Command line mediaplayer

Play videos and other media in the command line in ASCII.

> climp video.avi

> climp tux_linux.jpg
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Usage

Play a video

climp [OPTIONS]... [FILENAME]

OPTIONS
  -c [CHARSET]
      Specify a custom set of characters.

  -w [WIDTH]
      Set width. Preserves aspect ratio if height is not set.

  -h [HEIGHT]
      Set height. Preserves aspect ratio if width is not set.

EXAMPLES
  climp video.mkv
  climp -w 100 -h 50 -c " .,xX" video.mkv

Display an image

EXAMPLES
  cat image.jpg|climp
  cat image.jpg|climp -w 100 -h 50 -c " .,xX"

Dependencies

Library	Version	Details
libncurses	6.0.20160213	I assume that the program will compile against newer versions as well.
libavcodec	56/60/100	MAJOR/MINOR/MICRO
libavformat	56/40/101	MAJOR/MINOR/MICRO
libjpeg-turbo		TODO: Enter working version number. I assume that the program will compile against any new version.

FFmpeg documentation

Use documentation for FFmpeg version 2.8.

http://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/2.8/

Compilation

Generally, make sure you have installed all required dependencies, and then run make.

Ubuntu 16.04

sudo apt install libjpeg-turbo8-dev
sudo apt install libavcodec-dev
sudo apt install libavformat-dev
sudo apt install libncurses5-dev
make

TODO

Colours
Subtitles
Audio
Input devices
Support for more image formats

Klyyssi/climp