Termplay

Jul 20, 2023

Tool that converts images to ANSI sequences, plays videos in terminals

termplay is the tool to convert images to ANSI sequences. It also supports playing videos.

Features

  • Multiple modes
    • Sixels Only supported by a few terminals, like xterm.
    • Unicode halfblock This is the same as TrueColor below, but uses unicode half-blocks for smaller pixels.
    • TrueColor Any RGB color, supported by most terminals.
    • 256 color The closest representation of a color that can be fit within 1 byte. Use this if nothing else works.
  • Flexible
    • Change framerate, size and more using command line switches.
  • Adapting size
    • Automatically scales the image to fit your terminal.


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