HasciiCam

HasciiCam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii letters, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag, or in a live ascii window, or in a simple text file. 

The software enables users with a tv card, Linux box, and a cheap modem line to show live (h)ascii video which can be viewed without any need for extra applications, plugins, Java etc.

Hasciicam grabs video using Video4Linux api: gets a YUV422 plane and uses the luminance component to obtain a grayscale frame, then renders each frame into hascii using the AA-lib engine, armoring it in a html with a refresh tag.

HasciiCam 1.0

Price Free to download Size 0.1MB License GNU GPL Developer Denis Rojo and contributors Website ascii.dyne.org System Requirements Webcam or TV card AA-lib Support Sites: Documentation Selected Reviews:

Features include:

• Low bandwidth live cam "streaming"
  
• Command line settings
  
• Customizable refresh rate
  
• Live mode
  
• Gives you the coolest .plan you ever had
  
• Draws nifty symbols on your face

Last Updated Sunday, September 21 2008 @ 08:37 AM EDT