ascii-video - Create colored ASCII videos and visualizers
Converts video, audio, images, or generative inputs into colored ASCII video outputs with optional audio-reactive effects, text overlays, and narration.
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Updated: 2026-09-29Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Convert video to ASCII
- Create audio-reactive visuals
- Generate procedural animations
- Overlay timed lyrics
- Render text effects
- Generate narrated quote videos
- Encode MP4 and GIF outputs
- Render PNG image sequences
- Analyze audio and video features
- Apply adaptive tonemapping
- Apply shader post-processing
- Mux audio into video
Inputs
- Video file
- Audio file
- Image input
- Text or SRT file
- Seed parameters
- TTS API access
Outputs
- Colored ASCII MP4 video
- Colored ASCII GIF
- PNG image sequence
- Audio-reactive animation
- Timed text overlay
- Narrated quote video
Requirements
- Python 3.10 or later
- NumPy
- SciPy for audio modes
- Pillow
- ffmpeg CLI
- ElevenLabs API for TTS mode
- OpenCV for optional video sampling