Convert videos to ASCII movies with this command line tool.
Build the C extensions:
./make.sh
Convert the video file to ASCII: (note that the file should be placed in the same directory as converter.py)
./converter.py video.mp4
Play the ASCII movie from the terminal. You have to reduce the font size in your terminal (Ctrl + -) and an appropriate font should be selected. I have included the square.ttf font in the repository.
./player.py video.ascii