https://github.com/ratfink/asciiplayback

Play animations from ASCIImator.net
https://github.com/ratfink/asciiplayback

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Play animations from ASCIImator.net

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ratfink/asciiplayback
• Owner: Ratfink
• License: mit
• Created: 2012-12-22T06:53:27.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-10-24T04:55:14.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-12T12:04:51.631Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 43 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ASCIIPlayback

    yo waddup                                 |

        /                       |/            |

      \O-     \ /       ='_     O-    o   o.o |

       %\      X    #   /!     /|'   /A\ / a >|

      / \     /@\ "|"|"  |>    / \ "|"|"  /|  |

    """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

ASCIIPlayback is a program which plays files from

[ASCIImator](http://asciimator.net/).  ASCIIPlayback is licensed under the MIT

license; see `LICENSE` for details.

## Dependencies

### `download_asciimation.py`

* Python 3 (3.5+ should be fine)

### Pygame Player

* Python 2 (tested with 2.7.7)

* Pygame (tested with 1.9.1)

### GTK Player

* Python 3 (tested with 3.4.1)

* PyGObject (tested with 3.12.2)

## Usage

### `download_asciimation.py`

ASCIImations are currently downloaded by download\_asciimation.py, which is

used as follows:

    $ ./download_asciimation.py URL

where URL is the URL of the page you'd view in order to watch the ASCIImation

in your web browser.  For instance, to download

[Intelligence (1)](http://asciimator.net/asciimation/7676), the command would

be this:

    $ ./download_asciimation.py http://asciimator.net/asciimation/7676

The default filename is the number of the ASCIImation, but this can be changed

using the -o option.

### Pygame Player

Once an ASCIImation has been downloaded, it can be played using ASCIIPlayback.

This is done as follows:

    $ src/asciiplaybackpygame.py FILE

where FILE is the name of the file downloaded by download\_asciimation.py.

Following our example above, this would be something like:

    $ src/asciiplaybackpygame.py 7676.json

A window should appear with the ASCIImation playing.  The player can be

controlled as described in the Controls section below.

#### Controls

* **Left mouse**: restart ASCIImation

* **Esc**, **Q**: quit

* **Space**: pause/play

* **PgUp**: rewind (3 levels, x2, x4, and x8)

* **PgDn**: fast-forward (3 levels, x2, x4, and x8)

### GTK Player

The GTK player can be started the same as the Pygame player, but the filename

is optional.  ASCIImation files can be loaded from within the GUI at any time,

and the controls are all clickable buttons at the bottom of the window.

## Notes

Only the new JSON format is supported.  This shouldn't be a problem since all

ASCIImations have been converted to this new format on ASCIImator, but any old

format files need to be re-downloaded.