblity to anybody that has a bttv card. a linux box and a cheap modem line to show a live asciivideo feed that can be browsable without any need for plugin, java etc.
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INSTALLATION
On Debian and Ubuntu you have hasciicam packages ready to install
sudo apt-get install hasciicam
On RedHat and derivatives a package may be available too.
USAGE
This software is operated from a terminal... and invites you to enjoy
the aesthetics of it :^)
To have a brief list of command line options, use:
hasciicam -h
To see the manual:
man hasciicam
BUILD FROM SOURCE
If you want to compile hasciicam from its source code, you will need
aalib
: that's the great lib that makes possible ascii rendering if
your distribution does'nt includes it, you can fetch it from the
hasciicam webpage.
To compile the sourcecode:
autoreconf -i && ./configure && make
and to install it, you can use
make install
Running it:
people reported success with several pci and usb devices, refer to video4linux documentation for further informations
CREDITS
Hasciicam is designed, written and maintained by jaromil - http://rastasoft.org
People who contributed to the hasciicam project:
- jan hubicka and the aalib crew - the asci rendering library
- gerd knorr - grab was inspired by his webcam sourcecode
- mathop aka josto - help on css with style
- august black - hacks for iomegabuz
- boffh - hacks for usb cams
- martin guy - karma to avoid buffer overflows
- rat - text dump
- pbm & megabug - watching ascii horizons
- rapid - security and bugfixes
- alessandro preite martinez - sgi irix support (0.9)
- thomas pfau - ftp library
- blended - wider webcam support
- dan stowell - v4l2 api support
Special thanks to:
- LOA hacklab milano for donating a pentium100mhz development box
- hell voyager for donating an hauppage bttv brooktree card which made it possible to have releases :) )
- acme + rasty + martinez for very good vibez!
- servus.at, maddler.net, flyinglinux.net, autistici.org high quality bandwidth lets people get slashdotted!
- FREAKNET medialab catania :: http://freaknet.org for knowledge, place, sun and connectivity under the vulcano!
LICENSE
This source code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This source code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please refer to the GNU Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Public License along with this source code; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.