AAlib
AAlib is a software library which allows applications to automatically convert still and moving images into ASCII art. It was released by Jan Hubicka as part of the BBdemo project in 1997.
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The AAlib demo program bb displaying a zebra
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AAlib displaying a version of the plasma effect
AAlib has been used in a wide variety of programs, including a conversion of Quake II which allows the 3D game to be played on dumb terminals,[1] and to let media players output in text mode (Xine, MPlayer, VLC).[2]
AAlib is freely distributed under the terms of the LGPLv2.[3]
References
- "aaquake2 - Text Mode Quake II". Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- "Watch Videos in ASCII Art". Linux Multimedia Hacks. O'Reilly. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
- "The tarball of source code, with a COPYING file inside".
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