ascii-video

To convert video to ASCII art, you feed input media into a modular pipeline that loads frames, computes value and hue fields, renders multi-grid ASCII characters, and encodes the result into MP4, GIF, or image sequences using ffmpeg.

Yes, you can generate audio-reactive ASCII visuals by inputting audio files into the pipeline, which computes frame-wise value and hue fields to render dynamic colored ASCII text overlays and generative art.

ASCII rendering supports MP4, GIF, and image sequences as output formats, encoding the final colored ASCII video through ffmpeg after applying adaptive tonemap and post-processing shaders.

Yes, ffmpeg is required to encode colored ASCII video, as the pipeline relies on it to finalize the output after completing the frame-wise value-field rendering, palette color strategies, and post-processing stages.

Adaptive tonemapping for colored ASCII video works by applying post-processing shaders that adjust the computed value and hue fields across multi-grid ASCII art, ensuring balanced color rendering before final ffmpeg encoding.

The best way to add text and lyrics overlays to ASCII video is using a modular pipeline that renders generative ASCII art with per-scene palette strategies, applying adaptive tonemapping and shaders before ffmpeg encoding.