Can show colored images or play mp4 files (or videos from youtube) in console using OpenCV
--help (displays this info)
-p {path} (path to the image/video file)
-c {number} (the darkenify of the frame, the more number is, the more dark parts become more darker)
-fps {number} (thats supposed to be FPS but image prints to the console already kinda slow, default is 60)
-s {number} (frame size multiplier)
--video (to pass videos)
--advanced (to use 34 ASCII symbols including 0 and 1)
--realtime (no general video buffering, but frame buffering will still work)
--old (use old logariphmic pixel to character converting)
--color (translates to colored symbols, this works only on windows 10+/linux/unix and only in console)
--pixel (doesn't print ASCII characters, prints colored whitespaces instead)
--link (use this flag if the path provided is youtube video link)
--gs (gray scale colored format)
the {} symbols should not be added
Preview image:
Linux (Debian 12) installation guide:
Dependencies : git 2.39.5 or higher, cmake 3.25.1 or higher, make v4.3 or higher, g++ v12.2 or higher
Download and build opencv
Example:
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir opencv_installation
cd opencv_installation
git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv
cd opencv
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j4
sudo make install
When OpenCV is installed, download and build CMP:
cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/tascarit/console_media_player
cd console_media_player
g++ main.cpp -o cmp -I/usr/local/include/opencv4 -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_imgcodecs -lopencv_highgui -lopencv_videoio -lopencv_core -L/usr/local/lib
After compiling it may not add the OpenCV libraries directory and say something like: error while loading shared libraries, in this case you should add opencv.conf file inside /etc/ld.so.conf.d/, and then put this line int the file: /usr/local/lib, then run: sudo ldconfig to update libraries path and after that you should be able to run the file.
Example usage:
./main -p PATH --video --realtime